Eardream Data Collection in Colombia Supported by ADDF

Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset

Treatments

Other: This is an observational study

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05570370

ADDF_COL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Data collection based on this study will allow us to collect neurophysiological and cognitive data collected from in-ear EEG recordings of the Autosomal dominant alzheimer's disease population in Colombia

Full description

There is solid neurophysiological evidence indicating that abnormal brain rhythms during sleep and noradrenergic dysfunction are core components of cognitive decline and AD onset, and their related pathophysiology. Crucially, irregularities in these neurophysiological mechanisms appear to occur in an asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic stage, but their potential to identify susceptibility for triggering neurodegeneration has yet to be established.

Thus, the possibility to identify such risk biomarkers in humans will require the acquisition of large-scale data related direct or indirect measurements of these physiological signatures. A possible key source to obtain such large-scale data related to sleep and noradrenergic function is the assessment of electroencephalographic recordings through non-obtrusive, low-cost, and reliable wearable sensors, alongside the use of advanced neuro-computational algorithms that link brain function and behavioral outcomes of LC function via pupilometry measurements.

Enrollment

120 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Participants fulfilling all of the following inclusion criteria are eligible for the study:

Informed Consent as documented by signature mutation and non-mutation carriers of ADAD populations Patients diagnosed with MCI and AD

Diseases or lesions of the nervous system (acute or residual included neurological and psychiatric diseases, except for MCI and AD in the patient population) Clinically significant concomitant disease states (e.g., renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, etc.) Sleep disorders, known or suspected (e.g. Insomnia, sleep apnoea, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy, etc.) mini mental state examination (MMSE) score > 24)

Participants are not eligible if they fulfill the following exclusion criteria:

Participation in another study with investigational drug/therapy/interventions within the 30 days preceding and during the present study (start date adapted accordingly) Suspected drug- or medication abuse, or on-label sleep medication use during the time of the study Infection/disease of the auditory canal or ear drum that could worsen with EAR-DREAM application, or allergies to in-Ear electrode materials (e.g., silver) Pregnancy (not safety related, but relevant for data interpretation procedures given that pregnancy can result in sleep patterns that are different from the baseline measurements we intend to characterize) Additional non-medical exclusion criteria may be defined for certain cognitive tasks (e.g. no glasses during experiments involving pupillometry).