InRAD Observational Study

NCT ID: NCT07213700

Last Updated: 2025-10-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 50000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2026-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2036-01-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this international observational study is to evaluate long-term disease outcomes and treatment safety in people with Alzheimer's disease (PwAD), by collecting real-world data from routine clinical practice across global clinical centers.

The InRAD Registry Observational Study has several aims:

• To collect medical information for many years from a large group of people with Alzheimer's disease. This will be used for research, which will support improved understanding about the disease.
• To enable researchers to look at the effectiveness, usefulness and safety of treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
• To enable researchers to answer similar research questions and compare results in many different areas of the world.

People with Alzheimer's disease who meet the eligibility criteria and agree to participate in the Study will be asked to visit their doctor (e.g. psychiatrist, geriatrician, or neurologist) at least once a year, or as frequently as is needed for their care. During or after their appointments they may be offered assessments, tests, medications, and treatments as determined by their doctor and their team. This is an observational data collection.

Detailed Description

The study protocol is owned by all InRAD Observational Study Investigators. All centers taking part in InRAD are the data controllers. InRAD is a data processor and is providing operational management and system support.

Study Type: Prospective, non-interventional, multinational observational cohort study.

Study Objective: The primary goal of the InRAD Observational Study is to collect and analyze real-world data (RWD) to evaluate long-term disease outcomes and treatment safety in people with Alzheimer's disease (PwAD). The study aims to:

• Assess disease stage transitions, cognitive and functional changes over time.
• Examine the relationship between demographics, comorbidities, diagnostic and monitoring tests, drug exposures, and outcomes.
• Compare disease demographics and outcomes across countries and regions.
• Characterize the occurrence of medical events, including Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and Adverse Events (AEs), particularly in relation to AD-specific treatments.

Study Population: Adults undergoing diagnostic work-up for Alzheimer's disease or already diagnosed. Includes treated, treatment-eligible, and untreated patients. Participants must be attending an InRAD Center and provide informed consent for long-term follow-up.

Recruitment and Consent: Recruitment is open to global clinical centers with qualified investigators. Informed consent is obtained from patients and, where applicable, their caregivers. Consent includes authorization to share pseudonymized demographic and medical data with the InRAD Registry.

Data Collection: Investigators use the InRAD Web cloud-based data-entry platform and agree to collect the defined Minimum Dataset at least annually for their patients:

Minimum Dataset (MDS):

• Patient demographics
• Disease characteristics
• Clinical outcomes
• Safety data
• Treatment details

In addition to the Minimum Dataset, Investigators may collect a variety of disease-specific or other data-fields of interest from the Extended Dataset:

Extended Dataset (EDS):

• Lifestyle factors
• Biomarkers and imaging data
• Care partner information
• Quality of life and burden assessments

Centers, through their PIs, and the InRAD SLG (Scientific Leadership Group), may propose research analyses and cohort sub-studies of interest to be conducted using the pooled Registry dataset or subsets of the Registry data.

For each analysis and sub-study proposal, the Center, through its PI, always exclusively decide whether to participate and contribute their Center data for use in the research.

The IT tool is owned, maintained and freely provided by the InRAD Foundation to Member Centers to enable and support the Study.

Pseudonymized data is to be submitted to the InRAD registry at least biannually and may be updated more frequently depending on clinical practice.

Governance and Oversight: The study is coordinated by the InRAD Foundation and governed by its Scientific Leadership Group (SLG). Each participating center is responsible for obtaining Ethics Committee (EC) or Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval unless exempt. No Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) is appointed, consistent with the non-interventional nature of the study.

Safety Monitoring: SAEs and other medical events are recorded using MedDRA coding. Centers are responsible for reporting SAEs to local authorities and manufacturers. The registry supports longitudinal safety analyses to identify treatment-related risks.

Participant Reimbursement: No financial reimbursement is provided. Diagnostic and treatment costs are covered by patients, their healthcare provider or their health insurance.

Sampling: The study does not use randomization or stratified sampling. Instead, it includes all eligible and consenting patients encountered during routine care at participating centers, reflecting a real-world clinical population.

Funding: InRAD is coordinated by the independent International Registry for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias Foundation, a health-related not-for-profit entity incorporated in the Netherlands.

InRAD has received financial contributions from the pharmaceutical industry. InRAD does not endorse any companies or products. InRAD is operated independently from these companies.

Conditions

Alzheimer's Disease(AD); Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI); Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD); Non-Alzheimer Degenerative Dementia

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Alzheimer's Disease Registry Participants

Individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or undergoing diagnostic work-up, enrolled in the InRAD Registry for long-term observational follow-up. This cohort includes treated, treatment-eligible, and untreated patients across global clinical centers participating in routine care and data collection.

None, this is a non-interventional observational study

Intervention Type: OTHER

None applicable

Interventions

None, this is a non-interventional observational study

None applicable

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Be undergoing diagnostic work-up for Alzheimer's disease (AD), OR
• Have a confirmed diagnosis of AD (whether currently treated with an AD-specific treatment, or untreated),
• Be attending an InRAD Center,
• Have provided informed consent for long-term follow-up

Exclusion Criteria

-Any patient or legal representative who is unable or unwilling to provide a signed informed consent form

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

InRAD Foundation (Data Processor)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

All Individual Principal Investigators and their centers (Data Controllers)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Stichting International Registry for Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

References

Perneczky R, Darby D, Frisoni GB, Hyde R, Iwatsubo T, Mummery CJ, Park KH, van Beek J, van der Flier WM, Jessen F. Real-world datasets for the International Registry for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (InRAD) and other registries: An international consensus. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Apr;12(4):100096. doi: 10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100096. Epub 2025 Feb 18.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 39971671 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

https://www.inradnetwork.org/

InRAD Foundation website

Other Identifiers

InRAD-AD-OBS-V1.0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id