healthy controls, Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients
Conditions
Interventions
A Lumbar puncture is performed per local standard procedures and one Flutemetamol PET scan will be performed within 6 months.
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects - 50 to 85 years of age - Seen at the memory clinic of the VUmc Alzheimer Center for standardized dementia screening - who have signed informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subjects who - are medically unstable -require additional laboratory tests or workup - receiving any investigational medications
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the concordance of [18F]Flutemetamol PET amyloid status across a range of detergent-based CSF tau:AƒÒ1-42 ratio assay values | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To compare the concordance between [18F]Flutemetamol PET and the detergent-based CSF assay and the well established abeta 1-42, tau and p-tau assays used routinely in VUmc in the same range of patients | — |
Contacts
Public ContactPh. Scheltens
VU Medisch Centrum De Boelelaan 1117
Outcome results
None listed