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DC Longitudinal Study on Aging and Specimen Bank

RECRUITINGSponsored by Georgetown University
Actively Recruiting
SponsorGeorgetown University
Started2007-01-01
Est. completion2027-01
Eligibility
Age45 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

The Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program, part of the Department of Neurology, is conducting pilot studies of the feasibility of various diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and other neurodegenerative diseases. Further, this study is assessing longitudinal changes in biological, lifestyle, and cognitive assessment collection. The primary goal of this study is to examine the feasibility of biochemical assays, genetic testing, and cognitive and lifestyle assessments in the ante-mortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and other neurodegenerative diseases. This research involves genetic and cognitive status testing but the findings will not be shared with research subjects. This will be accomplished ex vivo using blood, and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens from patients with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, or other neurodegenerative diseases and from normal controls.

Eligibility

Age: 45 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 45 and older.
* Subjects within the age range of 45-50 years old must have a first degree relative with a neurodegenerative disease.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals under 45 years of age

Conditions6

AgingAging DisorderAlzheimer DiseaseAlzheimer's DiseaseDementiaMild Cognitive Impairment

Locations1 site

Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20057
Kelly McCann202-687-0413keb53@georgetown.edu

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