Blood And Tears in Alzheimer's Disease

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Conditions studied: Neurodegenerative Diseases

In brief

This study aims to investigate whether biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease can be found in tearfluid, as well as dried bloodspots in patients with Alzheimer's disease, other dementia diagnoses compared to controls.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06567431

Run by

Danish Dementia Research Centre

People needed

600

Starts

2024-03-18

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-22

Who can join

Age: 30 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for patients:
• Lumbar puncture with CSF avaiable for analysis
• Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), vascular dementia (VaD) or Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
• Of legal age.
• Inclusion criteria for controls:
• Lumbar puncture with CSF avaiable for analysis
• No neurological disease.
• Of legal age.

You may not qualify if…

• No lumbar puncture
• Clinically assessed as unfit to participate in the project.

Where it is running

• Danish Dementia Research Centre — Copenhagen, Denmark (enrolling)

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