Cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers for neurodegenerative dementias: An update of the Consensus of the Task Force on Biological Markers in Psychiatry of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry

Piotr Lewczuk*, Peter Riederer, Sid E. O'Bryant, Marcel M. Verbeek, Bruno Dubois, Pieter Jelle Visser, Kurt A. Jellinger, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Alfredo Ramirez, Lucilla Parnetti, Clifford R. Jack, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Harald Hampel, Alberto Lleo, Frank Jessen, Lidia Glodzik, Mony J. de Leon, Anne M. Fagan, Jose Molinuevo, Willemijn J. JansenBengt Winblad, Leslie M. Shaw, Ulf Andreasson, Markus Otto, Brit Mollenhauer, Jens Wiltfang, Martin R. Turner, Inga Zerr, Ron Handels, Alexander G. Thompson, Gunilla Johansson, Natalia Ermann, John Q. Trojanowski, Ilker Karaca, Holger Wagner, Patrick Oeckl, Linda van Waalwijk van Doorn, Maria Bjerke, Dimitrios Kapogiannis, H. Bea Kuiperij, Lucia Farotti, Yi Li, Brian A. Gordon, Stephane Epelbaum, Stephanie J. B. Vos, Catharina J. M. Klijn, William E. Van Nostrand, Carolina Minguillon, Matthias Schmitz, Carla Gallo, WFSBP Task Force

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Abstract

In the 12 years since the publication of the first Consensus Paper of the WFSBP on biomarkers of neurodegenerative dementias, enormous advancement has taken place in the field, and the Task Force takes now the opportunity to extend and update the original paper. New concepts of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the conceptual interactions between AD and dementia due to AD were developed, resulting in two sets for diagnostic/research criteria. Procedures for pre-analytical sample handling, biobanking, analyses and post-analytical interpretation of the results were intensively studied and optimised. A global quality control project was introduced to evaluate and monitor the inter-centre variability in measurements with the goal of harmonisation of results. Contexts of use and how to approach candidate biomarkers in biological specimens other than cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), e.g. blood, were precisely defined. Important development was achieved in neuroimaging techniques, including studies comparing amyloid- positron emission tomography results to fluid-based modalities. Similarly, development in research laboratory technologies, such as ultra-sensitive methods, raises our hopes to further improve analytical and diagnostic accuracy of classic and novel candidate biomarkers. Synergistically, advancement in clinical trials of anti-dementia therapies energises and motivates the efforts to find and optimise the most reliable early diagnostic modalities. Finally, the first studies were published addressing the potential of cost-effectiveness of the biomarkers-based diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)244-328
Number of pages85
JournalWorld Journal of Biological Psychiatry
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • dementia
  • biomarkers
  • cerebrospinal fluid
  • consensus
  • MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
  • AMYOTROPHIC-LATERAL-SCLEROSIS
  • CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB-DISEASE
  • CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY
  • FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION
  • PRECLINICAL ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
  • NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT-CHAIN
  • POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY
  • GAMMA-SECRETASE INHIBITOR
  • GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION
  • Humans
  • Societies, Medical/standards
  • Consensus
  • Dementia/blood
  • Biological Psychiatry/standards
  • Biomarkers/blood
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases/blood

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