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Massive study aims to unlock secrets of inherited Alzheimer's in china

NCT ID NCT03657732

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Capital Medical University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study is following 40,000 people from families with a strong history of Alzheimer's disease in China. Researchers are collecting genetic, brain imaging, and thinking and memory test data to learn how the disease develops over time. The goal is to find early signs of the disease and improve diagnosis and care for families affected by inherited Alzheimer's.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 40,000 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jan 2005

Expected to finish

Jan 2038

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Patients with family histroy of Alzheimer's disease, characterised with at least two first-degree relatives.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Familial Alzheimer's disease group Inclusion criteria: 1. Written informed consent obtained from the participant or a legal guardian prior to any study-related procedures; 2. At least two first-degree relatives in a family have AD (clinically or by testing)，and at least 3 out of 2 generations are patients; 3. At least one family member with normal cognitive function (the age should be greater than the average age of onset of the family); 4. Pedigrees carrying FAD pathogenic genes (APP/PSEN1/PSEN2); 5. People in this family \>18 years old can be recruited; 6. Participant is cognitively normal or demented but not reaching bedridden level; 7. Participants are able to provide two reliable informants who can provide clinical information; 8. Dementia is diagnosed according to the criteria described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-R ); 9. The diagnosis of AD is made using the National Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA ) or National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) criteria ; 10. The diagnosis of MCI is made according to Petersen criteria and the classification is according to the method of Lopez et al. Exclusion criteria: 1. Dementia caused by other factors such as depression, other psychiatric illnesses, thyroid dysfunction, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, brain trauma, brain tumor, syphilis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other types of dementias such as vascular dementia (VaD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and Parkinson's dementia (PDD)； 2. MRI and laboratory tests do not support or rule out a diagnosis of AD； 3. Severe circulatory, respiratory, urinary, digestive, hematopoietic diseases (such as unstable angina, uncontrollable asthma, active gastric bleeding) and cancer； 4. Participant has severe psychiatric illness or severe dementia that would interfere in completing initial and follow-up clinical assessments； 5. Participant has a history of alcoholism or drug abuse； 6. Pregnant or lactating women； 7. No reliable informant； 8. Lumbar puncture exclusion criteria：coagulation disorders or platelet counts \< 100,000 cells/μL, lumbar surgery within the last 6 months prior to lumbar puncture that interferes with anatomy of the inter-vertebral spaces, History of chronic or repeated CSF leakage following previous LP(s); 9. MRI Exclusion Criteria: electronic and magnetic metal implants such as pacemakers, artificial heart valve, metal prosthesis, metal joint, etc.; metallic foreign body in the eye; aneurysm clips in the brain. Normal control group Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 (inclusive) or above; 2. Normal MMSE and MoCA evaluations. MMSE\>19 points for illiteracy, \>24 points for those educated less than 7 years, \>27 points for those educated equal to or more than 7 years. MoCA\>13 points for illiteracy, \>19 points for those educated less than 7 years, \>24 points for those educated equal to or more than 7 years. Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects with abnormal MMSE or MoCA scores; 2. Subjects with a history of cerebral infarction, traumatic brain injury or related manifestations in MRI; 3. Other neurological diseases that can cause brain dysfunction (such as depression, brain tumor, Parkinson's disease, metabolic encephalopathy, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, brain trauma, normal intracranial pressure hydrocephalus, etc.); 4. Other systemic diseases that can cause cognitive impairment (such as liver, renal and thyroid insufficiency, severe anemia, folic acid or vitamin B12 deficiency, syphilis, HIV infection, alcohol and drug abuse, etc.); 5. Mental and neurodevelopmental retardation; 6. Suffering from a disease that cannot be combined with a cognitive examination; 7. Contraindications to MRI; 8. Refuse to draw blood; 9. Refuse to sign the informed consent at baseline.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Alzheimer disease familial Alzheimer disease

As listed by the trial registrant

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Alzheimer disease Familial Alzheimer disease (FAD)

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    65 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Affiliated Zhongshan hospital of Dalian university

    RECRUITING

    Dalian, Liaoning, China

  • Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College

    RECRUITING

    Nanchong, Sichuan, China

  • Baotou Central Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Baotou, Nei Monggol, China

  • Beijing Chao Yang Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chaoyang, Beijing Municipality, China

  • Beijing Geriatric Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Changping, Beijing Municipality, China

  • Changda Hospital, Anshan

    RECRUITING

    Anshan, Liaoning, China

  • China-Japan Friendship Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chaoyang, Beijing Municipality, China

  • China-Japan friendship Hospital of Jilin university

    RECRUITING

    Changchun, Jilin, China

  • Chinese PLA General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Haidian, Beijing Municipality, China

  • Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Yuzhong, Chongqing Municipality, China

  • Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Fengtai, Beijing Municipality, China

  • First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University

    RECRUITING

    Xi’an, Shanxi, China

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Nanning, Guangxi, China

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Haerbin, Heilongjiang, China

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical Univeristy

    RECRUITING

    Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

    RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

  • First Hospital of China Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Shenyang, Liaoning, China

  • First Hospital of Shijiazhuang City

    RECRUITING

    Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

  • Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Haidian, Beijing Municipality, China

  • Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Fujian, Guangdong, China

  • General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

  • Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

  • Handan Central Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Handan, Hebei, China

  • Hebei General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Zhijiazhuang, Hebei, China

  • Henan Provincial People's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Zhengzhou, Henan, China

  • Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

  • Kaifeng Central Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Kaifeng, Henan, China

  • Mineral General Hospital, Xuzhou

    RECRUITING

    Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

  • Nantong University Affiliated Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Nantong, Jiangsu, China

  • Ningbo City Medical Treatment Center Lihuili Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Xicheng, Beijing Municipality, China

  • Peking University First Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Xicheng, Beijing Municipality, China

  • Peking University Third Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Haidian, Beijing Municipality, China

  • People's Hospital Affiliated Hubei Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Wuhan, Hubei, China

  • People's Hospital of Zhengzhou

    RECRUITING

    Zhengzhou, Henan, China

  • Qilu Hospital of Shandong University

    RECRUITING

    Jinan, Shandong, China

  • Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao)

    RECRUITING

    Qingdao, Shandong, China

  • QingDao Municipal Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Qingdao, Shandong, China

  • RenJi Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Putong, Shanghai Municipality, China

  • Ruijin Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Luwan, Shanghai Municipality, China

  • Shandong Provincial Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Jining, Shandong, China

  • Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Huangpu, Shanghai Municipality, China

  • Shao Yifu Hospital of Zhejiang Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

  • Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu

    RECRUITING

    Subei, Jiangsu, China

  • Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

    RECRUITING

    Zhongshan, Guangdong, China

  • Tang-Du Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Xi’an, Shanxi, China

  • Tangshan Worker's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Tangshan, Hebei, China

  • The 88th Hospital of PLA

    RECRUITING

    Tai’an, Shandong, China

  • The Affiliated Hospital Of Guizhou Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Guiyang, Guizhou, China

  • The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

    RECRUITING

    Qingdao, Shandong, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Hefei, Anhui, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Dalian, Liaoning, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  • The First Hospital of Jilin University

    RECRUITING

    Changchun, Jilin, China

  • The People's Hospital of Ningxia

    RECRUITING

    Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Yuzhong, Chongqing Municipality, China

  • The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

    RECRUITING

    Wuhan, Hunan, China

  • Tianjin Huanhu Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Xianshuigu, Tianjin Municipality, China

  • Tianjin Medical University General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Xiaobailou, Tianjin Municipality, China

  • Tongji Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Wuhan, Hubei, China

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region

    RECRUITING

    Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China

  • Wuhan University Zhongnan Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Wuhan, Hunan, China

  • Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

    RECRUITING

    Wuhan, Hunan, China

  • Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

  • Zigong First People's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Zigong, Sichuan, China

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