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ArticleThe journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2021

Is Reluctance to Share Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker Status with a Study Partner a Barrier to Preclinical Trial Recruitment?

C G Cox, M M Ryan, D L Gillen, J D Grill

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Article in The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Return of research results across the Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers network.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  4. Reasons for undergoing amyloid imaging among cognitively unimpaired older adults.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2021
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4 authors.

C G CoxChelsea G. Cox, 3206 Biological Sciences III, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, Email: cgcox@uci.edu, Phone: (949) 824-9896, Fax: (949) 824-0885.
M M Ryan
D L Gillen
J D Grill

Funding

UC Irvine Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell CoreP50AG016573 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LAFERLA, FRANK M · 2000 to 2019
$37.0M
University of California Health Participation in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)UL1TR001414 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M, VILAIN, ERIC J. · 2015 to 2023
$35.1M
The study partner requirement in preclinical Alzheimers disease trialsR21AG056931 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI GILLEN, DANIEL L, GRILL, JOSHUA · 2017 to 2018
$406k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001414NIA NIH HHS P50 AG016573NIA NIH HHS R21 AG056931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPreclinical Alzheimer's disease clinical trials test candidate treatments in individuals with biomarker evidence but no cognitive impairment. Participants are required to co-enroll with a knowledgeable study partner, to whom biomarker information is disclosed.

objectiveWe investigated whether reluctance to share biomarker results is associated with viewing the study partner requirement as a barrier to preclinical trial enrollment.

designWe developed a nine-item assessment on views toward the study partner requirement and performed in-person interviews based on a hypothetical clinical trial requiring biomarker testing and disclosure.

settingWe conducted interviews on campus at the University of California, Irvine.

participantsTwo hundred cognitively unimpaired older adults recruited from the University of California, Irvine Consent-to-Contact Registry participated in the study. MEASUREMENTS: We used logistic regression models, adjusting for potential confounders, to examine potential associations with viewing the study partner requirement as a barrier to preclinical trial enrollment.

resultsEighteen percent of participants reported strong agreement that the study partner requirement was a barrier to enrollment. Ten participants (5%) agreed at any level that they would be reluctant to share their biomarker result with a study partner. The estimated odds of viewing the study partner requirement as a barrier to enrollment were 26 times higher for these participants (OR=26.3, 95% CI 4.0, 172.3), compared to those who strongly disagreed that they would be reluctant to share their biomarker result. Overall, participants more frequently agreed with positive statements than negative statements about the study partner requirement, including 76% indicating they would want their study partner with them when they learned biomarker results.

conclusionsThis is one of the first studies to explore how potential preclinical Alzheimer's disease trial participants feel about sharing their personal biomarker information with a study partner. Most participants viewed the study partner as an asset to trial enrollment, including having a partner present during biomarker disclosure.

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DisclosurePatient SelectionAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersClinical Trials as TopicFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProdromal SymptomsResearch SubjectsBiomarkersAlzheimer’s diseasebiomarkerdisclosure

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PMID33336225
PMCPMC8112206

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