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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Here we set out to create a symptom-led staging system for the canonical semantic and non-fluent/agrammatic variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA), which present unique diagnostic and management challenges not well captured by functional scales developed for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.Methods
An international PPA caregiver cohort was surveyed on symptom development under six provisional clinical stages and feedback was analyzed using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design.Results
Both PPA syndromes were characterized by initial communication dysfunction and non-verbal behavioral changes, with increasing syndromic convergence and functional dependency at later stages. Milestone symptoms were distilled to create a prototypical progression and severity scale of functional impairment: the PPA Progression Planning Aid ("PPA-Squared").Discussion
This work introduces a symptom-led staging scheme and functional scale for semantic and non-fluent/agrammatic variants of PPA. Our findings have implications for diagnostic and care pathway guidelines, trial design, and personalized prognosis and treatment for PPA.Highlights
We introduce new symptom-led perspectives on primary progressive aphasia (PPA). The focus is on non-fluent/agrammatic (nfvPPA) and semantic (svPPA) variants. Foregrounding of early and non-verbal features of PPA and clinical trajectories is featured. We introduce a symptom-led staging scheme for PPA. We propose a prototype for a functional impairment scale, the PPA Progression Planning Aid.
SUBMITTER: Hardy CJD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10917001 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hardy Chris J D CJD Taylor-Rubin Cathleen C Taylor Beatrice B Harding Emma E Gonzalez Aida Suarez AS Jiang Jessica J Thompson Laura L Kingma Rachel R Chokesuwattanaskul Anthipa A Walker Ffion F Barker Suzie S Brotherhood Emilie E Waddington Claire C Wood Olivia O Zimmermann Nikki N Kupeli Nuriye N Yong Keir X X KXX Camic Paul M PM Stott Joshua J Marshall Charles R CR Oxtoby Neil P NP Rohrer Jonathan D JD Volkmer Anna A Crutch Sebastian J SJ Warren Jason D JD
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20230807 1
<h4>Introduction</h4>Here we set out to create a symptom-led staging system for the canonical semantic and non-fluent/agrammatic variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA), which present unique diagnostic and management challenges not well captured by functional scales developed for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.<h4>Methods</h4>An international PPA caregiver cohort was surveyed on symptom development under six provisional clinical stages and feedback was analyzed using a mixed-metho ...[more]