Developed by:
Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D.

Objective:
To obtain information on the presence of psychopathology in patients with brain disorders.

Copyright:
NPI © Dr. Cummings, 1994, All rights reserved.

Reference publication:
Cummings JL, Mega M, Gray K, Rosenberg-Thompson S, Carusi DA, Gornbein J. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory: comprehensive assessment of psychopathology in dementia. Neurology 1994; 44: 2308-2314.


Conditions of use:

1. Licensing fees:

Author's royalty fees

It consists of two types of fees:

 Access fee:
The access and use of the NPI in commercial studies is subject to Dr Cummings's prior's permission. It includes the payment of a per study fee that is to be negotiated with and paid directly to Dr Cummings ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). The copy of Dr Cummings's permission letter must be provided to MAPI Research Trust.


 Translation fee (existing NPI translations)
The use of NPI translation(s) for commercial purposes (clinical trials, screening for commercial projects, application by for-profit health care providers, etc) is subject to a per translation fee of 500 USD per language version, payable to MAPI Research Trust on behalf of Dr Cummings.

It should be noted that the access and use of NPI translation(s) for all non commercial research and clinical purposes is free from Dr. Cummings' royalty fee.

 Processing Fees (Mapi Research Trust)

- In non funded academic research and clinical practice (1) :  free of charge.
- In funded academic research (2): 300 €* per study + an additional 50 €* per language version requested.
- In commercial studies (3): 500 €* per study + an additional 150 €* per language version requested.

* excluding VAT

(1) Not funded academic research: if the project is not explicitly funded, but funding comes from overall departmental funds or from the University or individual funds then fees are waived.

(2) Funded academic research: projects receiving funding from commerce, government, EU should anticipate paying the corresponding fees.

(3) Commercial studies (industry, CRO, any for-profit companies).

2. User-Agreement: 

User is required to complete and sign a User Agreement in which specific conditions required by the author are detailed.


Contact information:

MAPI Research Trust
Christelle Berne

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Tel: +33 4 72 13 65 75
Fax: +33 4 72 13 66 82
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Please contact Christelle for more information about available translations.

Please have the User Agreement completed, dated and signed and return one original copy to MAPI Research Trust by post. As soon as we receive it, we will process your request.

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