Towards a future where Alzheimer's disease pathology is stopped before the onset of dementia

WM van der Flier, ME de Vugt, EMA Smets, M Blom… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major healthcare challenge with no curative treatment at
present. To address this challenge, we need a paradigm shift, where we focus on pre …

Clinical use and utility of amyloid imaging

H Barthel, O Sabri - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
Currently, 3 amyloid PET tracers are approved and commercially available for clinical use.
They allow for the accurate in vivo detection of amyloid plaques, one hallmark of Alzheimer …

Testing for Alzheimer disease biomarkers and disclosing results across the disease continuum

EA Largent, JD Grill, K O'Brien, D Wolk, K Harkins… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Three pathologic processes are characteristic of Alzheimer disease (AD): β-amyloid,
hyperphosphorylated tau, and neurodegeneration. Our understanding of AD is undergoing a …

Comprehension of an elevated amyloid positron emission tomography biomarker result by cognitively normal older adults

J Mozersky, P Sankar, K Harkins, S Hachey… - Jama …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The goal of Alzheimer disease (AD) prevention together with advances in
understanding the pathophysiology of AD have led to clinical trials testing drugs in …

Safety of disclosing amyloid status in cognitively normal older adults

JM Burns, DK Johnson, EP Liebmann, RJ Bothwell… - Alzheimer's & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Disclosing amyloid status to cognitively normal individuals remains
controversial given our lack of understanding the test's clinical significance and unknown …

Communicating mild cognitive impairment diagnoses with and without amyloid imaging

JD Grill, LG Apostolova, S Bullain, JM Burns… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has an uncertain etiology and prognosis and
may be challenging for clinicians to discuss with patients and families. Amyloid imaging may …

Challenges in disclosing and receiving a diagnosis of dementia: a systematic review of practice from the perspectives of people with dementia, carers, and healthcare …

J Yates, M Stanyon, R Samra, L Clare - International …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Background: Disclosing a diagnosis of dementia is a key process involving people with
dementia, carers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) that can facilitate access to treatment …

Disclosure of amyloid positron emission tomography results to individuals without dementia: a systematic review

A de Wilde, MM van Buchem, RHJ Otten… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2018 - Springer
Background Disclosure of amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) results to
individuals without dementia has become standard practice in secondary prevention trials …

The advisory group on risk evidence education for dementia: Multidisciplinary and open to all

AC Rosen, JJ Arias, JW Ashford… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The brain changes of Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative dementias begin long
before cognitive dysfunction develops, and in people with subtle cognitive complaints …

Attitudes towards prediction and early diagnosis of late-onset dementia: a comparison of tested persons and family caregivers

JL Lohmeyer, Z Alpinar-Sencan… - Aging & Mental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The focus on early detection of dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
diagnosis has entered the clinics' daily routine. However, there exist epistemic uncertainty …