Biomarkers

In the present study we demonstrate the clinical utility of the Duritect-AD^TM test, a customized panel of blood-based autoantibody biomarkers capable of detecting AD-related pathological processes throughout the clinical spectrum of AD, beginning with the earliest stages of the disease, including prodromal AD, as well as more advanced stages of mild-moderate AD using a proprietary risk score capable of predicting an individual's likelihood of developing AD in the future.

Utilizing Duritect-AD^TM's autoantibody biomarkers, 509 sera samples from ADNI subjects with confirmed presymptomatic, prodromal (MCI), and mild-moderate AD, as well as healthy, cognitively normal control subjects, were screened to detect the presence of AD-related pathology. Autoantibody levels were evaluated using a proprietary machine learning algorithm to calculate an individual Alzheimer's Disease Risk Score (ADRS) for each patient sample, indicating whether that individual has a typical, or an increased risk of ongoing AD pathology.

Results demonstrate that this panel of autoantibody biomarkers corresponding to a patient's Alzheimer's Disease Risk Score successfully differentiated ADNI subjects from age- and sex-matched controls with markedly greater than 90% accuracy, as well as high sensitivity and specificity.

Duritect-AD^TM is a CLIA/CAP validated blood-based autoantibody test for the assessment of the risk of AD-related pathology in patients aged 55 and older presenting in primary care settings with signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment that could indicate suspected AD. Duritect-AD^TM is an accurate, minimally invasive, and inexpensive test that can be used to aid in the detection of early, AD-related pathology associated with prodromal (MCI) and later stages of AD.