familial Alzheimer disease
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Also known as Alzheimer disease, familialFADGARD:0000632
Summary
familial Alzheimer disease (MONDO:0100087) is a disease and 4 clinical trials. Top therapeutic interventions include bromocriptine mesylate. A subtype of Alzheimer disease — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).
At a glance
- Clinical trials: 4
Clinical features
No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.
Identifiers
Disease identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | familial Alzheimer disease |
| Mondo ID | MONDO:0100087 |
| UMLS | C0276496 |
| MedGen | 82914 |
| Is cancer (heuristic) | no |
Also known as: Alzheimer disease, familial · FAD · GARD:0000632
Disease family
This is a subtype of Alzheimer disease. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.
Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by developmental or physiological process › psychiatric disorder › cognitive disorder › dementia › Alzheimer disease › familial Alzheimer disease
Related subtypes (4): Alzheimer disease 16, Alzheimer disease 17, Alzheimer disease 18, Alzheimer disease 19
Subtypes (2): Alzheimer disease 2, early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease
Genetics & variants
GWAS landscape
No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.
Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers
No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.
Genes & proteins
No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).
Function
No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.
Therapeutics
No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.
Clinical trials & evidence
Clinical trials
Clinical trials: 4.
Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)
| Phase | Trials |
|---|---|
| Not specified | 3 |
| PHASE1/PHASE2 | 1 |
Top trials by phase / activity
| NCT | Phase | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCT04413344 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Repurposing Bromocriptine for Abeta Metabolism in Alzheimer’s Disease |
| NCT03653156 | Not specified | RECRUITING | China Cognition and Aging Study |
| NCT03657732 | Not specified | RECRUITING | The Chinese Familial Alzheimer’s Network |
| NCT03884647 | Not specified | COMPLETED | DELPHI in Subjects at Risk for Stroke and Dementia |
Drugs tested across these trials (top 30)
| Molecule | Max phase | Trials referencing |
|---|---|---|
| BROMOCRIPTINE MESYLATE | 4 | 1 |
Related Atlas pages
- Drugs: Bromocriptine