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Diagnostic impact of [18F]flutemetamol PET in early-onset dementia

Overview of attention for article published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, January 2017
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Title
Diagnostic impact of [18F]flutemetamol PET in early-onset dementia
Published in
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, January 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13195-016-0228-4
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Authors

Marissa D. Zwan, Femke H. Bouwman, Elles Konijnenberg, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Frans R. J. Verhey, Pauline Aalten, Bart N. M. van Berckel, Philip Scheltens

Abstract

Early-onset dementia patients often present with atypical clinical symptoms, hampering an accurate clinical diagnosis. The purpose of the present study was to assess the diagnostic impact of the amyloid-positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent [(18)F]flutemetamol in early-onset dementia patients, in terms of change in (confidence in) diagnosis and patient management plan. This prospective bi-center study included 211 patients suspected of early-onset dementia who visited a tertiary memory clinic. Patients were eligible with Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 18 and age at diagnosis ≤ 70 years and in whom the diagnostic confidence was <90% after routine diagnostic work-up. All patients underwent [(18)F]flutemetamol PET, which was interpreted as amyloid-negative or amyloid-positive based on visual rating. Before and after disclosing the PET results, we assessed the diagnostic confidence (using a visual analog scale of 0-100%) and clinical diagnosis. The impact of [(18)F]flutemetamol PET on the patient management plan was also evaluated. [(18)F]flutemetamol PET scans were positive in 133 out of 211 (63%) patients, of whom 110 out of 144 (76%) patients had a pre-PET Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis and 23 out of 67 (34%) patients had a non-AD diagnosis. After disclosure of PET results, 41/211 (19%) diagnoses changed. Overall, diagnostic confidence increased from 69 ± 12% to 88 ± 15% after disclosing PET results (P < 0.001; in 87% of patients). In 79 (37%) patients, PET results led to a change in patient management and predominantly the initiation of AD medication when PET showed evidence for amyloid pathology. [(18)F]flutemetamol PET changed clinical diagnosis, increased overall diagnostic confidence, and altered the patient management plan. Our results suggest that amyloid PET may have added value over the standardized diagnostic work-up in early-onset dementia patients with uncertain clinical diagnosis. This study provides evidence for the recommendations put forward in the appropriate use criteria for amyloid PET in clinical practice. Nederlands Trial Register NTR3743 . Registered 7 December 2012.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 140 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 17%
Researcher 22 15%
Student > Master 15 11%
Student > Bachelor 13 9%
Other 13 9%
Other 18 13%
Unknown 37 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 37 26%
Psychology 16 11%
Neuroscience 16 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 2%
Engineering 3 2%
Other 18 13%
Unknown 49 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2018.
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#2,298,302
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Outputs from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#515
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#50,286
of 418,156 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#7
of 20 outputs
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