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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON50438
NL-OMON50438
Recruiting
Not Applicable

Study to Identify Factors associated with Resilience to Clinical Dementia at Old Age - 90+ Study

Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum0 sites114 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Alzheimer's disease
Sponsor
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Enrollment
114
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Observational invasive

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age \>\= 90 years (for the subjects with cognitive impairment an exception will be
  • made; also subjects between 85 and 90 years will be included)
  • Candidate is able to walk 400 meter independently (with or without walking aid)
  • No significant visual or hearing impairment (as judged by clinician),
  • Cognitively intact group:
  • \- MMSE \>\= 27 points, , this inclusion criteria is not applicable to the subjects
  • \>\= 100 years old (as a consequence of their age, they often score \< 27 points
  • without having dementia)
  • \- Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) \= 0\.0 points, Cognitive impairment group:
  • \- MMSE: 20\-28 points inclusively

Exclusion Criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of severe AD
  • Severe head trauma, with loss of consciousness
  • Brain tumour (past, present)
  • Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or recurrent psychotic disorders
  • Stroke resulting in physical impairment
  • Non\-AD neurodegenerative disorders (e.g. Huntington disease, cortical basal
  • degeneration, multiple system atrophy, Creutzfeldt­Jacob disease, primary
  • progressive aphasia, Parkinson\*s disease, diffuse Lewy body disease,
  • frontotemporal dementia, primary vascular dementia)
  • Epilepsy, currently using antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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