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RecruitingNCT06584357Bio-Hermes-002Updated Apr 15, 2026

Development of a Database to Investigate Digital and Blood-Based Biomarkers and Their Relationship to Tau and Amyloid PET Imaging in Older Participants Who Are Cognitively Normal (CN), Have Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or Have Mild-to-Moderate AD Dementia

An observational study in Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease, Early Onset, sponsored by GAP Innovations, PBC. Recruiting at 26 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 60 Years to 90 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-15.

Sponsored by GAP Innovations, PBC · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2024; still recruiting 2 years 1 month later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
1,200
Ages
60 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Bio-Hermes-002 is a 120-day cross-sectional study that will result in a blood, CSF, retinal, digital, MRI, and PET brain imaging biomarker database that can be used to determine the primary objective. Digital biomarkers and blood-based biomarkers will be tested to determine whether a meaningful relationship exists between biomarkers alone or in combination with tau or amyloid brain pathology identified through PET images.

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Conditions studied

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's Disease, Early Onset
  • Memory Loss
  • Memory Disorders
  • Memory Impairment

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's Disease, Early Onset
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Older Volunteers
  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Memory Loss
  • Memory Disorders
  • Memory Impairment
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In context

Cognitive Dysfunction

3,872 studies on the registry are indexed under Cognitive Dysfunction; 1,119 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 1,200 is above the median of 150 across 997 observational studies indexed under Cognitive Dysfunction.

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Lead sponsor

GAP Innovations, PBC is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
60 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Up to 1,200 participants will complete all the activities of the protocol over an 18-month competitive enrollment period. Each site will be expected to enroll approximately 40 participants. Approximately 25% of the total participants enrolled will be from underrepresented populations. Enrolled participants will be characterized as fitting into one of three cohorts with approximately 1/3 enrollment in each cohort. While we have outlined cohort criteria below, ultimately it is up to the site principal investigator to determine cohort placement.

Cohort status will not be shared with participants.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Pre-screening Inclusion Criteria

Participants must meet ALL of the following criteria to progress to Visit 1 (Screening):

  1. Participant is between 60 to 90 years of age (inclusive) at the time of consent; and
  2. Participant has a study partner who has sufficient and frequent contact with the participant (defined as at least 8 hours of contact a week) and is able to provide accurate information regarding the participant's cognitive and functional abilities.

Core Study Inclusion Criteria

Participants must meet ALL of the following criteria, in addition to the Pre-screening Inclusion Criteria, for entry into the study:

  1. Participants must provide written consent in the IRB-approved or Ethics Committee (EC) approved form or have a legally authorized representative (LAR) provide written consent on the participant's behalf in accordance with local and national guidance and regulation;
  2. Participants must be willing to undergo an MRI brain scan within 90 days and an amyloid and tau PET scan within 120 days of signing informed consent;
  3. Participants must be willing to comply with all study procedures as outlined in the informed consent, including blood sampling, genetic testing, and storage of biospecimens for future research;
  4. Fluency in the language of the tests used at the study site;
  5. Participants must be willing to be contacted for possible participation in clinical research trials once their participation in this study ends; and
  6. Participants must have a (MMSE) score of 16 to 30 inclusive at screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

Pre-screening Exclusion Criteria

Participants who meet ANY of the following criteria will not be eligible to progress to Visit 1 (Screening):

  1. Participant is unable to undergo amyloid and tau PET scans due to self-reported pregnancy, sensitivity to ligands being used, poor venous access, to PET, or planned or recent exposure to ionizing radiation that in combination with the planned administration of amyloid radioligand would result in a cumulative exposure that exceeds recommended local guidelines;
  2. Participants who have reported or have a known negative amyloid PET scan in the past 6 months;
  3. Participants with any known contraindication to brain MRI scan;
  4. Participants with history of stroke or seizures within 1 year of the Pre-Screening Visit;
  5. Participants with history of cancer within the past 5 years with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer or prostate cancer in situ;
  6. Participants with known or suspected alcohol or drug abuse or dependence within 1 year of the Pre- Screening Visit;
  7. Participants who report any current unstable psychiatric symptoms that could interfere with study procedures or impact study data (e.g., uncontrolled depression);
  8. Participants who have received any potential disease modifying AD treatment within 6 months prior to the Pre-screening Visit; and
  9. Participants with known history or self-report to be (HIV) Positive unless controlled by antiviral medication.

Core Study Exclusion Criteria

Participants who meet ANY of the following criteria, in addition to the Pre-screening Exclusion Criteria, will not be eligible to enroll into the study:

  1. Participants who, in the opinion of the Site Principal Investigator, have serious or unstable medical conditions that would prohibit their completion of all study procedures and data collection;
  2. Participants who have serious or unstable medical conditions that would likely preclude their participation in an interventional research trial;
  3. Participants with self-reported, untreated conditions such as vitamin B12 or folate deficiency or bladder infections that in the opinion of the Site Principal Investigator could contribute to cognitive impairment;
  4. Participants who have completed cognitive testing within 1 month of Visit 1 (Screening) where the Site Principal Investigator believes the participant's exposure may cause practice effect;
  5. Participants who have any neurological disorder affecting the central nervous system, other than AD, that may be contributing to cognitive impairment (e.g., Parkinson's disease, other dementias, multiple concussions or seizures) as deemed significant by the Site Principal Investigator;
  6. Participants with a Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score greater than or equal to 8 at Visit 1 (Screening) and is deemed to be clinically significantly depressed by the Site Principal Investigator;
  7. Participants with a Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) t-score of ≥ 1.2 standard deviation above the mean. For non-African Americans, calculate age-sex-education adjusted t-scores. For African American participants, use the MOANS to calculate the age-education adjusted t-scores;
  8. Participants weighing less than 110 pounds;
  9. Participants who are direct employees or family members of direct employees of the participating investigators' sites;
  10. Participants who are direct employees of the Sponsor;
  11. Participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, are unable to complete cognitive testing due to inadequate visual or auditory acuity; and
  12. For participants completing the RetiSpec retinal scan: Those with a known history of contraindication or allergy to Tropicamide 1% (pupil dilation drop).

Longitudinal Sub-Study Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants must meet ALL of the following criteria for entry into the sub-study:

  1. Participants who completed the Bio-Hermes-002 Core Study;
  2. Are willing to complete phone call visits with site staff every three months and return to the clinic for an annual evaluation; and
  3. Are willing to complete annual PET scans for both amyloid and tau scans.

Exclusion Criteria:

Participants who meet ANY of the following criteria will not be eligible for entry into the sub-study:

  1. Those who are enrolled or intend to enroll into a clinical trial for Alzheimer's disease with a potential disease-modifying intervention;
  2. Participants who have serious or unstable medical conditions that would likely preclude their participation in an interventional research trial;
  3. Those who intend to use medications outside clinical research studies approved by regulatory authorities to modify Alzheimer's disease pathology.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

MMSE and MoCA

Short tests of memory and thinking, each scored out of 30. Lower scores suggest more difficulty; criteria give a range, either to include people with memory problems or to leave them out.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
1,200 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Cognitively Normal

    No reported memory loss or concerns as reported by participant and study partner.

    Other: Biomarker Data Collection · Radiation: MK6240

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment

    A diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) based on the National Institute of Aging (NIA) criteria and verified through medical records.

    Other: Biomarker Data Collection · Radiation: MK6240

  • Mild-to-Moderate AD Dementia

    A diagnosis of Mild-to-Moderate AD Dementia based on the National Institute of Aging (NIA) criteria and verified through medical records.

    Other: Biomarker Data Collection · Radiation: MK6240

Interventions

  • OtherBiomarker Data Collection

    During this study, a sample of your blood will be collected and you will have a PET scan taken of your brain. Blood sample results will be compared to PET scan pictures to understand how well the markers in the blood predict whether there is amyloid in the brain. Blood samples will also be collected that contain your genes. These genetic samples will also be compared to PET scans to help researchers understand how different people react to medicines and to understand the genetic causes of AD. Some of the samples will be stored for future analysis.

  • RadiationMK6240

    Each participant will be assessed using either one of two radioactive tau PET tracers: Flortaucipir or MK6240. Flortaucipir is FDA approved while MK6240 is not and is being used in this study as an investigational radioactive drug.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Biomarkers and PET

    Measure blood biomarkers (Aβ 42/40, p-tau 181, p-tau 217, p-tau 231, total tau, and NFL) to see if it will predict the extent of tau and amyloid brain pathology as measured by PET brain imaging in participants shown to be cognitively normal (CN), have mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or have mild-to-moderate AD dementia.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 3 years

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Study locations

23 of 26 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — IPD may be shared but the plan has not been finalized.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Sep 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jul 2028, 46 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 29, 2024
First posted
Sep 4, 2024
StartActual
Sep 26, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Jul 2028
CompletionEst.
Jul 2028
Last update
Apr 15, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 15, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06584357
Lead sponsor
GAP Innovations, PBC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 4, 2024
Start date
Sep 26, 2024
Primary completion
Jul 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 15, 2026

Study contacts

Amanda Ng, MA
Contact
biohermes-002@globalalzplatform.org
biohermes-002@globalalzplatfor

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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