Table 1.
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
Population | •Mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to AD (also referred to as early AD) | •Familial AD •Moderate to severe dementia due to AD •Any other dementia not caused by AD (e.g. vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, mixed dementia, etc.) |
Intervention | •No restrictions for prognostic studies •For predictive studies, approved or under late-stage development disease-modifying treatments: ∘ Aducanumab ∘ Donanemab ∘ Gantenerumab ∘ Lecanemab | •NA |
Index prognostic factor | •No restrictions however examples may include: •Risk factors (age, sex, smoking, co-morbidities) •Symptoms (depression) •Global performance (MMSE, FAQ) •Biomarkers •Imaging biomarker •Genetic factors such as APOE | •NA |
Comparator prognostic factors | •No restrictions | •NA |
Outcomes* | •No restrictions for prognostic studies however examples may include: ∘ Progression from one clinical state to another (MCI due to AD to AD) ∘ Progression measured an outcome measure (MMSE, CDR-SB) •No restrictions for prediction studies however outcomes may typically be categorized as ∘ Efficacy outcomes (as measured by MMSE, CDR-SB) ∘ Safety outcomes (ARIA) | •NA |
Timing | •No restrictions | •NA |
Setting | •Predictive factors ∘ Clinical setting (Randomized controlled trials) •Prognostic factors ∘ Clinical and real-world setting (Prospective cohort studies, Retrospective cohort studies) •Systematic literature reviews | •Preclinical/animal studies •Cross-sectional studies •Case series •Case reports |
Language | •English language publications only | •NA |
Publication type | •Full publications only | •Conference abstracts |
Publication date | •2011 onwards |
AD, Alzheimer’s disease; APOE, apolipoprotein E; ARIA, amyloid related imaging abnormalities, CDR-SB, clinical dementia rating scale –sum of boxes; FAQ, functional activities questionnaire; HR, hazard ratio; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; RR, risk ratio. *Association of prognostic factors and progression reported as HR, RR, or OR.