{"title":"Biomarker-based Alzheimer's diagnosis: learning to use p-tau217 wisely.","authors":"Michael P Lunn","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2025-336572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2025-336572","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144142782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jehyun Ahn, Eun Hye Lee, Heejin Yoo, Daeun Shin, Heekyoung Kang, Sohyun Yim, Seongmi Kim, Kyoungmin Kim, Soyeon Yoon, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Fernando Gonzalez-Ortiz, Nicholas Ashton, Sung Hoon Kang, Jihwan Yun, Jun Pyo Kim, Hee Jin Kim, Duk L Na, Hyemin Jang, Kyunga Kim, Sang Won Seo
{"title":"Tailoring thresholds for interpreting plasma p-tau217 levels.","authors":"Jehyun Ahn, Eun Hye Lee, Heejin Yoo, Daeun Shin, Heekyoung Kang, Sohyun Yim, Seongmi Kim, Kyoungmin Kim, Soyeon Yoon, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Fernando Gonzalez-Ortiz, Nicholas Ashton, Sung Hoon Kang, Jihwan Yun, Jun Pyo Kim, Hee Jin Kim, Duk L Na, Hyemin Jang, Kyunga Kim, Sang Won Seo","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2025-335830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2025-335830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Plasma phosphorylated tau (p-tau) 217 test has emerged as a minimally invasive and accessible alternative to positron emission tomography imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis for Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnostics. However, the diagnostic performance of p-tau217 across diverse cognitive and demographic subgroups remains underexplored. This multicentre cross-sectional study aimed to assess the diagnostic utility of plasma p-tau217 using a double cut-off approach in a large, diverse cohort, focusing on subgroup analyses based on cognitive status, age, sex, body mass index and <i>APOE</i> ε4 carrier status.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Plasma p-tau217 levels were analysed in cognitively unimpaired (CU) and cognitively impaired (CI) individuals. Double cut-offs for p-tau217 levels were selected to classify participants into amyloid-negative, intermediate and amyloid-positive groups. Diagnostic performance metrics including sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were evaluated across subgroups, and tailored cut-off strategies were explored for specific populations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The optimal cut-offs differed between CU and CI groups. In the CI group, diagnostic accuracy was consistently high across all subgroups, meeting confirmatory test standards with sensitivity and specificity ≥90%. In the CU group, the appropriate standards varied by subgroup. Participants aged <65 years required alternative cut-offs to improve sensitivity to 85.0% and maintain specificity at 95.7%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Plasma p-tau217 demonstrated robust diagnostic accuracy across CI subgroups and highlighted the importance of tailored cut-off thresholds for CU populations. These findings support the integration of plasma p-tau217 into clinical workflows for AD diagnostics, emphasising its potential for early detection and risk stratification.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144142784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comorbidities, safety and persistence in phase III clinical trials in multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Amber Salter, Samantha Lancia, Kaarina Kowalec, Kathryn Fitzgerald, Ruth Ann Marrie","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2024-335710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2024-335710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Associations between comorbidity and reduced persistence to disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) have been identified. Limited information is available regarding the association of comorbidity with safety outcomes. The study objective was to evaluate the association of comorbidities with safety outcomes and persistence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a two-stage meta-analysis of individual participant data from phase III clinical trials of MS DMTs. Individual comorbidities and comorbidity burden, defined as the sum of all comorbidities (n=15), were examined. Safety outcomes, defined using adverse event (AE) data, were reviewed to identify specific AEs of interest, including infection; treatment-emergent autoimmune disease; cancer; elevated transaminases and lymphopenia. We also examined any early trial discontinuation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 17 clinical trials representing 16 794 MS participants. Over a 2-year follow-up, the pooled proportion of AEs was 64% (95% CI 59.4% to 68.9%) and the majority were infection AEs. Increasing comorbidity burden was associated with an increased rate of AEs (rate ratio (95% CI) 1: 1.13 (1.09 to 1.17); 2: 1.19 (1.14 to 1.23); ≥3: 1.25 (1.18 to 1.33)) compared with those with no comorbidity. When pooled across trials, early discontinuation affected 17% of participants (95% CI 13.8% to 20.9%). A higher risk of trial discontinuation was associated with higher comorbidity burden (2: 1.23 (1.07 to 1.42); ≥3: 1.19 (1.01 to 1.40)) compared with those with no comorbidity. Psychiatric disorders were associated with trial discontinuation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Higher comorbidity burden is associated with increased risk of experiencing safety outcomes and early DMT discontinuation among individuals with MS enrolled in clinical trials of MS-DMTs, highlighting the important role of comorbidities in the safety and persistence of DMTs.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144142783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Romain Marignier, Javier Villacieros-Álvarez, Carmen Espejo, Georgin Arrambide, Nicolás Fissolo, Lucía Gutiérrez, Alessandro Dinoto, Patricia Mulero, Laura Rubio-Flores, Pablo Nieto, Carmen Alcalá, Jose E Meca-Lallana, Pedro Martínez-Garcia, Jorge Millán, Raphaël Bernard-Valnet, Inés González, Aida Orvíz García, Raquel Tellez, Laura Navarro, Silvia Presas-Rodríguez, Lucía Romero-Pinel, Sergio Martínez-Yélamos, Juan Pablo Cuello, Ana Maria Alonso Torres, Raquel Piñar, Gary Álvarez Bravo, Lakhdar Benyahya, Sophie Trouillet-Assant, Virginie Dyon-Tafani, Caroline Froment Tilikete, Aurelie Ruet, Bertrand Bourre, Romain Deschamps, Caroline Papeix, Elisabeth Maillart, Philippe Kerschen, Xavier Ayrignac, Alex Rovira, Cristina Auger, Bertrand Audoin, Xavier Montalban, Mar Tintore, Sara Mariotto, Alvaro Cobo-Calvo
{"title":"Assessment of neuronal and glial serum biomarkers in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease: the MULTIMOGAD study.","authors":"Romain Marignier, Javier Villacieros-Álvarez, Carmen Espejo, Georgin Arrambide, Nicolás Fissolo, Lucía Gutiérrez, Alessandro Dinoto, Patricia Mulero, Laura Rubio-Flores, Pablo Nieto, Carmen Alcalá, Jose E Meca-Lallana, Pedro Martínez-Garcia, Jorge Millán, Raphaël Bernard-Valnet, Inés González, Aida Orvíz García, Raquel Tellez, Laura Navarro, Silvia Presas-Rodríguez, Lucía Romero-Pinel, Sergio Martínez-Yélamos, Juan Pablo Cuello, Ana Maria Alonso Torres, Raquel Piñar, Gary Álvarez Bravo, Lakhdar Benyahya, Sophie Trouillet-Assant, Virginie Dyon-Tafani, Caroline Froment Tilikete, Aurelie Ruet, Bertrand Bourre, Romain Deschamps, Caroline Papeix, Elisabeth Maillart, Philippe Kerschen, Xavier Ayrignac, Alex Rovira, Cristina Auger, Bertrand Audoin, Xavier Montalban, Mar Tintore, Sara Mariotto, Alvaro Cobo-Calvo","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2024-335137","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnnp-2024-335137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) and serum glial fibrillary acidic protein (sGFAP) have emerged as important biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (MS) and aquaporin-4 seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4-NMOSD). However, their interest in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) remains unclear. Our aim was to characterise sNfL and sGFAP profile and analyse their usefulness in predicting relapses and disability in MOGAD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective study of adult MOGAD patients with serum samples collected at baseline (≤3 months from disease onset) and follow-up (>6 months from baseline sample). sNfL and sGFAP were analysed using Simoa HD-1, and values were compared across time-points. The association between biomarkers and clinical variables and their predictive value for disability and relapses were analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty-nine MOGAD patients were included. Baseline sNfL and sGFAP values were high at baseline and decreased over time (p<0.001, p=0.027, respectively). sNfL and sGFAP values were associated with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) at attacks (β 0.15 (0.06; 0.25), p=0.002; β 0.14 (0.07; 0.21), p<0.001, respectively) and were lower in optic neuritis presentations (β -0.69 (-1.18; -0.19), p=0.007; β -0.42 (-0.76; -0.08), p=0.016). Biomarker deltas[Δ] (baseline values - second samples values) were associated with ΔEDSS (initial EDSS - final EDSS) (ΔsNfL β 0.52 (0.01; 1.04), p=0.046; ΔsGFAP β 1.07 (0.38; 1.75), p=0.003). Finally, sNfL values independently predicted the risk of relapses (HR 2.06 (1.41; 3.01), p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results on sNfL and sGFAP suggest initial neuro-axonal and astrocytic damage in MOGAD and the utility of these biomarkers at onset and follow-up in predicting clinical recovery and relapses.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143408649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David G Lester, Alexander G Thompson, Kevin Talbot, Martin R Turner
{"title":"Progression and life expectancy in primary lateral sclerosis.","authors":"David G Lester, Alexander G Thompson, Kevin Talbot, Martin R Turner","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2025-336037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2025-336037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To characterise the clinical characteristics and longitudinal outcomes in primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), including median survival from symptom onset and age at death.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The authors retrospectively reviewed electronic health records of patients diagnosed with PLS referred to a specialised motor neuron disorders clinic from 2002 to 2024, analysed longitudinal Revised Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R) assessments using joint models and used Kaplan-Meier methods and life tables to calculate median survival and age at death compared with population-based values.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 52 patients, 34 (65%) were male, 41 (79%) first noted symptoms in the lower limbs and 10 (19%) in corticobulbar function. Median age of symptom onset was 53 years. The mean annual rate of functional decline was -1.92 ALSFRS-R points (95% CI -3.03 to -0.78), with equal highest rates of decline in fine and gross motor subscores. Five patients (10%) received gastrostomy and three (6%) non-invasive ventilation. Median survival from symptom onset was 23.1 years (22.7 to not reached), and median age at death was 79.5 years (77.8 to not reached) compared with a population-based reference mean of 81.9 years (81.1 to 82.8).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>PLS may be commensurate with near-normal life expectancy. Significant disability arises from limb motor dysfunction, with a minority of patients requiring nutritional or respiratory support. This has important implications for counselling and trial design.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144086259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Venla Ahola, Maija Saraste, Marjo Nylund, Markus Matilainen, Amelie Luoma, Anna Vuorimaa, Jussi Lehto, Sini Laaksonen, Eeva-Christine Brockmann, Jens Kuhle, David Leppert, Tero Soukka, Urpo Lamminmäki, Laura Airas
{"title":"Plasma CHI3L1 associates with brain volume loss and glial activation in multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Venla Ahola, Maija Saraste, Marjo Nylund, Markus Matilainen, Amelie Luoma, Anna Vuorimaa, Jussi Lehto, Sini Laaksonen, Eeva-Christine Brockmann, Jens Kuhle, David Leppert, Tero Soukka, Urpo Lamminmäki, Laura Airas","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2025-336063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2025-336063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Multiple sclerosis (MS) progression independent of relapses is driven by brain innate immune cell activation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1), expressed in brain by astrocytes and microglia, measured from blood and smouldering inflammation measured using 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with MS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study cohort included 55 patients with MS (25 progressive MS (PMS) and 30 relapsing remitting MS (RRMS)) and 17 healthy controls (HC). CHI3L1 was measured with commercial ELISA from plasma samples. A subcohort (44 MS and 9 HC) underwent TSPO-PET to assess [<sup>11</sup>C]PK11195 distribution volume ratio (DVR) and MRI concurrent to blood sampling. These imaging outcomes were used in respective correlation and linear regression analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CHI3L1 concentration in plasma was higher in PMS (23.5 ng/mL) compared with HC (16.8 ng/mL, p=0.0055) and RRMS (19.3 ng/mL, p=0.049). CHI3L1 associated with brain [<sup>11</sup>C]PK11195 DVR in all MS (standardised estimate 0.89, 95% CI 0.23 to 1.55, p=0.010) and in PMS (Spearman correlation ρ=0.58, 95% CI 0.058 to 0.86, p=0.032). Additionally, CHI3L1 was associated with smaller brain volume in both MS (-0.75, -1.38 to -0.11, p=0.023) and PMS (ρ=-0.56, -0.83 to -0.095, p=0.021). Furthermore, CHI3L1 was associated with Expanded Disability Status Scale (0.70, 0.12 to 1.28, p=0.019) and age (0.93, 0.37 to 1.48, p=0.002) among all patients with MS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Association of CHI3L1 with glial activation and brain volume loss identifies plasma CHI3L1 as a promising biomarker for smouldering inflammation and MS progression-related pathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144086257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us.","authors":"Chris Zielinski","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2025-336653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2025-336653","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiovascular risk and obesity impact loss of grey matter volume earlier in males than females.","authors":"Joseph Nowell, Steve Gentleman, Paul Edison","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2024-333675","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnnp-2024-333675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It remains imperative to discover the time course that cardiovascular risk factors influence neurodegeneration in males and females and decipher whether the apolipoprotein (APOE) genotype mediates this relationship. Here we perform a large-scale evaluation of the influence of cardiovascular risk and obesity on brain volume in males and females in different age groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>34 425 participants between the ages of 45 and 82 years were recruited from the UK Biobank database https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk. T1-weighted structural MR images (n=34 425) were downloaded locally for all participants, and voxel-based morphometry was performed to characterise the volumetric changes of the whole brain. The influence of Framingham cardiovascular risk (general cardiovascular risk), abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue, and visceral adipose tissue volume (obesity) on cortical grey matter volume across different decades of life was evaluated with voxel-wise analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In males, cardiovascular risk and obesity demonstrated the greatest influence on lower grey matter volume between 55-64 years of age. Female participants showed the greatest effect on lower grey matter volume between 65-74 years of age. Associations remained significant in APOE ε4 carriers and APOE ε4 non-carriers when evaluated separately.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The strongest influence of cardiovascular risk and obesity on reduced brain volume was between 55-64 years of age in males, whereas women were most susceptible to the detrimental effects of cardiovascular risk a decade later between 65-74 years of age. Here we elucidate the timing that targeting cardiovascular risk factors and obesity should be implemented in males and females to prevent neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease development.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"546-557"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142739695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica Shipley, Heidi Beadnall, Helmut Butzkueven, Anneke van der Walt, Vilija Jokubaitis
{"title":"Impact of pregnancy on the maternal brain in health and multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Jessica Shipley, Heidi Beadnall, Helmut Butzkueven, Anneke van der Walt, Vilija Jokubaitis","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2024-335319","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnnp-2024-335319","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system characterised by inflammatory lesions and neurodegeneration. Diagnosis often occurs in women of childbearing age, and therefore pregnancy is frequently encountered in women with MS. However, the effect of pregnancy on the MS brain is not well understood, including the impact on inflammatory lesion activity and rate of brain atrophy. Determining the effect of pregnancy on the MS brain is complex due to several confounding factors, including dynamic changes in brain volumes in healthy physiological (non-MS) states and the impact of withdrawing disease-modifying therapies for pregnancy on inflammatory lesion activity. This review first provides an in-depth overview of the profound structural neuroplasticity that occurs during pregnancy in healthy women without neurological disease and its association with maternal caregiving behaviours and maternal-infant attachment measures. These findings are integrated with results of MRI studies in pregnant women with MS to provide a perspective on the multifold influences on brain volume changes in this context. This review also explores the increase in inflammatory lesions observed on postpartum MRI in women with MS, which likely accrue in the postpartum phase mirroring clinical relapse dynamics. Key knowledge gaps are identified, and future research pathways are proposed to improve our understanding of how pregnancy impacts the brain in both healthy and MS states.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"593-605"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143710331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Hachem, Joanna Norton, Marion Mortamais, Jean-François Dartigues, Catherine Helmer, Christophe Tzourio, Tasnime Akbaraly, Thibault Mura
{"title":"Evolution of depressive symptoms in the 15 years preceding dementia.","authors":"Sara Hachem, Joanna Norton, Marion Mortamais, Jean-François Dartigues, Catherine Helmer, Christophe Tzourio, Tasnime Akbaraly, Thibault Mura","doi":"10.1136/jnnp-2025-335928","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnnp-2025-335928","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression has been consistently linked to the onset of dementia, but the temporality and nature of this association-whether causal, prodromal or due to shared pathophysiology-remain unresolved. Longitudinal studies with extended follow-up are necessary to clarify these relationships. This study aimed to characterise the trajectory of depressive symptoms during the 15 years preceding a dementia diagnosis, with particular attention to variations by dementia aetiology.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This nested case-control study was conducted within the Three-City Study cohort, a prospective population-based study initiated in 1999. The cohort included 9294 community-dwelling individuals aged 65 and older, followed for 15 years in three French cities (Bordeaux, Dijon, Montpellier). Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale in 1028 dementia cases and 1028 matched controls. Trajectories of depressive symptoms were analysed over the 15 years preceding the index date (dementia diagnosis).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant differences in depressive symptomatology (p=0.69) or the frequency of depressive states (OR 1.21, 95% CI 0.51 to 2.87) were observed between cases and controls 12-15 years before the index date. Gradual differences emerged over time, becoming significant 6-8 years prior to dementia onset (p<0.001) and peaking 2 years before the index date (OR 2.93, 95% CI 2.27 to 3.80). These differences were more pronounced in non-Alzheimer's dementia cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Depressive symptoms progressively increased in the years leading up to dementia diagnosis, with the most pronounced elevations occurring in non-Alzheimer's dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":16418,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"537-545"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143970506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}