Eye movement and Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (BEAM) (Pittsburgh Compound B [11C]-PIB)
To investigate novel, non-invasive ocular measurements including optical coherence tomography and eye tracking in a cross-sectional study of participants with various neurodegenerative dementias against standard cognitive assessments and brain imaging measures; and To assess the potential utility of ocular assessments for early detection in the pre-dementia, i.e. the so-called Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) stage, across the common neurodegenerative dementia syndromes and, Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) due to small vessel disease (SVD). To determine the prevalence and relevance of amyloid uptake on PET scanning across the dementias most commonly associated with amyloidosis. Specifically we aim to examine correlations with amyloid uptake status in patients symptomatic from the most common proteinopathies (ie amyloid, tau, synuclein) combined in varying degrees with the most common vasculopathies (ie small vessel disease) using multimodal structural and functional imaging, cognitive behavioral, and gait and balance measures, taking into account genetic risk markers (particularly apolipoprotein E genotypes) and fluid biomarkers ( eg cytokines, oxidative stress, lipidomics).
Normal controls and patients with AD, MCI, Subcortical Vascular Impairment, or LBD Spectrum
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noninvasive eye tracking test, noninvasive images of the eye, in clinic visit
eye tracking device, eye imager, technicians
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Brain Canada; Weston Brain Institute; GE Healthcare; University Health Network, Toronto; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Baycrest; St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto; Kensington Eye Institute
“BEAM: Brain-Eye Amyloid Memory Study (BEAM).” ClinicalTrials.gov. Accessed October 10, 2019. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02524405?term=biomarker&recrs=abdf&cond=Alzheimer+Disease&draw=8&rank=69