Returning Research Results That Indicate Risk of Alzheimer Disease Dementia to Healthy Participants in Longitudinal Studies (WeSHARE)

Returning Research Results That Indicate Risk of Alzheimer Disease Dementia to Healthy Participants in Longitudinal Studies

Returning Research Results That Indicate Risk of Alzheimer Disease Dementia to Healthy Participants in Longitudinal Studies: Quantitative Analyses of a Randomized Clinical Trial

This is a study to evaluate the impact of returning research results that indicate a five-year risk estimate of Alzheimer disease dementia to participants without memory or thinking problems of the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

All participants without memory or thinking problems in a longitudinal observational cohort of aging (Memory and Aging Project) will be offered a five-year Alzheimer dementia risk estimate report that incorporates genetic and either neuroimaging research results or plasma amyloid results as well as demographic information into five-year Alzheimer disease dementia risk estimate. Using a two-year delayed-start randomized clinical trial design, participants will be randomized to receive research results either two weeks (Arm A/C) or one year (Arm B/D) after informed consent.

Participants randomized to Arm A will receive their research results two weeks after they review educational materials provided by the study and sign the informed consent document. Arm A is a neuroimaging arm.

Participants randomized to Arm B will receive their research results one year after they review the educational materials provided by the study and sign the informed consent document. Arm B is a neuroimaging arm.

Participants randomized to Arm C will receive their research results two weeks after they review educational materials provided by the study and sign the informed consent document. Arm C is a plasma amyloid arm.

Participants randomized to Arm D will receive their research results one year after they review the educational materials provided by the study and sign the informed consent document. Arm D is a plasma amyloid arm.

All arms will receive the same intervention, but at different time points. All arms will be offered the option to learn their research results in personalized five-year risk estimate of getting Alzheimer disease dementia. Arms A & C participants will receive their risk estimate about two weeks after consent is signed and Arms B& D will receive their risk estimate about one year after consent is signed. The risk estimate returned to participants is based on research results from individual genotyping results, imaging or plasma amyloid testing & demographic characteristics. All arms will complete psychosocial and cognitive testing. Also, surveys used in this study will ask about participants' experiences and feelings after learning their risk estimate. All arms will receive follow up calls at one week post disclosure of the risk estimate and surveys two, six, and twelve months post disclosure. Arms A & C will have extra surveys at twenty-four months post disclosure.

A 15-item scale measuring distress specific to the test results received. Scores range from 0-75, with higher scores indicating greater test-related distress.

Inclusion Criteria: Current Knight ADRC participants who had their clinical assessment in the previous month. Minimum age of 65 years old Participant must be classified as cognitively normal (CDR® = 0) at their last clinical assessment. Participant has had brain MRI and/or PET amyloid scan within the last 24 months or has plasma amyloid results. Participant has genetic research results available including APOE status. Participant is currently consented to be contacted for other research opportunities through the Knight ADRC. Exclusion Criteria: There are no exclusion criteria, other than not meeting all of the inclusion criteria listed above.

Individual participant data which documents, supports and validates research findings will be made available after the main findings from the final research data set have been accepted for publication. Such research data will be de-identified to prevent the disclosure of personal identifiers.

Access Criteria: Qualified researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal will be able to access the data to achieve aims in the approved proposal. Proposals should be directed to hartzs@wustl.edu. To gain access, requestors will need to sign a data access agreement.