Predictors of Severity of Alzheimer's Disease (PSAD)

Established in 1989, the Predictors of Severity of Alzheimer's Disease (PSAD) study has "followed two clinic-based cohorts of AD patients recruited from three major medical centers, and [has] made major progress in characterizing the natural history of AD and identifying predictors of disease course." Because the "ability to predict the length of time from disease onset to major disease outcomes in individual patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) has important implications for patient care, the development of interventions and public health," the PSAD study aims to "further the understanding of disease progression in order to develop predictor algorithms to address this issue." (http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-AG007370-24)