title: Amyloid imaging as a biomarker for cerebral β-amyloidosis and risk prediction for Alzheimer dementia.
abstract: Since the introduction of amyloid imaging nearly 10 years ago, this technique has gained widespread use and acceptance. More recently, published reports have begun to appear in which amyloid imaging is used to detect the effects of antiamyloid therapies. This review will consider the issues involved in the use of amyloid imaging in the development and evaluation of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Current evidence regarding the postmortem correlates of in vivo amyloid imaging data are considered. The application of amyloid imaging to screening subjects for trials and use as an outcome measure is discussed in light of longitudinal changes in the in vivo amyloid signal. While the bulk of this review is directed at symptomatic patients with dementia, consideration is given to the use of amyloid imaging in nondemented subjects as well. Similarities and differences of cerebral amyloid assessment by amyloid imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) measurements are delineated and an agenda for further research to improve the applicability of amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) to clinical trials is proposed.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. klunkwe@upmc.edu
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Klunk
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D015415:Biomarkers
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