Status:

RECRUITING

New IDEAS: Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning Study

Lead Sponsor:

American College of Radiology

Collaborating Sponsors:

Alzheimer's Association

Conditions:

Alzheimer's Disease

Dementia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

New IDEAS is an observational, open-label, longitudinal cohort study designed to address the requirements of the CED provisions of the NCD on beta-amyloid PET. Building on the initial Imaging Dementia...

Detailed Description

A total of 7,000 Medicare beneficiaries meeting the study's eligibility criteria will be consented and enrolled over 30 months at sites throughout the United States. To ensure diversity, the study wil...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Medicare beneficiary with Medicare as primary insurance;
  • Meets clinical criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Dementia as defined by the 2018 National Institute on Aging - Alzheimer's Association Research Framework
  • Brain MRI and/or CT within 24 months prior to enrollment;
  • Clinical laboratory assessment (complete blood count \[CBC\], standard blood chemistry profile, thyroid stimulating hormone \[TSH\], vitamin B12) within the 12 months prior to enrollment;
  • Able to tolerate amyloid PET required by protocol, to be performed at a participating PET facility;
  • English or Spanish speaking (for the purposes of informed consent);
  • Willing and able to provide consent. Consent may be by proxy;
  • Neuropsychiatric syndrome can be classified into "clinically typical" or "clinically atypical" categories

Exclusion

  • Normal cognition or subjective complaints that are not verified by cognitive testing or key informant.
  • Knowledge of amyloid status, in the opinion of the referring dementia expert, may cause significant psychological harm or otherwise negatively impact the patient or family.
  • Amyloid status already known to patient or referring clinician based on prior amyloid imaging or cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
  • Current or previous enrollment in an anti-amyloid therapeutic trial.
  • Scan is being ordered solely based on a family history of dementia, presence of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) 4, or in lieu of genotyping for suspected autosomal mutation carriers.
  • Scan being ordered for nonmedical purposes (e.g., legal, insurance coverage, or employment screening).
  • Cancer requiring active therapy (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer).
  • Hip/pelvic fracture within the 12 months prior to enrollment.
  • Body weight exceeds PET scanner weight limit.
  • Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant within 90 days of registration.
  • Life expectancy less than 24 months based on medical co-morbidities.
  • Residence in a skilled nursing facility (assisted living facility is not an exclusion criterion).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 17 2020

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

7000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04426539

Start Date

December 17 2020

End Date

December 31 2024

Last Update

May 16 2024

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19103