RecruitingAlzheimer Disease

Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease

Eligible age

55+ yrs

Accepts

All genders

Locations

11 states

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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About this study

The goal of this study is to is to focus on the genetic influences on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) risk. The investigators are looking for families and/or individuals (affected or unaffected) of any ethic background (African American, Caucasian, and Hispanics) with a family history of AD and willing to participate.

Sponsor: Columbia University

You may qualify if…

✓ Established diagnosis of definite or probable AD or have a diagnosis of a related neurodegenerative disorder such as Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) or Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) (will also recruit sporadic FTD and LBD) cases.
✓ a living sibling with probable or possible AD;
✓ a third living relative affected with AD (onset age 50 or older) or unaffected (60 or older);
✓ participants in the proband's generation with an identified companion serving as an informant;
✓ participants who have capacity to consent or participants lacking capacity to consent with a surrogate/proxy in place to provide consent.

You may not qualify if…

✕ failure to identify an appropriate informant;
✕ uncertainty of the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other related disorder;
✕ discovery of additional diagnosis that could account for the clinical manifestations;
✕ unwillingness to participate;
✕ failure to identify a living sibling with AD or other related disorder (except in the cases of sporadic FTD and sporadic LBD);
✕ participants lacking the capacity to consent who do not have a surrogate or proxy or next of kin to provide consent.