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This is a 5-year observational study recruiting sixteen hundred and fifty individuals between the ages of 50 and 90 with different types of dementia as well as a comparison group of six hundred and fifty aged matched individuals without cognitive deficits. Participants will be recruited at sites across Canada and will undergo assessments and provide biological samples at baseline and two years after baseline.


Clinical Trial Description

This is a 5-year observational study. Sixteen-hundred and fifty (1650) subjects, between the ages of 50 and 90,years old, with Subjective Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment with subcortical vascular lesions, Alzheimer's Disease, Mixed dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson's Disease Dementia, Parkinson's Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Frontotemporal Dementia, as well as 650 healthy elderly subjects without cognitive complaints or deficits, will be enrolled into this study from up to 30 centres across Canada. All subjects involved in the study will undergo rigorous evaluations at baseline, including clinical assessment, neuropsychological assessment, genomics and neuroimaging. Biological samples from blood, saliva, urine, fecal matter, buccal cells and cerebrospinal fluid will be collected, stored, and analyzed. Basic follow-up determining if there has been any change in their diagnosis will be carried out annually and longitudinal re-evaluation will be carried out after two years. ;


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NCT number NCT03402919
Study type Observational
Source McGill University
Contact Howard Chertkow, MD
Phone 514 340 8222
Email howard.chertkow@mcgill.ca
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date June 2016
Completion date September 2023

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