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2. MANAGEMENT REPORT

- The Vallecas project in accordance with the application and transfer of
- BT-CIEN Tissue Bank. biobank samples protocols.
- Alzheimer Program and other research
projects Research Program of the Queen Sofia Foundation
- Service provisions
- Training Alzheimer Center: Systematic evaluation, by means
of a protocol adapted and agreed upon, of the pa-
Vallecas-2 Project: Research aimed at identifying in- tients institutionalized in the Queen Sofia Foundation
dividuals with a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's Alzheimer Center (CAFRS, for its acronym in Spanish)
type dementia (AD), based on the combination of and attendants to the Day Care Center, after sig-
sociodemographic, clinical, neurological, neurops- ning a proper informed consent. This evaluation in-
ychological, genetic, biochemical and neuroima- cludes the following:
ging data, within the framework of the project
called “Vallecas-2, early detection of Alzheimer's di- • Neurological evaluation
sease. Risk and protection factors”. The Queen Sofia • Neuropsychological assessment
Foundation, signatory of the agreement dated on • Psychiatric evaluation
February 14, 2018, undertakes to contribute during • Functional evaluation
each of the 4 years of planned duration of the pro- • Magnetic resonance imaging
ject, the successive amounts that are agreed an- • Blood sampling and analysis of genetic risk
nually by its Board of Trustees, corresponding to the factors
first year 2018 a total amount of three hundred thou- • Extraction and neuropathological study of
sand euros (€ 300,000.00). brains donated by deceased patients
Other research projects granted in competitive
The Vallecas Project is the main research project ca-
rried out by the CIEN Foundation, both in terms of re- competition in force in 2018:
sources used and its social impact. In parallel, the
• PT13 / 0010/0045: Biobank Platform. Principal
CIEN Foundation is engaged in other research pro- investigator: Dr. Alberto Rábano Gutiérrez.
jects on neurodegenerative diseases, among which Project funded by the ISCIII with a budget of
the Alzheimer Center Project and the Biobank Plat- €44,478.26 for the year 2017-2018. An extension
form stand out. of execution has been approved by the
General Subdirectorate of Evaluation and
Tissue-Bank: Through the Department of Neuropa- Promotion of Research of the Carlos III Institute
thology of the CIEN Foundation, a biobank of neu- of Health, extending its execution period until
December 31, 2018 with no additional funding.
rological tissue is managed (CIEN Tissue Bank).
Contributions to BT-CIEN come, in addition to those • PT17 / 0015/0014: Biobank Platform. Principal
obtained in the CAFRS (Internal Donation Program), investigator: Dr. Alberto Rábano Gutiérrez.
from donors from the Community of Madrid and Project funded through Resolution of the
other Regions (External Donation Program). In turn, Director of the Carlos III Institute of Health, of
the BT-CIEN, after processing, diagnosis and classifi- December 4, 2017 awarding grants for platforms
cation, maintains the biological material in long-term supporting research in health sciences and
technologies of the 2017 call for the Strategic
archive conditions and distributes it to researchers Health Action, with a final budget of €135,300
and institutions that require it for research projects, distributed in 3 annuities of €45,100 each.

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