Implementation of an Alzheimer's disease blood test: Adoption experience by memory care specialists in a multi-center study

Authors

Mark Monane, C2N Diagnostics, LLC, 4340 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Robert M. Carlile, Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, Summerville, SC 29486, USA.
Kim G. Johnson, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Darren R. Gitelman, Advocate Health - MidwestFollow
Lawren A. VandeVrede, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Demetrius M. Maraganore, Department of Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
David A. Merrill, Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA.
Leslie Jacobs, C2N Diagnostics, LLC, 4340 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Justine Coppinger, C2N Diagnostics, LLC, 4340 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Philip B. Verghese, C2N Diagnostics, LLC, 4340 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Tim West, C2N Diagnostics, LLC, 4340 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Joel B. Braunstein, C2N Diagnostics, LLC, 4340 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Recommended Citation

Monane M, Carlile RM, Johnson KG, et al. Implementation of an Alzheimer's Disease Blood Test: Adoption Experience by Memory Care Specialists in a Multi-Center Study. J Pers Med. 2025;15(10):469. Published 2025 Oct 1. doi:10.3390/jpm15100469

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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Abstract

Background/Objectives: A high-performing blood biomarker (BBM) test for Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents an accurate, accessible, and scalable tool to aid healthcare professionals (HCPs) evaluating patients presenting with signs or symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. However, implementation of AD blood tests into clinical practice has not been extensively evaluated. The objective of this study was to assess the implementation of the multi-analyte PrecivityAD2™ blood test (C2N Diagnostics, LLC, St. Louis, MO, USA) into the clinical workflow of memory care clinics. Methods: A total of 8 HCPs (neurologists, geriatricians, geriatric psychiatrists) who served as site directors from 8 outpatient sites that evaluated 203 cognitively symptomatic patients were included in this sub-study of the real-world QUIP II Study (NCT06025877). Implementation of this blood test was assessed through surveying these HCPs using published frameworks including the Technology Acceptance Model, net promoter score, and forced choice preference questions. These assessments were analyzed using Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Fisher's Exact test, and Wilcoxon signed-rank test, respectively. Results: HCPs reported acceptance scores that averaged 9.6 out of 10 (p < 0.0001, effect size 0.840): the test's contribution to clinical decision-making as well as the ease of understanding test results received the highest ratings. The net promoter score was 75 (p < 0.0001), exceeding the typical benchmark of 30 reported as good levels of satisfaction in healthcare settings. The APS2 results and individual blood analyte results were rated with similar preference around their roles in HCP clinical decision-making. Conclusions: The results indicate early evidence of user acceptance and recognition by HCPs that this AD blood test can personalize the clinical care pathway for evaluating cognitively symptomatic patients.

Type

Article

PubMed ID

41149831