Principal Investigators

    Professor Simon Lovestone

    Institution

    University of Oxford

    Contact information of lead PI

    Country

    United Kingdom

    Title of project or programme

    Tracking Parkinson's with proteomic biomarkers

    Source of funding information

    Parkinson's UK

    Total sum awarded (Euro)

    € 1,016,698

    Start date of award

    01/03/2014

    Total duration of award in years

    3.0

    The project/programme is most relevant to:

    Parkinson's disease & PD-related disorders

    Keywords

    Research Abstract

    Biomarkers for Parkinson’s are key to further progressing drug discovery with markers suitable for very early detection, predicting outcomes, defining disease subtypes and tracking disease progression being most needed. We propose a four-phase programme in CSF and in blood; discovery, verification, validation and qualification with funding requested only for phases I-III. The study design utilizes in phase I (Discovery) both case control and endophenotype continuous measure approaches with phenotypes as independent variables to include symptom severity, rate of progression and cognitive impairment. In Phase II (Verification) replication will be in large populations bringing together a collaboration of leading sites and major studies in the UK. In phase III (Validation) we will utilize Parkinson’s and other brain banks to show biological validity of discovered proteins in Parkinson’s brain. To identify biomarkers we propose to combine two leading multiplexed proteomics technologies including gel free mass spectrometry based proteomics coupled with isobaric tags and 1000 plex aptamer based arrays in discovery phase. In verification phase we will scale these technologies for even higher throughput using selective reaction monitoring coupled with isobaric tags and focused aptamer arrays; in both cases performing replication studies on exactly the same analytes discovered in phase I. Biostatistical analysis will utilize multivariate class prediction and the study is powered to show effect sizes above 0.3. To deliver on time and on budget we bring matching resource from industry partners and NIHR funded infrastructure and a timeline milestone driven project management with confidence of progression to phase IV (Qualification).

    Lay Summary

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Types: Investments > €500k
Member States: United Kingdom
Diseases: Parkinson's disease & PD-related disorders
Years: 2016
Database Categories: N/A
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