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Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jun 8;19(12):5605–5619. doi: 10.1002/alz.13164

Table 3.

Scenarios of biomarker-based enrichment in placebo-controlled trial for clinical populations with evidence of AD pathology based on Aβ PET imaging. The sample size required to detect a 30% slowing in change in outcome measures with 80% power, along with the estimated annual rates of change in outcome measures, are reported as mean [95% CI].

ADAS-13 CDR-SB PACC metaROI tau
Population Duration
(months)
Enrichment Annual rate
of change
Sample size
(n/group)
Annual rate
of change
Sample size
(n/group)
Annual rate
of change
Sample size
(n/group)
Annual rate
of change
Sample size
(n/group)
Early AD 18 Aβ+ 3.07 [2.28,3.85] 266 [169,482] 1.03 [0.73,1.32] 333 [202,649] −1.98 [−2.48,−1.47] 277 [176,499] 0.08 [0.06,0.1] 139 [92,233]
Aβ+; moderate accumulator 2.67 [1.8,3.54] 212 [120,466] 0.85 [0.51,1.19] 344 [174,969] −1.68 [−2.29,−1.06] 285 [152,711] 0.11 [0.08,0.14] 95 [60,173]
Aβ+; fast accumulator 7 [4.47,9.53] 97 [52,238] 2.53 [1.76,3.29] 77 [45,158] −4.14 [−5.58,−2.69] 91 [50,215] 0.07 [0.04,0.1] 75 [38,208]
AD 18 Aβ+ 4.52 [3.14,5.91] 198 [116,412] 1.92 [1.49,2.34] 119 [80,197] −3.1 [−4.05,−2.15] 220 [129,458] 0.09 [0.06,0.12] 172 [98,382]
Aβ+; moderate accumulator 2.29 [0.81,3.76] 337 [125,2657] 1.62 [0.89,2.36] 223 [106,748] −2.14 [−3.37,−0.9] 293 [118,1634] 0.11 [0.06,0.15] 124 [59,421]
Aβ+; fast accumulator 7.6 [5.06,10.14] 96 [54,217] 2.55 [1.95,3.15] 58 [38,100] −4.65 [−6.34,−2.96] 129 [69,318] 0.09 [0.04,0.15] 225 [91,1204]
MCI 18 Aβ+ 1.93 [1.26,2.61] 481 [264,1136] 0.41 [0.24,0.59] 694 [342,2102] −1.2 [−1.6,−0.8] 463 [261,1034] 0.08 [0.06,0.1] 163 [103,298]
Aβ+; moderate accumulator 2.71 [1.74,3.68] 227 [123,551] 0.5 [0.24,0.75] 443 [194,1877] −1.32 [−1.92,−0.72] 383 [181,1286] 0.11 [0.09,0.14] 85 [54,154]
Aβ+; fast accumulator 5.55 [3.47,7.62] 39 [20,98] 1.41 [0.19,2.64] 230 [66,1330] −3.81 [−5.66,−1.95] 65 [29,245] 0.07 [0.03,0.11] 60 [26,257]
CU 48 Aβ+ 0.54 [0.32,0.76] 496 [253,1375] 0.07 [0.03,0.11] 1267 [524,6382] −0.29 [−0.44,−0.15] 663 [301,2484] 0.04 [0.02,0.05] 284 [166,596]
Aβ+; moderate accumulator 1.32 [0.76,1.89] 96 [47,295] 0.35 [0.17,0.53] 187 [81,814] −1.07 [−1.58,−0.55] 148 [68,547] 0.11 [0.07,0.14] 44 [25,97]