Computer-assisted prediction of clinical progression in the earliest stages of AD

Hanneke F.M. Rhodius-Meester (Corresponding Author), Hilkka Liedes, Juha Koikkalainen, Steffen Wolfsgruber, Nina Coll-Padros, Johannes Kornhuber, Oliver Peters, Frank Jessen, Luca Kleineidam, José Luis Molinuevo, Lorena Rami, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Frederik Barkhof, Sietske A.M. Sikkes, Linda M.P. Wesselman, Rosalinde E.R. Slot, Sander C.J. Verfaillie, Philip Scheltens, Betty M. Tijms, Jyrki LötjönenWiesje M. van der Flier

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    Abstract

    Introduction: Individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) are at increased risk for clinical progression. We studied how combining different diagnostic tests can help to identify individuals who are likely to show clinical progression. Methods: We included 674 patients with SCD (46% female, 64 ± 9 years, Mini–Mental State Examination 28 ± 2) from three memory clinic cohorts. A multivariate model based on the Disease State Index classifier incorporated the available baseline tests to predict progression to MCI or dementia over time. We developed and internally validated the model in one cohort and externally validated it in the other cohorts. Results: After 2.9 ± 2.0 years, 151(22%) patients showed clinical progression. Overall performance of the classifier when combining cognitive tests, magnetic resonance imagining, and cerebrospinal fluid showed a balanced accuracy of 74.0 ± 5.5, with high negative predictive value (93.3 ± 2.8). Discussion: We found that a combination of diagnostic tests helps to identify individuals at risk of progression. The classifier had particularly good accuracy in identifying patients who remained stable.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)726-736
    JournalAlzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring
    Volume10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2018
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Funding

    Research of the VUmc Alzheimer Center is part of the neurodegeneration research program of the Amsterdam Neuroscience. The VUmc Alzheimer Center is supported by Alzheimer Nederland and Stichting VUmc Fonds . The clinical database structure was developed with funding from Stichting Dioraphte. For the development of the PredictAD tool, the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has received funding from European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development, and demonstration under grant agreements 601055 (VPH-DARE@IT), 224328 (PredictAD), and 611005 (PredictND). The Euro-SCD project has been funded by the EU Joint Program–Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND_PS_FP-689-019). DCN has been funded by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): Kompetenznetz Demenzen (01GI0420). Hanneke FM Rhodius-Meester is appointed on PredictND, a grant from the European Seventh Framework Program project PredictND under grant agreement 611005. Frederik Barkhof is supported by the NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Center. Sietske AM Sikkes is supported by an Off Road grant (ZonMw #451001010). Wiesje M. van der Flier is a recipient of a research grant from Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds . Betty M. Tijms receives grant support from ZonMw (#73305056 and #733050824).

    Keywords

    • Alzheimer's disease
    • Clinical decision support system
    • Diagnostic test assessment
    • Prognosis
    • Subjective cognitive decline

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