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Sarah Gregory, PhD 0131 353 0233
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Joseph Milne j.milne@brainsciences.scot


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Be Part of Research - Trial Details - IONA Longitudinal Cohort Study

IONA Longitudinal Cohort Study

Recruiting

Open to: ALL

Age: 50.0 - 120.0

Medical Conditions

Alzheimer Disease
Dementia


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Understanding more about how diseases that cause dementia develop is critical as the number of people living with, or affected by, dementia in Scotland continues to grow. The IONA Longitudinal Cohort Study (LCS) has been set up to gather information about people's cognitive health (their memory and thinking abilities), their lifestyle and health risk factors for future dementia (such as hearing loss and obesity), genetics and disease biomarkers, over a number of years. The IONA LCS has three main objectives: Firstly to develop this cohort that is well characterised (also known as being "well-phenotyped") that represent the Scottish population (taking into consideration age, sex, ethnicity and education). The second objective is to use this data to build disease models to better understand trajectories of diseases, and identify any sub-populations who have different (i.e. better, worse) disease trajectories. Finally the third objective for IONA LCS is to offer people an optional consent to hear about future studies they may be interested in taking part in.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

Dec 2023 Dec 2033

OBSERVATIONAL



You can take part if:



You may not be able to take part if:


This is in the inclusion criteria above


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • Scottish Brain Sciences Arran Facility
    Edinburgh
    Lothian
    EH12 9DQ


The study is sponsored by Brain Health Scotland Life Sciences Ltd




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Read full details for Trial ID: NCT05892952
Last updated 15 September 2025

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