Transcript NACC Update

NACC Update
ADC Director’s Meeting
October 2003
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
New NACC Faculty
• Thomas Koepsell, MD, MPH
– New Co-Director in competitive renewal
– Too many credentials to list…
• Annette Fitzpatrick, PhD
– Asst. Professor, Epidemiology
– Previously with CHS and GEM studies
– Years of coordinating center experience
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
Cumulative totals, additions and
active subjects in MDS
1999 2000
Total IDs
2001
38,289 42,465 52,416
2002
2003
55,807
62,114
Autopsy
Total
5130
5775
6434
7056
7158
New IDs
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3763
5334
3932
4483
Found
IDs
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413
4617
(514)
1824
Active
IDs
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21,422
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
Clinical Dementia status of
2003 MDS Subjects
Dementia
40,273 (64.8%)
MCI or questionable
5756
(9.3%)
Neuro-control
1937
(3.1%)
Control
9335 (15.0%)
Other
5495
(7.3%)
318
(0.5%)
Unknown
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
Neuropathology data
• Add cases as ready: No Data Call
– Edits of past cases
– Web browser data entry
– other means of input
• Database “frozen” twice/yr for reports
– Director certified data
• Current data viewable on web
• Neuropathology leads the way…..
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
NACC Collaborative Projects
• New Award: D. Tsuang, MD
– Clinical, pathologic and genetic
characteristics of DLB
• Thirteen NACC projects funded to date
• Productivity increasing
– Nine papers
– Fifteen abstracts
• Thank you!
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
NACC and Clinical Data
Expansion
• Implement the Uniform Data Set
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Data base structure
Web-based and other I/O
Submit as needed; no data calls
Prospective visits only
Longitudinal follow-up
• Seamless integration
– NP data
– MDS
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
Continuous Consultation
Coverage
• Methodologic & statistical consultation
• Database management
• Secondary analysis from database
– ADC investigators encouraged
– NACC: initiation or support function
• Web-site improvements
– Training video capabilities
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
NACC Competing Continuation
Seems like only yesterday…
• Due November 1
• Continuing Improvements
– Support
– Data access
– UDS: standardized, accumulated,
longitudinal data
• Increased investigator opportunity
through data sharing
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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center