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Trial reportJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2025

A multi-modal medical management and lifestyle intervention increase cerebral blood flow and lowers diabetic risk in persons with early Alzheimer's disease: Mid-trial results from the PREVENTION trial.

Jennifer E Bramen, Prabha Siddarth, Emily S Popa, Gavin T Kress, Molly K Rapozo, John F Hodes, Aarthi S Ganapathi, William M Sparks, Ynez M Tongson, Andrea M Torres and 16 more

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Trial report in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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26 authors.

Jennifer E BramenPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8967-0008
Prabha SiddarthPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Emily S PopaPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4950-0888
Gavin T KressPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5152-1170
Molly K RapozoPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-5721-9074
John F HodesPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4823-2065
Aarthi S GanapathiPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
William M SparksProvidence Medical Foundation, Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Ynez M TongsonPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Andrea M TorresProvidence Medical Foundation, Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Somayeh MeysamiPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Colby B SlyapichPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Ryan M GlattPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3038-7229
Kyron PiercePacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-5753-9009
Karen J MillerPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Shannel H ElhelouPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Verna R PorterPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Claudia WongPacific Brain Health Center, Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Mihae KimPacific Brain Health Center, Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Stella PanosPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Daniel A HirschPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Cyrus A RajiPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Susan Y BookheimerPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Leroy HoodInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jared C RoachInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA.
David A MerrillPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2181-3839

Funding

TR&D 4: Algorithms for functional and anatomical brain analysisP41EB015909 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI VAN ZIJL, PETER CM · 2012 to 2020
$13.1M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015909
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundMedical and lifestyle management are crucial for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cerebral blood flow (CBF), vital for brain health, and influenced by modifiable risk factors, is reduced in AD and may become uncoupled from metabolism due to neurovascular dysfunction in later stages.ObjectiveThis mid-trial analysis tested the hypothesis that a coached, multi-modal intervention (PREVENTION) improved ASL-MRI-measured CBF and diabetic risk (QUICKI) in patients with early AD.MethodsThe control arm received recommendations and medical management for one year; the active arm additionally received coaching, exercise training, and supplementation. We hypothesized that those in (1) the active arm and (2) with higher intervention adherence would have improved post-trial QUICKI and CBF, particularly in regions relevant to exercise, cardiovascular, diabetic, and AD risk. Post-trial CBF was analyzed using a linear model including arm, baseline CBF, adherence, age, education, and depressive symptoms. Change in QUICKI was analyzed using mixed effects general linear models, including arm, adherence, time, and interactions between time and treatment group and time and adherence, controlling for age.ResultsThe active arm (n = 18) showed greater post-trial CBF in regions related to exercise, cardiovascular, diabetic, and AD risk, compared to control (n = 20), but did not differ in global CBF, QUICKI, or adherence. Higher adherence scores were associated with greater regional post-trial CBF and improvement in QUICKI, but not global CBF.ConclusionsIn this small sample, we found evidence that a multi-modal intervention focused on medical management, exercise, and a carbohydrate-restricted diet improved diabetic risk and CBF in patients with AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCerebrovascular CirculationDiabetes MellitusLife StyleAgedAged, 80 and overCombined Modality TherapyExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid-βcerebral blood flowcognitive impairmentdietlifestylemagnetic resonance imagingnon-pharmacological interventionsphysical activityrisk factors

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PMID41243261
PMCPMC12715032

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