Title of cohort
Factors for disease progression in Alzheimer´s disease
Acronym for cohort
Name of Principal Investigator - Title
Prof
Name of Principal Investigator - First name
Inga
Name of Principal Investigator - Last name
Zerr
Address of institution -Institution
Department of Neurology, University of Göttingen
Address of institution - Street address
Robert-Koch-Str. 40
Address of institution - City
Göttingen
Address of institution - Postcode
37075
Country
Germany
Contact email
Funding source
Q1a. Please indicate below if your cohort includes or expects to include, incidence of the following conditions?
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Q1b. When are studies on the above condition(s) expected to become possible?
Q2a. In a single sentence what is the stated aim of the cohort?
To determine the rate of progression into AD
Q2b. What distinguishes this cohort from other population cohorts?
Q3a. i) Number of publications that involve use of your cohort to date
0
Q3a.ii) Please give up to three examples of studies to date (Principal Investigator, Institution, Title of Study)
Q3b. If data on research outputs are already available please paste the publication list/other data or provide a link to where these data are publicly available
Q3c. If no research has been done as yet, please explain in a few sentences what information (i.e. research findings) you expect will be gained from the population
Q4a. Study criteria: what is the age range of participants at recruitment? Age in years From:
50
Q4a. Study criteria: what is the age range of participants at recruitment? To:
Until death
Q4b. Study criteria: what are the inclusion criteria?
Dementia, MRI, neuropsychological test profile
Q4c. Study criteria: what are the exclusion criteria?
Other dementia
Q5. What is the size of the cohort (i.e. how many participants have enrolled)?
1,000-5,000 participants
Q6a. Please describe what measures are used to characterise participants
Biomarkers, neuropsychological tests, genetic analyses, MRI, brain lesion profiles
Q6b. Are there additional measures for participants with a clinical disorder?
Q6c. Are there defined primary and secondary endpoints (e.g. defined health parameters)?
If yes please specify
Progression rate
Q7. What is the study design (select all that apply)?
Prospective cohort
Q8. Are your cases matched by
Q9a. Does your study include a specialised subset of control participants?
Q9b. If your study includes a specialised subset of control participants please describe
Q10a. i) Please enter the data collection start date
Q10a. ii) Please enter the data collection end date
Q10a. iii) Is data collection for this study
Q10b. If data collection is ongoing, are there plans to continue the cohort study beyond the current projected end date?
Q11. Is data collected
Other please specify here
Q12. Is there a system in place to enable re-contact with patients to ask about participation in future studies?
Q13a. Please give information on the format and availability of data stored in a database (1)
% available
Q13a. Please give information on the format and availability of data stored in a database (2)
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Q13a. Please give information on the format and availability of data stored in a database (3)
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Q13a. Please give information on the format and availability of data stored in a database (4)
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Other (please specify)
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Q13b. Please give information on the format and availability of data held as individual records (1)
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Q13b. Please give information on the format and availability of data held as individual records (2)
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Q13b. Please give information on the format and availability of data held as individual records (3)
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Q13b. Please give information on the format and availability of data held as individual records (4)
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Please specify language used
Q14a. Is data available to other groups?
Q14b. If data is available to other groups what is the access policy/mechanisms for access?
Q15. What data sharing policy is specified as a condition of use?
Q16a. Are tissues/samples/DNA available to other groups?
Q16b i) If yes, please describe below:
Q16b. ii) In what form are tissues/samples/DNA supplied?
Q16b. iii) Is the access policy/mechanism for obtaining samples the same as that for obtaining data (Q14 above)?
Q17. Is information on biological characteristics available to other groups?
Number of Patients
% of total cohort
Types: Population Cohorts
Member States: Germany
Diseases: Alzheimer's disease & other dementias
Years: 2016
Database Categories: N/A
Database Tags: N/A