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A 4-Year Follow-Up of Subjects with Visually Equivocal Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography Findings from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Cohort

A 4-Year Follow-Up of Subjects with Visually Equivocal Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography... BackgroundTo date, the clinical significance of visually equivocal amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) has not been well established.ObjectiveWe studied the clinical significance of equivocal amyloid PET images from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI).MethodsSubjects with F-18 florbetapir PET scans at baseline who were followed up for 4 years were selected. Clinical characteristics, imaging biomarkers, cognitive function, and rate of conversion to AD were compared in subjects with visually equivocal findings.ResultsOf 249 subjects who completed the follow-up, 153 (61.4%), 20 (8.0%), and 129 (30.5%) were F-18 florbetapir-negative, -equivocal, and -positive, respectively. The mean standardized uptake value ratios (SUVR) of F-18 florbetapir PET were 0.75 ± 0.04, 0.85 ± 0.10, and 1.00 ± 0.09 for each group (p <0.001 between groups), and 15.0%, 70.0%, and 98.7% of patients were quantitatively above the positive threshold. The change in the SUVR of F-18 florbetapir PET was higher in the equivocal (6.09 ± 3.61%, p <0.001) and positive (3.13 ± 4.38%, p <0.001) groups than the negative group (0.88 ± 4.28%). Among the subjects with normal or subjective memory impairment and mild cognitive impairment, 5.3% with negative amyloid PET and 37.5% with positive amyloid PET converted to AD over the 4-year period. None of the equivocal amyloid PET subjects converted to AD during this period.ConclusionApproximately 8% of subjects from the ADNI cohort showed visually equivocal amyloid PET scans with intermediate load and rapid accumulation of amyloid, but did not convert to AD during the 4-year follow-up. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Springer Journals

A 4-Year Follow-Up of Subjects with Visually Equivocal Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography Findings from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Cohort

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1869-3474
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10.1007/s13139-021-00690-x
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BackgroundTo date, the clinical significance of visually equivocal amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) has not been well established.ObjectiveWe studied the clinical significance of equivocal amyloid PET images from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI).MethodsSubjects with F-18 florbetapir PET scans at baseline who were followed up for 4 years were selected. Clinical characteristics, imaging biomarkers, cognitive function, and rate of conversion to AD were compared in subjects with visually equivocal findings.ResultsOf 249 subjects who completed the follow-up, 153 (61.4%), 20 (8.0%), and 129 (30.5%) were F-18 florbetapir-negative, -equivocal, and -positive, respectively. The mean standardized uptake value ratios (SUVR) of F-18 florbetapir PET were 0.75 ± 0.04, 0.85 ± 0.10, and 1.00 ± 0.09 for each group (p <0.001 between groups), and 15.0%, 70.0%, and 98.7% of patients were quantitatively above the positive threshold. The change in the SUVR of F-18 florbetapir PET was higher in the equivocal (6.09 ± 3.61%, p <0.001) and positive (3.13 ± 4.38%, p <0.001) groups than the negative group (0.88 ± 4.28%). Among the subjects with normal or subjective memory impairment and mild cognitive impairment, 5.3% with negative amyloid PET and 37.5% with positive amyloid PET converted to AD over the 4-year period. None of the equivocal amyloid PET subjects converted to AD during this period.ConclusionApproximately 8% of subjects from the ADNI cohort showed visually equivocal amyloid PET scans with intermediate load and rapid accumulation of amyloid, but did not convert to AD during the 4-year follow-up.

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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging – Springer Journals

Published: Mar 4, 2021

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