Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study

Introduction The number of older people diagnosed with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), the prodromal state of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is increasing worldwide. However, some patients with aMCI never convert to the AD type of dementia, with some remaining stable and others reverting...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Abbas, Didier Hannequin, Olivier Martinaud, David Wallon, Vincent de la Sayette, Adrien Julian, Marc Paccalin, Julien Cogez, Kim Gauthier, Alexandrine Morand, Frederic Dutheil, Béatrice Alescio-Lautier, José Boucraut, David Clarys, Francis Eustache, Nadine Girard, Eric Guedj, Marie Mazerolle, Aline Zaréa, Pascal Huguet, Bernard F Michel, Béatrice Desgranges, Isabelle Régner, José Broucraut, Boris Dufournet, Carine Giallo, Bernard François Michel, Nathalie Sambuchi, Pierre Branger, Sabine Fradin, Frédérique Grandhomme, Catherine Lalevée, Nadège Loisel, Alice Pélerin, Mélissa Pierre, Vincent de La Sayette, Alain Manrique, Vanessa Baudifier, Foucaud du Boisgueheneuc, Jean-Claude Lecron, Isabelle Merlet, Claudie Ornon, Sandrine Bioux, Evangeline Bliaux, Véronique Hannier, Maud Loubeyre, Dorothée Pouliquen, Muriel Quillard-Muraine, Véronique Paban, Arnaud Weill, Michel Isingrini, Sandrine Kalenzaga, François Rigalleau, Julien Chavant, Florence Fraisse, Mickael Laisney, Shailendra Segobin, Pierre Chausse, Julien Guegan, Guillaume Vallet, Sophie Blanchet, Pascale Piolino
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author Ahmed Abbas
Didier Hannequin
Olivier Martinaud
David Wallon
Vincent de la Sayette
Adrien Julian
Marc Paccalin
Julien Cogez
Kim Gauthier
Alexandrine Morand
Frederic Dutheil
Béatrice Alescio-Lautier
José Boucraut
David Clarys
Francis Eustache
Nadine Girard
Eric Guedj
Marie Mazerolle
Aline Zaréa
Pascal Huguet
Bernard F Michel
Béatrice Desgranges
Isabelle Régner
José Broucraut
Boris Dufournet
Carine Giallo
Bernard François Michel
Nathalie Sambuchi
Pierre Branger
Sabine Fradin
Frédérique Grandhomme
Catherine Lalevée
Nadège Loisel
Alice Pélerin
Mélissa Pierre
Vincent de La Sayette
Alain Manrique
Vanessa Baudifier
Foucaud du Boisgueheneuc
Jean-Claude Lecron
Isabelle Merlet
Claudie Ornon
Sandrine Bioux
Evangeline Bliaux
Véronique Hannier
Maud Loubeyre
Dorothée Pouliquen
Muriel Quillard-Muraine
Véronique Paban
Arnaud Weill
Michel Isingrini
Sandrine Kalenzaga
François Rigalleau
Julien Chavant
Florence Fraisse
Mickael Laisney
Shailendra Segobin
Pierre Chausse
Julien Guegan
Guillaume Vallet
Sophie Blanchet
Pascale Piolino
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Didier Hannequin
Olivier Martinaud
David Wallon
Vincent de la Sayette
Adrien Julian
Marc Paccalin
Julien Cogez
Kim Gauthier
Alexandrine Morand
Frederic Dutheil
Béatrice Alescio-Lautier
José Boucraut
David Clarys
Francis Eustache
Nadine Girard
Eric Guedj
Marie Mazerolle
Aline Zaréa
Pascal Huguet
Bernard F Michel
Béatrice Desgranges
Isabelle Régner
José Broucraut
Boris Dufournet
Carine Giallo
Bernard François Michel
Nathalie Sambuchi
Pierre Branger
Sabine Fradin
Frédérique Grandhomme
Catherine Lalevée
Nadège Loisel
Alice Pélerin
Mélissa Pierre
Vincent de La Sayette
Alain Manrique
Vanessa Baudifier
Foucaud du Boisgueheneuc
Jean-Claude Lecron
Isabelle Merlet
Claudie Ornon
Sandrine Bioux
Evangeline Bliaux
Véronique Hannier
Maud Loubeyre
Dorothée Pouliquen
Muriel Quillard-Muraine
Véronique Paban
Arnaud Weill
Michel Isingrini
Sandrine Kalenzaga
François Rigalleau
Julien Chavant
Florence Fraisse
Mickael Laisney
Shailendra Segobin
Pierre Chausse
Julien Guegan
Guillaume Vallet
Sophie Blanchet
Pascale Piolino
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description Introduction The number of older people diagnosed with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), the prodromal state of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is increasing worldwide. However, some patients with aMCI never convert to the AD type of dementia, with some remaining stable and others reverting to normal. This overdiagnosis bias has been largely overlooked and gone unexplained. There is ample evidence in the laboratory that negative ageing stereotypes (eg, the culturally shared belief that ageing inescapably causes severe cognitive decline) contribute to the deteriorating cognitive performances of healthy older adults, leading them to perform below their true abilities. The study described here is intended to test for the first time whether such stereotypes also impair patients’ cognitive performances during neuropsychological examinations in memory clinics, resulting in overdiagnosis of aMCI.Methods and analysis The ongoing study is a 4-year randomised clinical trial comparing patients’ physiological stress and cognitive performances during neuropsychological testing in memory clinics. A total of 260 patients attending their first cognitive evaluation will be randomised to either a standard condition of test administration, assumed here to implicitly activate negative ageing stereotypes or a reduced-threat instruction condition designed to alleviate the anxiety arising from these stereotypes. Both groups will be tested with the same test battery and stress biomarkers. For 30 patients diagnosed with aMCI in each group (n=60), biomarkers of neurodegeneration and amyloidopathy will be used to distinguish between aMCI with normal versus abnormal AD biomarkers. A 9-month follow-up will be performed on all patients to identify those whose cognitive performances remain stable, deteriorate or improve.Ethics and dissemination This protocol has been approved by the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety and the Sud-Est I French Ethics Committee (2017-A00946-47). Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT03138018.
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spelling doaj-art-2c50985b758643528f640cb2fbd089df2025-08-20T02:39:18ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-10-0191010.1136/bmjopen-2019-032265Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical studyAhmed Abbas0Didier Hannequin1Olivier MartinaudDavid WallonVincent de la Sayette2Adrien JulianMarc Paccalin3Julien CogezKim Gauthier4Alexandrine Morand5Frederic Dutheil6Béatrice Alescio-Lautier7José Boucraut8David Clarys9Francis Eustache10Nadine Girard11Eric Guedj12Marie Mazerolle13Aline Zaréa14Pascal Huguet15Bernard F Michel16Béatrice Desgranges17Isabelle Régner18José BroucrautBoris DufournetCarine GialloBernard François MichelNathalie SambuchiPierre BrangerSabine FradinFrédérique GrandhommeCatherine LalevéeNadège LoiselAlice PélerinMélissa PierreVincent de La SayetteAlain ManriqueVanessa BaudifierFoucaud du BoisgueheneucJean-Claude LecronIsabelle MerletClaudie OrnonSandrine BiouxEvangeline BliauxVéronique HannierMaud LoubeyreDorothée PouliquenMuriel Quillard-MuraineVéronique PabanArnaud WeillMichel IsingriniSandrine KalenzagaFrançois RigalleauJulien ChavantFlorence FraisseMickael LaisneyShailendra SegobinPierre ChausseJulien GueganGuillaume ValletSophie BlanchetPascale Piolino1Anaesthesia, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland11 Centre National de Référence pour les Malades Alzheimer Jeunes, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, INSERM 1245, Rouen, France2 Normandie Université, UNICAEN, PSL Universités Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, Caen, France2University Hospital, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Poitiers, France1 Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LPC, Marseille, France2 Normandie Université, UNICAEN, PSL Universités Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, Caen, France4 Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Preventive and Occupational Medicine, WittyFit, Clermont-Ferrand, France5 Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LNSC, Marseille, France6 Immunology Laboratory, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Marseille, Conception Hospital, Marseille, FranceCentre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l`Apprentissage, Université de Tours, Université de Poitiers, CNRS, Tours, Poitiers, France2 Normandie Université, UNICAEN, PSL Universités Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, Caen, France9 Aix Marseille Univ, CRMBM UMR CNRS 7339, APHM Timone Neuroradiologie, Marseille, France5 Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France11 Department and Laboratory of Psychology, MSHE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France13 Department of Neurology, Rouen University Hospital and University of Rouen, Rouen, France3 Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, LAPSCO, Clermont-Ferrand, France14 Departement of Neurological Behavior, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Sainte-Marguerite University Hospital, Marseille, France2 Normandie Université, UNICAEN, PSL Universités Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, Caen, France1 Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LPC, Marseille, FranceIntroduction The number of older people diagnosed with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), the prodromal state of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is increasing worldwide. However, some patients with aMCI never convert to the AD type of dementia, with some remaining stable and others reverting to normal. This overdiagnosis bias has been largely overlooked and gone unexplained. There is ample evidence in the laboratory that negative ageing stereotypes (eg, the culturally shared belief that ageing inescapably causes severe cognitive decline) contribute to the deteriorating cognitive performances of healthy older adults, leading them to perform below their true abilities. The study described here is intended to test for the first time whether such stereotypes also impair patients’ cognitive performances during neuropsychological examinations in memory clinics, resulting in overdiagnosis of aMCI.Methods and analysis The ongoing study is a 4-year randomised clinical trial comparing patients’ physiological stress and cognitive performances during neuropsychological testing in memory clinics. A total of 260 patients attending their first cognitive evaluation will be randomised to either a standard condition of test administration, assumed here to implicitly activate negative ageing stereotypes or a reduced-threat instruction condition designed to alleviate the anxiety arising from these stereotypes. Both groups will be tested with the same test battery and stress biomarkers. For 30 patients diagnosed with aMCI in each group (n=60), biomarkers of neurodegeneration and amyloidopathy will be used to distinguish between aMCI with normal versus abnormal AD biomarkers. A 9-month follow-up will be performed on all patients to identify those whose cognitive performances remain stable, deteriorate or improve.Ethics and dissemination This protocol has been approved by the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety and the Sud-Est I French Ethics Committee (2017-A00946-47). Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT03138018.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e032265.full
spellingShingle Ahmed Abbas
Didier Hannequin
Olivier Martinaud
David Wallon
Vincent de la Sayette
Adrien Julian
Marc Paccalin
Julien Cogez
Kim Gauthier
Alexandrine Morand
Frederic Dutheil
Béatrice Alescio-Lautier
José Boucraut
David Clarys
Francis Eustache
Nadine Girard
Eric Guedj
Marie Mazerolle
Aline Zaréa
Pascal Huguet
Bernard F Michel
Béatrice Desgranges
Isabelle Régner
José Broucraut
Boris Dufournet
Carine Giallo
Bernard François Michel
Nathalie Sambuchi
Pierre Branger
Sabine Fradin
Frédérique Grandhomme
Catherine Lalevée
Nadège Loisel
Alice Pélerin
Mélissa Pierre
Vincent de La Sayette
Alain Manrique
Vanessa Baudifier
Foucaud du Boisgueheneuc
Jean-Claude Lecron
Isabelle Merlet
Claudie Ornon
Sandrine Bioux
Evangeline Bliaux
Véronique Hannier
Maud Loubeyre
Dorothée Pouliquen
Muriel Quillard-Muraine
Véronique Paban
Arnaud Weill
Michel Isingrini
Sandrine Kalenzaga
François Rigalleau
Julien Chavant
Florence Fraisse
Mickael Laisney
Shailendra Segobin
Pierre Chausse
Julien Guegan
Guillaume Vallet
Sophie Blanchet
Pascale Piolino
Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study
BMJ Open
title Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study
title_full Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study
title_fullStr Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study
title_full_unstemmed Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study
title_short Ageing stereotypes and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AGING): study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study
title_sort ageing stereotypes and prodromal alzheimer s disease aging study protocol for an ongoing randomised clinical study
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e032265.full
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