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A planned study of 2,000 older adults in Shanghai to track memory decline

Opening soon · Ruijin Hospital

What this means

Researchers plan to follow 2,000 people aged 60 and over for memory and thinking changes. This is a registration; it has not started recruiting, so no results exist yet.

Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.

Status
Opening soon
Who can join
Ages 60 and over · 2,000 adults aged 60 and over in Shanghai
Where
1 site

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The science

Registered title
Cognitive Impairment Cohort Study of the Elderly Population in SheMountain
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
observational
Conditions
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Sponsor
Ruijin Hospital
Ages
60 Years to no maximum
Dates
First posted Dec 29, 2022 · updated Dec 29, 2022

Registry summary

This study is a prospective observational study, which involves a cohort of 2000 all-sex and all-ethnic people aged 60 years and above with permanent residence in Tianma area, SheMountain Town, Songjiang District (suburban area), Shanghai. Demographic information, neuropsychiatric scale, peripheral blood, APOE genotype, brain MRI, speech information, AV45-PET, FDG-PET, Tau-PET, GLP-1R PET, and cholinergic receptor probe (ASEM) PET were collected and analyzed. Follow-up visits were performed twice a year for 4 visits, and neuropsychiatric scales and biological samples were collected at each follow-up visit to construct a diagnostic model for patients with mild cognitive impairment, or Alzheimer's disease, as well as a predictive model for the progression of cognitive impairment.

Sites (1)

  • Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

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