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Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Apr 18;19(11):4935–4951. doi: 10.1002/alz.13077

TABLE 2.

BHR projects.

Project Lead institution Study type, design, population
Recruitment in BHR
Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry (APR) BAI Observational, registry recruitment, APR members
California Latino-Brain Health Registry (CAL-BHR) *43 UCSF Observational, community-engaged registry recruitment, Latino community
Study to expand registry participation of underrepresented populations (STEP-UP) * BAI Experimental, registry recruitment, Black, Hispanic, male
Referrals from BHR to other projects
ALLFTD mobile app study UCSF Observational, validation, mobile tests application validation, cognitively unimpaired controls
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 3 (ADNI3)24 NCIRE Observational, in-clinic, older adults with or without MCI/AD
Alzheimer’s disease neuroimaging initiative-depression (ADNI-D) UCSF Observational, in-clinic, older adults with major depressive disorder
Alzheimer Prevention Trials (APT) Webstudy USC Observational, online registry recruitment, older adults without dementia
Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4) Eli Lilly and Company Experimental, in-clinic phase 3 secondary AD prevention intervention trial, asymptomatic AD
β Amyloid Production and Effects on Cognition Study Merck Experimental, in-clinic phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled drug treatment intervention, older adults with prodromal AD
Butler Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry Butler Hospital Observational, recruitment to local Alzheimer’s prevention registry, older adults
Caregiver Attentional Awareness Pilot Study UCSF Experimental, in-clinic, and at-home iPad application intervention, older adult caregivers
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center Cleveland Clinic Experimental, clinical trial for neurological disease, patients with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases, multiple sclerosis, and frontotemporal dementia
EMERGE Study Biogen Experimental, in-clinic phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled drug treatment intervention, older adults with prodromal AD
Healthy Mind, Healthy You 93 MGH Experimental, online mindfulness intervention, all BHR participants
Hillblom Healthy Aging Study UCSF Observational, in-clinic observational aging/cognition study, cognitively unimpaired older adults
Hoarding behaviors study28,34,38,40,45 UF Observational, online registry assessment of hoarding, adults
Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) OHSU Experimental, community-based phase II behavioral intervention trial, socially isolated older adults
Phase II RCT of High-dose Vitamin D Supplements in Older Adults UCD Experimental, in-clinic, phase II RCT for vitamin D supplements, older adults
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Dementia Study PAVAMC Experimental, in-clinic repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation veterans with dementia, MCI, or AD
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for mild cognitive impairment PAVIR Experimental, in-clinic, transcranial magnetic stimulation for mild cognitive impairment, older adults with noticeable decline in memory
Riluzole at Rockefeller Rockefeller University Experimental, in-clinic trial, older adults diagnosed with mild AD
Smell Study Monell Chemical Senses Center Observational, remote smell kit, adults
Study of Aging in Latinas/os for Understanding Dementias Mount Sinai Medical Center Observational, older Latino adults with and without HIV
UC Irvine Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center UCI Observational, in-clinic, neurological, cognitive, specimen collection, older adults
UPenn Healthy Brain Aging Study UPenn Experimental, randomized clinical trial, in-clinic, antidepressant medication effects on production of amyloid beta, healthy older adults
Direct-to-Site Referrals
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 3 (ADNI3): ADNI3.org24 NCIRE Observational, recruitment to in-clinic study, older adults
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 3 Diversity Task Force (ADNI3 DVT)*95 NCIRE Observational, culturally tailored recruitment to in-clinic study, older adults without or with MCI/AD from diverse ethnocultural communities (Black/African American, Latino)
Coenrollments
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 3-Brain Health Registry (ADNI3-BHR)35 NCIRE Observational, online longitudinal monitoring, older adults who are cognitively unimpaired, have MCI or AD
Biomarker Prediction Study†36 UCSF Observational, remote blood collection, plasma biomarkers, older adults
Brain Health Registry-Affect: UCSF MAC Collaboration to Study Emotionalityt UCSF Survey, online affect-related questionnaires, all BHR participants
Brain Health Registry-GenePool Study*†29 UCSF Observational, remote DNA saliva collection, older adults
Brain Health Registry-Imaging Dementia — Evidence for Amyloid Scanning25,30,44 UCSF Observational, online registry participation, older Medicare beneficiaries with objectively confirmed cognitive impairment by a dementia
Buck Institute Buck Institute Recruitment effort with data-sharing consent for future research
Cognition After Surgery & Anesthesia-Brain Health Registry UCSF Observational, online longitudinal monitoring, postoperative decline, memory and thinking, MCI, dementia
Community Engaged Digital Alzheimer’s Research (CEDAR)* †49,50 UCSF Observational, community-engaged research registry engagement study, African American/Black BHR participants
Head Impact&Trauma Surveillance Study (HITSS)26 BU Observational, development of online head impact and trauma assessment, soccer and American football players
Healthy Brain Initiative-Brain Health Registry (HBI-BHR)/ageHAPPY (Healthy Ageing Project Population Youth-senior) University of Melbourne Observational, online registry for cognitive aging, adults in Australia
Memory assessment results initiative† UCSF Observational, pilot study providing unsupervised cognitive assessment results to online registry participants, all BHR participants
Striving Together to Prevent & Treat Alzheimer’s Disease UTHSCSA Observational, enrollment effort into registry, adults in an ADRC
Study to Evaluate Amyloid in Blood and Imaging Related to Dementia-Brain Health Registry WashU Observational, in-clinic, amyloid blood test, older adults
Veteran Brain Health Registry NCIRE Observational, online registry, veterans
Development and Validation of Online Assessments
Cambridge Cognition Paired Associates Learning UCSF Observational, remote validation of online unsupervised cognitive assessment, all BHR participants
Cogstate Brief Battery19,20,23,26,33 UCSF Observational, remote validation of online unsupervised cognitive assessment, all BHR participants
Electric Validation of Online Methods to Predict and Monitor Cognitive Declinet †‡27,39 UCSF Observational, in-clinic, and remote validation of online unsupervised diagnostic assessment, older adults
Lumos Labs NeuroCognitive Performance Tests23,26,37 UCSF Observational, remote validation of online unsupervised cognitive assessment, all BHR participants
MemTrax Memory Test23 UCSF Observational, remote validation of online unsupervised cognitive assessment, all BHR participants
Mobile Toolbox Study †‡ UCSF Observational, validation of a remote, smartphone-based cognitive assessment app validation, all BHR participants
Online neuropsychological test validation project with imaging pilot †‡ UCSF Observational, In-clinic and remote, validation of online unsupervised cognitive assessment, biomarkers, older adults
ReVeRe†‡31 UCSF Observational, in-clinic, and remote validation of online unsupervised cognitive assessment, biomarkers, older adults
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 4 (ADNI4) * ‡§ NCIRE Observational, recruitment to in-clinic, observational study, older adultswithout or with MCI/AD
Dutch Brain Health Registry32 Amsterdam UMC Observational, online registry for cognitive aging, adults
• * Focus on URP
• † Also a Referral from BHR toOther Projects
• ‡ Also a Coenrollment
• § Also a Direct-to-Site Referral
Lead Institutions
• BAI: Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
• UCSF: University of California, San Francisco
• NCIRE: Northern California Institute of Research and Education
• USC: University of Southern California
• MGH: Massachusetts General Hospital
• UF: University of Florida
• OHSU: Oregon Health and Science University
• UCD: University of California, Davis
• PAVAMC: Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• PAVIR: Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
• UCI: University of California, Irvine
• UPenn: University of Pennsylvania
• BU: Boston University
• UTHSCSA: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• WashU:Washington University in St. Louis
• Amsterdam UMC: Amsterdam University Medical Center