2024
Cinpanemab in Early Parkinson Disease: Evaluation of Biomarker Results From the Phase 2 SPARK Clinical Trial.
Hutchison R, Fraser K, Yang M, Fox T, Hirschhorn E, Njingti E, Scott D, Bedell B, Kistner K, Cedarbaum J, Evans K, Graham D, Martarello L, Mollenhauer B, Lang A, Dam T, Beaver J. Cinpanemab in Early Parkinson Disease: Evaluation of Biomarker Results From the Phase 2 SPARK Clinical Trial. Neurology 2024, 102: e209137. PMID: 38315945, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlpha-SynucleinAntibodies, MonoclonalAntiparkinson AgentsBiomarkersDisease ProgressionDopamineDouble-Blind MethodHumansParkinson DiseaseConceptsDisease progressionDopaminergic deficitNeurofilament light chain levelsNigrostriatal dopamine pathwayDopamine transporter SPECTTerminated due to lackStriatal dopaminergic deficitsLight chain levelsClinical disease progressionEvidence of dopaminergic deficitParkinson's diseaseEvaluate disease severityBiomarker measurementsEarly Parkinson's diseaseStriatal binding ratiosDevelopment of therapiesStatistically significant differenceScale total scoreBiomarker resultsDouble-blindPlacebo-controlledUnified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale total scoreDopamine pathwayClinical trialsPrimary outcome
2022
Application of longitudinal item response theory models to modeling Parkinson’s disease progression
Zou H, Aggarwal V, Stebbins G, Müller M, Cedarbaum J, Pedata A, Stephenson D, Simuni T, Luo S. Application of longitudinal item response theory models to modeling Parkinson’s disease progression. CPT Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology 2022, 11: 1382-1392. PMID: 35895005, PMCID: PMC9574723, DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDisease ProgressionHumansMental Status and Dementia TestsParkinson DiseaseSeverity of Illness IndexConceptsEarly Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's diseaseDisease progressionProgression rateUnified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part 2Stage 1Yahr stage 1Higher baseline severityCommon clinical outcomeLongitudinal disease progressionSlow progression rateParkinson's disease progressionMovement Disorder SocietyStage 2Clinical outcomesMotor signsBaseline severitySlow progressionSum scoreTotal scoreLongitudinal item response theory modelProgressionSeverityPatientsDiseaseTracking Emergence of New Motor and Non-Motor Symptoms Using the MDS-UPDRS: A Novel Outcome Measure for Early Parkinson’s Disease?
Tosin M, Simuni T, Stebbins G, Cedarbaum J. Tracking Emergence of New Motor and Non-Motor Symptoms Using the MDS-UPDRS: A Novel Outcome Measure for Early Parkinson’s Disease? Journal Of Parkinson's Disease 2022, 12: 1345-1351. PMID: 35466955, PMCID: PMC9198734, DOI: 10.3233/jpd-223170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDisease ProgressionHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareParkinson DiseaseSeverity of Illness IndexConceptsEmergent symptomsDisease progressionOutcome measuresParkinson's disease clinical trialsNon-motor symptomsEarly Parkinson's diseaseDaily Living ScalePatient-reported experiencesClinical rating scalesNovel outcome measuresSymptomatic treatmentPD progressionClinical trialsMedian numberDaily livingLiving ScaleParkinson's diseaseSummary scoresMDS-UPDRSUseful markerRating ScaleSTX groupProgressionStxSymptoms
2019
Molecular Neuroimaging of the Dopamine Transporter as a Patient Enrichment Biomarker for Clinical Trials for Early Parkinson's Disease
Romero K, Conrado D, Burton J, Nicholas T, Sinha V, Macha S, Ahamadi M, Cedarbaum J, Seibyl J, Marek K, Basseches P, Hill D, Somer E, Gallagher J, Dexter DT, Roach A, Stephenson D, Consortium F, Initiative T. Molecular Neuroimaging of the Dopamine Transporter as a Patient Enrichment Biomarker for Clinical Trials for Early Parkinson's Disease. Clinical And Translational Science 2019, 12: 240-246. PMID: 30706986, PMCID: PMC6510371, DOI: 10.1111/cts.12619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical trialsImaging biomarkersDopamine transporterEuropean Medicines Agency's CommitteeParkinson's disease clinical trialsEarly Parkinson's diseaseCritical Path InstitutePatient selectionEnrichment biomarkerParkinson's diseaseMolecular neuroimagingPharmaceutical partnersDiseaseBiomarkersTrialsQualification opinionHuman useInternational ConsortiumTransportersMedical productsNeuroimagingFeasibility and safety of lumbar puncture in the Parkinson's disease research participants: Parkinson's Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI)
Prakash N, Caspell-Garcia C, Coffey C, Siderowf A, Tanner C, Kieburtz K, Mollenhauer B, Galasko D, Merchant K, Foroud T, Chahine L, Weintraub D, Casaceli C, Dorsey R, Wilson R, Herzog M, Daegele N, Arnedo V, Frasier M, Sherer T, Marek K, Frank S, Jennings D, Simuni T, Marek K, Siderowf A, Seibyl J, Coffey C, Tanner C, Tosun-Turgut D, Simuni T, Shaw L, Trojanowski J, Singleton A, Kieburtz K, Toga A, Mollenhauer B, Galasko D, Poewe W, Foroud T, Poston K, Sherer T, Chowdhury S, Frasier M, Kopil C, Arnedo V, Marek K, Daegele N, Casaceli C, Dorsey R, Wilson R, Mahes S, Seibyl J, Salerno C, Coffey C, Caspell-Garcia C, Toga A, Crawford K, Foroud T, Casalin P, Malferrari G, Weisz M, Orr-Urtreger A, Trojanowski J, Shaw L, Singleton A, Foroud T, Foroud T, Montine T, Foroud T, Russell D, Tanner C, Simuni T, Dahodwala N, Mollenhauer B, Galasko D, Poewe W, Giladi N, Factor S, Hogarth P, Standaert D, Hauser R, Jankovic J, Saint-Hilaire M, Richard I, Shprecher D, Fernandez H, Brockmann K, Rosenthal L, Barone P, Espay A, Rowe D, Marder K, Santiago A, Bressman S, Hu S, Isaacson S, Corvol J, Martinez J, Tolosa E, Tai Y, Politis M, Smejdir D, Rees L, Williams K, Kausar F, Williams K, Richardson W, Willeke D, Peacock S, Heim B, Mirelman A, Sommerfeld B, Freed A, Wakeman K, Blair C, Guthrie S, Harrell L, Hunter C, Thomas C, James R, Zimmerman G, Brown V, Mule J, Hilt E, Ribb K, Ainscough S, Wethington M, Ranola M, Santana H, Moreno J, Raymond D, Speketer K, Carvajal L, Carvalho S, Croitoru I, Garrido A, Payne L, Viswanth V, Severt L, Facheris M, Soares H, Mintun M, Cedarbaum J, Taylor P, Biglan K, Vandenbroucke E, Sheikh Z, Bingol B, Fischer T, Sardi P, Forrat R, Reith A, Egebjerg J, Hillert G, Saba B, Min C, Umek R, Mather J, De Santi S, Post A, Boess F, Taylor K, Grachev I, Avbersek A, Muglia P, Merchant K, Tauscher J. Feasibility and safety of lumbar puncture in the Parkinson's disease research participants: Parkinson's Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI). Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2019, 62: 201-209. PMID: 30738748, PMCID: PMC8978879, DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.12.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParkinson's Progression Markers InitiativeProgression Markers InitiativeAdverse eventsLumbar punctureParkinson's diseasePD participantsBaseline lumbar puncturePhone one weekSerial lumbar puncturesCommon adverse eventsRelated adverse eventsCerebrospinal fluid analysisEarly Parkinson's diseaseLow back painLongitudinal observation studyPPMI participantsUnderwent collectionBack painOverall incidenceDopaminergic deficiencyProgression biomarkersFemale genderSafety dataHealthy volunteersHigh incidence
2018
Finding useful biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease
Chen-Plotkin AS, Albin R, Alcalay R, Babcock D, Bajaj V, Bowman D, Buko A, Cedarbaum J, Chelsky D, Cookson MR, Dawson TM, Dewey R, Foroud T, Frasier M, German D, Gwinn K, Huang X, Kopil C, Kremer T, Lasch S, Marek K, Marto JA, Merchant K, Mollenhauer B, Naito A, Potashkin J, Reimer A, Rosenthal LS, Saunders-Pullman R, Scherzer CR, Sherer T, Singleton A, Sutherland M, Thiele I, van der Brug M, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Vaillancourt D, Walt D, West A, Zhang J. Finding useful biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease. Science Translational Medicine 2018, 10 PMID: 30111645, PMCID: PMC6097233, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aam6003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFDG PET Parkinson’s disease-related pattern as a biomarker for clinical trials in early stage disease
Matthews DC, Lerman H, Lukic A, Andrews RD, Mirelman A, Wernick MN, Giladi N, Strother SC, Evans KC, Cedarbaum JM, Even-Sapir E. FDG PET Parkinson’s disease-related pattern as a biomarker for clinical trials in early stage disease. NeuroImage Clinical 2018, 20: 572-579. PMID: 30186761, PMCID: PMC6120603, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsDisease-related patternsParkinson's diseaseYahr stagePD patientsClinical trialsParkinson's disease-related patternFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyGender-matched healthy controlsEarly-stage Parkinson's diseaseMild PD patientsEarly-stage diseaseFDG-PET scansMotor symptom scoresPositron emission tomographyStage diseaseMotor symptomsSymptom scoresFDG-PETDisease stagePD progressionLentiform nucleusParacentral gyrusSymptom evaluationPD subjects
2017
Biometric monitoring devices for assessing end points in clinical trials: developing an ecosystem
Arnerić SP, Cedarbaum JM, Khozin S, Papapetropoulos S, Hill DL, Ropacki M, Rhodes J, Dacks PA, Hudson LD, Gordon MF, Kern VD, Romero K, Vradenburg G, Au R, Karlin DR, Facheris MF, Fitzer-Attas CJ, Vitolo OV, Wang J, Miller BM, Kaye JA. Biometric monitoring devices for assessing end points in clinical trials: developing an ecosystem. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2017, 16: 736-736. PMID: 28935908, DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2017.153.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Targeting Prodromal Alzheimer Disease With Avagacestat: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Coric V, Salloway S, van Dyck CH, Dubois B, Andreasen N, Brody M, Curtis C, Soininen H, Thein S, Shiovitz T, Pilcher G, Ferris S, Colby S, Kerselaers W, Dockens R, Soares H, Kaplita S, Luo F, Pachai C, Bracoud L, Mintun M, Grill JD, Marek K, Seibyl J, Cedarbaum JM, Albright C, Feldman HH, Berman RM. Targeting Prodromal Alzheimer Disease With Avagacestat: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology 2015, 72: 1324-1333. PMID: 26414022, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.0607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonmelanoma skin cancerObservational cohortProdromal Alzheimer's diseaseProdromal ADClinical trialsPositron emission tomographyAlzheimer's diseaseDiscontinuation ratesCSF biomarkersBiomarker criteriaTreatment phasePlacebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trialSkin cancerGastrointestinal tract adverse eventsKey clinical outcome measuresSerious adverse event ratesΓ-Secretase Inhibitor AvagacestatEmission tomographyPhase 2 clinical trialPotential disease-modifying agentsBrain atrophy ratesLow discontinuation rateAdverse event ratesDisease-modifying agentsGreater brain atrophyImpact of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, 2004 to 2014
Weiner MW, Veitch DP, Aisen PS, Beckett LA, Cairns NJ, Cedarbaum J, Donohue MC, Green RC, Harvey D, Jack CR, Jagust W, Morris JC, Petersen RC, Saykin AJ, Shaw L, Thompson PM, Toga AW, Trojanowski JQ, Initiative A. Impact of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, 2004 to 2014. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2015, 11: 865-884. PMID: 26194320, PMCID: PMC4659407, DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersClinical Trials as TopicDatabases, BibliographicDisease ProgressionHumansLongitudinal StudiesNeuroimagingConceptsAlzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging InitiativeClinical trialsDisease Neuroimaging InitiativeAlzheimer's diseaseAD clinical trialsSurrogate outcome measureAD risk factorsTraumatic brain injuryPost-traumatic stress disorderAD risk allelesMultiple sclerosisRisk factorsBrain injuryAD progressionOutcome measuresEffective treatmentParkinson's diseaseImaging ligandsMilitary populationStress disorderRisk allelesDiseaseMultiple centersBiomarkersStandardized biomarkers
2010
Seeing with new eyes: Finding a path to early intervention trials in Alzheimer's disease
Cedarbaum JM, Crans G, Grundman M. Seeing with new eyes: Finding a path to early intervention trials in Alzheimer's disease. The Journal Of Nutrition Health & Aging 2010, 14: 306-309. PMID: 20306002, DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0069-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild cognitive impairmentAlzheimer's diseaseOutcome measuresClinical Dementia Rating SumClinical staging algorithmsPrimary outcome measureAD clinical trialsEarly intervention trialsComprehensive outcome measuresIdentification of MCIClinical courseIntervention trialsAD patientsClinical trialsDementia pathologyClinical characterizationCognitive impairmentEarly identificationDegenerative disordersNormal cognitionStaging algorithmDiseaseBiomarker informationBiomarker dataTrials
1999
The ALSFRS-R: a revised ALS functional rating scale that incorporates assessments of respiratory function
Cedarbaum J, Stambler N, Malta E, Fuller C, Hilt D, Thurmond B, Nakanishi A, . B. The ALSFRS-R: a revised ALS functional rating scale that incorporates assessments of respiratory function. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 1999, 169: 13-21. PMID: 10540002, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00210-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsALS Functional Rating ScaleAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisFunctional Rating ScaleRating ScaleALSFRS-R scoreProgression of disabilitySickness Impact ProfileQuality of lifeVentilatory supportImpact ProfileRespiratory functionLateral sclerosisQuality of functionStrong internal consistencyAdditional assessmentInternal consistencyRating instrumentStrong determinantOrthopneaDyspneaSclerosisPatientsDysfunctionRespiratory