DOI: 10.1001/JAMANEUROL.2014.1120
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摘要: The chief difference between a primary prevention trial (PPT) and secondary (SPT) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is related to the targeted participant group. As currently conceptualized, PPT recruits asymptomatic individuals from general population while an SPT only (or preclinical) who are biomarker-positive for AD1. Recent examples of latter include AD kindred Antioquia, Colombia, which subjects E280A mutation carriers with familial history early onset disease, Anti-Amyloid Treatment Asymptomatic Disease (A4) trial, targets adults age 70 years older high brain amyloid levels as determined by PET scan. subject Donohue et al. manuscript2, seeks identify endpoint that SPT.