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Healthy Aging and Memory Study

Completed
Conditions
Alzheimer Disease
Registration Number
NCT00034567
Lead Sponsor
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Brief Summary

This project will focus on the development and testing of efficient, cost effective measures that are specifically designed for use in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) primary prevention trials.

Detailed Description

This project will focus on the development and testing of efficient, cost effective measures that are specifically designed for use in AD primary prevention trials. The new or improved measures that have been developed will then be evaluated in 650 nondemented subjects enrolled in a simulated Alzheimer's disease prevention trial. Once enrolled, subjects will be followed for four years with annual clinical evaluations and interim six-month phone calls.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
650
Inclusion Criteria
  • 75 years or older.
  • Fluent in English or Spanish.
  • Stable medical condition for four weeks prior to screening visit.
  • Stable medications for four weeks prior to screening visit.
  • Either cognitively normal, or mild cognitive impairment. If MCI, the subject's CDR at screening have a global score of 0.5.
  • mMMSE score greater than 88 for subjects with at least 8 years education, or greater than 80 for subjects with less than 8 years education, and FCSRT total free plus cued recall score greater than 44 with 3 learning trials.
  • Willing to participate in four to five year follow-up study.
  • Willing to identify person who can serve as informant.
  • At least six years education or work history sufficient to exclude mental retardation
Exclusion Criteria
  • Meets DSM IV criteria for dementia
  • History of clinically significant medical illness that would interfere with participation in trial, including active malignancy, myocardial infarction, or cerebrovascular accident within the past year
  • Alcohol or substance abuse and/or active major psychiatric disorders
  • Concurrent participation in a clinical drug trial
  • History of mental retardation

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (39)

Wien Center for Memory Disorders

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Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Baumel-Eisner Ft Lauderdale

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Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville

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Jacksonville, Florida, United States

University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

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North Charleston, South Carolina, United States

University of California, San Diego

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La Jolla, California, United States

Stanford/Va Aging Clinical Research Center

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Palo Alto, California, United States

Baumel-Eisner Neuromedical Institute, Miami Beach

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Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Mt. Sinai Medical Center

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New York, New York, United States

New York University School of Medicine

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New York, New York, United States

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Columbia University

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New York, New York, United States

Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island (Brown University)

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Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States

Washington University

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St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Sun Health Research Institute

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Sun City, Arizona, United States

Baumel-Eisner Neuromedical Institute, Boca Raton

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Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Georgetown University Medical Center

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

University of Kentucky, Lexington

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States

University of California, Irvine

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Irvine, California, United States

University of Rochester

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Rochester, New York, United States

University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of California, Davis

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Sacramento, California, United States

University of South Florida, Tampa

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Emory University

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Northwestern University

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Indiana University Alzheimer's Center

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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Boston University School of Medicine

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Center

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Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Oregon Health Sciences University

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Portland, Oregon, United States

University of Southern California

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Yale University School of Medicine

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Johns Hopkins University

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

University Hospitals of Cleveland

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

University of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

University of California, Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, California, United States

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