Massive chinese study aims to unlock Dementia's secrets
NCT ID NCT03653156
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is following 100,000 people in China over many years to learn more about dementia and memory loss. Researchers will track who develops these conditions, look for risk factors like genes and lifestyle, and find better ways to diagnose and prevent dementia. The goal is to improve care and create strategies to fight these diseases.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2000
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2038
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its subtypes、Sporadic Alzheimer's disease (SAD)、 Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD)、Vascular dementia (VaD)、Normal control in Community population and Hospital population.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Community population: age ≥ 55 years, male or female, with consent to participant the study. Hospital population: subjects are all over 18 years old. Through clinical evaluation, neuropsychological test, imaging examination, blood and cerebrospinal fluid examination, etc, we will comprehensively evaluate the cognitive function and various test measures. (1) MCI and its subtypes Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis according to 2004 Peterson's MCI criteria. 2. CDR = 0.5. 3. Memory loss is prominent, and may also be with other cognitive domain dysfunction. 4. Insidious onset, slow progress. 5. Not reaching the level of dementia. Exclusion criteria: 1. With history of stroke and a neurological focal sign, the imaging findings are consistent with cerebral small vessal disease (Fazekas score ≥ 2 points). 2. 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.). 3. 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.). 4. Mental and neurodevelopmental retardation. 5. Contraindications to MRI. 6. Suffering from a disease that cannot be combined with cognitive examination. 7. Refuse to draw blood. 8. Refuse to sign the informed consent at baseline (2) Sporadic Alzheimer's disease (SAD) Inclusion criteria: 1. Dementia is diagnosed according to the criteria described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-R). 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. 2. Subjects and their informed persons can complete relevant and follow- up examinations. 3. Subjects or their authorized legal guardians sign the informed consent. Exclusion criteria: 1. With a family history of dementia. 2. 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.). 3. 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.). 4. Mental and neurodevelopmental retardation. 5. Contraindications to MRI. 6. Suffering from a disease that cannot be combined with cognitive examination. 7. Refuse to draw blood. 8. Refuse to sign the informed consent at baseline (3) Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) Inclusion criteria: 1. Written informed consent obtained from participant or legal guardian prior to any study-related procedures. 2. Members in FAD pedigree (FAD is defined as at least two first- degree relatives suffer from AD). 3. Aged 18 (inclusive) or older. 4. At least two persons who can provide reliable information for the study. Note: Dementia is diagnosed according to the criteria described by DSM-IV-R. The diagnosis of AD is made using NINCDS-ADRDA or NIA-AA criteria. A diagnosis of MCI is assigned according to Petersen criteria. 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 disease 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. With history of alcohol or drug abuse. 6. Pregnant or lactating women. 7. No reliable insiders. 8. Refuse to sign the informed consent at baseline. (4) Vascular dementia (VaD) Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis for probable VaD according to NINDS-AIREN diagnostic criteria. MRI inclusion criteria: All patients who meet clinical inclusion criteria should accept MRI scans which include an assessment of hippocampal volume. 1. multiple (≥3) supratentorial subcortical small infarcts (3-20 mm in diameter) with or without any degree of white matter lesion (WML); or moderate to severe WML (Fazekas score ≥ 2), with or without small infarction; or ≥ 1 subcortical small infarct in key regions, such as caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, or thalamus. 2. no cortical and watershed infarction, hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, or WML with specific causes (such as multiple sclerosis). 3. no hippocampus or entorhinal cortex atrophy (MTA score = 0 point). Exclusion criteria: 1. 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.). 2. Other systemic diseases that can cause cognitive impairment (such as liver insufficiency, renal insufficiency, thyroid insufficiency, severe anemia, folic acid or vitamin B12 deficiency, syphilis, HIV infection, alcohol and drug abuse, etc.). 3. With a history of mental illness or those with congenital mental retardation. 4. Suffering from a disease that cannot be combined with a cognitive examination. 5. Contraindications to MRI. 6. Refuse to draw blood. 7. Refuse to sign informed consent. (5) Normal control 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.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
65 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affiliated Zhongshan hospital of Dalian university
RECRUITINGDalian, Liaoning, China
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Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College
RECRUITINGNanchong, Sichuan, China
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Baotou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGBaotou, Nei Monggol, China
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Beijing Chao Yang Hospital
RECRUITINGChaoyang, Beijing Municipality, China
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Beijing Geriatric Hospital
RECRUITINGChangping, Beijing Municipality, China
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Changda Hospital, Anshan
RECRUITINGAnshan, Liaoning, China
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China-Japan Friendship Hospital
RECRUITINGChaoyang, Beijing Municipality, China
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China-Japan friendship Hospital of Jilin university
RECRUITINGChangchun, Jilin, China
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Chinese PLA General Hospital
RECRUITINGHaidian, Beijing Municipality, China
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Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University
RECRUITINGYuzhong, Chongqing Municipality, China
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Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
RECRUITINGFengtai, Beijing Municipality, China
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First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
RECRUITINGXi’an, Shanxi, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
RECRUITINGHaerbin, Heilongjiang, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical Univeristy
RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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First Hospital of China Medical University
RECRUITINGShenyang, Liaoning, China
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First Hospital of Shijiazhuang City
RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGHaidian, Beijing Municipality, China
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
RECRUITINGFujian, Guangdong, China
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General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University
RECRUITINGYinchuan, Ningxia, China
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Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Handan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGHandan, Hebei, China
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Hebei General Hospital
RECRUITINGZhijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Henan Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, China
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Kaifeng Central Hospital
RECRUITINGKaifeng, Henan, China
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Mineral General Hospital, Xuzhou
RECRUITINGXuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Nantong University Affiliated Hospital
RECRUITINGNantong, Jiangsu, China
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Ningbo City Medical Treatment Center Lihuili Hospital
RECRUITINGNingbo, Zhejiang, China
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital
RECRUITINGXicheng, Beijing Municipality, China
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Peking University First Hospital
RECRUITINGXicheng, Beijing Municipality, China
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Peking University Third Hospital
RECRUITINGHaidian, Beijing Municipality, China
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People's Hospital Affiliated Hubei Medical University
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, China
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People's Hospital of Zhengzhou
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, China
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Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao)
RECRUITINGQingdao, Shandong, China
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QingDao Municipal Hospital
RECRUITINGQingdao, Shandong, China
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RenJi Hospital
RECRUITINGPutong, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Ruijin Hospital
RECRUITINGLuwan, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Shandong Provincial Hospital
RECRUITINGJining, Shandong, China
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Shanghai Changzheng Hospital
RECRUITINGHuangpu, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Shao Yifu Hospital of Zhejiang Medical University
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu
RECRUITINGSubei, Jiangsu, China
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Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
RECRUITINGZhongshan, Guangdong, China
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Tang-Du Hospital
RECRUITINGXi’an, Shanxi, China
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Tangshan Worker's Hospital
RECRUITINGTangshan, Hebei, China
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The 88th Hospital of PLA
RECRUITINGTai’an, Shandong, China
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The Affiliated Hospital Of Guizhou Medical University
RECRUITINGGuiyang, Guizhou, China
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The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
RECRUITINGQingdao, Shandong, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
RECRUITINGDalian, Liaoning, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
RECRUITINGTaiyuan, Shanxi, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University
RECRUITINGChangchun, Jilin, China
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The People's Hospital of Ningxia
RECRUITINGYinchuan, Ningxia, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
RECRUITINGYuzhong, Chongqing Municipality, China
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The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hunan, China
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Tianjin Huanhu Hospital
RECRUITINGXianshuigu, Tianjin Municipality, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
RECRUITINGXiaobailou, Tianjin Municipality, China
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Tongji Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, China
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region
RECRUITINGÜrümqi, Xinjiang, China
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Wuhan University Zhongnan Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hunan, China
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Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hunan, China
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Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Zigong First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZigong, Sichuan, China
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