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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Barnes, Josephinea | Bartlett, Jonathan W.a; b; 2; * | Fox, Nick C.a | Schott, Jonathan M.a | for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative1
Affiliations: [a] Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK | [b] Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Dr. Josephine Barnes, Dementia Research Centre, Box 16, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. Tel.: +44 20 3448 3853; Fax: +44 20 7676 2066; E-mail: j.barnes@ucl.ac.uk.
Note: [1] Data used in preparation of this article were obtained from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database (http://adni.loni.ucla.edu/). As such, the investigators within the ADNI contributed to the design and implementation of ADNI and/or provided data but did not participate in analysis or writing of this report. A complete listing of ADNI investigators can be found at: http://adni.loni.ucla.edu/wpcontent/uploads/how_to_apply/ADNI_Acknowledgement_List.pdf
Note: [2] Performed statistical analysis.
Abstract: There is interest in using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers to enrich mild cognitive impairment (MCI) clinical trials; however, there are conflicting views on their utility. We identified MCI subjects with CSF from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. We measured brain and hippocampal atrophy rates, ventricular expansion rates, and decline in ADAS-Cog 13 and MMSE over one year. We examined proportionate and absolute reductions in mean outcome measures. Using a CSF Aβ1-42 cut-off (192 pg/ml), we estimated sample size ratios for clinical trials based on these outcomes for targeted (i.e., low-Aβ-MCI subjects only) compared with unrestricted recruitment. We further examined sample size ratios assuming only low-Aβ-MCIs would benefit from treatment. We found that for proportionate reductions in mean outcomes targeted recruitment led to significantly smaller sample sizes for all outcomes apart from ADAS-Cog. No sample size reduction was demonstrated for outcomes based on absolute reductions. Excluding subjects who would not benefit from treatment always reduces sample sizes. Using CSF biomarkers as inclusion criteria for AD trials increases the number of subjects needing to be screened but may reduce required sample sizes and reduce the risk of exposing patients without amyloid pathology to treatment side-effects. Whether targeted recruitment reduces required sample sizes depends critically on assumptions regarding treatment effects.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, clinical trial, magnetic resonance imaging, mild cognitive impairment, patient recruitment
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-121936
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 431-437, 2013
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