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Development of a Proactive Health Care Pathway When Initiating Continuous Subcutaneous Apomorphine Infusion in Patients With Parkinson Disease : Impact on Their Autonomy (AUTAP)

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Interventions
Other: Proactive care pathway
Registration Number
NCT05405998
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Brief Summary

Continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion (CSAI) has proven to be effective in advaced Parkinson's disease patients with motor fluctuations not controlled by oral or transdermal medication. After initiation of this therapy, most of the patients need nurse services at home for the entire duration of treatment. Some patients are reluctant about this dependence and thus may refuse or delay the initiation of CSAI. To date, there is no guideline to promote patients' autonomy in managing CSAI treatment. Thus we developed a program focusing on early autonomy during CSAI intitiation, through empowering the patient or their carer, and promoting primary and tertiary care.

The hypothesis is that implementing the program will lead patients to autonomy. This will have beneficial effects on clinical and heath-related outcomes and may be cost-effective.

Detailed Description

The main objective of the project is to evaluate the impact of the proactive care pathway during the installation of an apomorphine pump on the autonomy at 6 months of patients with Parkinson's disease at the stage of motor complications.

This care pathway corresponds to a care program combining therapeutic education of the patient, modification of the hospital course and city-hospital coordination. The content of this program is detailed below in chapter III.3. Experimental group: proactive care pathway.

The interest of the protocol will be evaluated at several levels: from the patients' point of view, from the caregivers' point of view, from the medico-economic point of view. Among all the indicators, the achievement of autonomy is retained as the main criterion (see chapter on main evaluation criterion).

Secondary objectives are to measure the value of the proactive care pathway on:

* Patient-related parameters Psychobehavioral factors (quality of life, self-esteem, mood...) ; Treatment persistence; Patient satisfaction; Clinical symptomatology (overall clinical impression, motor and non-motor symptoms, impulse control disorders).

* Caregiver burden.

* Use of the care system in both groups and medico-economic impact of the intervention (cost-consequence analysis and cost-utility analysis) from a societal perspective;

For this study, patients will be accompanied by their caregivers.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient of legal age;
  • Affiliated to the social security;
  • Parkinson's disease according to the diagnostic criteria of the UK Parkinson's disease society brain bank clinical diagnostic criteria;
  • Presence of disabling motor fluctuations and/or dyskinesia despite optimized oral treatment (MDS-UPDRS IV item >2)
  • Patient eligible for and accepting apomorphine pump therapy
  • Autonomous patient (Hoehn and Yahr stage < 4);
  • No significant cognitive impairment (MoCA >= 25)
  • Patient can be autonomous on the daily management of the pump according to the investigator's opinion.
  • Patient having signed an informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Significant cognitive impairment (MoCA score <25);
  • Major depressive episode, uncontrolled at the time of assessment (BDI>25) or bipolar disorder;
  • Active visual hallucinations or history of severe hallucination episodes;
  • Previous apomorphine pump use;
  • History of respiratory distress;
  • History of severe impulse control disorders;
  • Patient and/or caregiver who cannot be empowered in the opinion of the investigator.
  • Protected persons, curators, persons under court protection, persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons under forced psychiatric care and persons admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than those of the research

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Experimental group : proactive courseProactive care pathwayThe strategy is based on the implementation of an "optimized" proactive care pathway, combining elements that promote city-hospital coordination in setting up the pump and elements that promote patient education.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (MDS-UPDRS), section VI (Schwab and England)6 months

Gold standard in the evaluation of activity in daily living in PD patients. The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.

Evaluation of autonomy6 months

The patient will be considered autonomous if he/she does not need nursing care to manage his/her treatment and the pump for 15 days

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
MDS-UPDRS section II6 months and 12 months

This section evaluate the motor aspects of experiences in daily living. The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.

Parkinson disease questionnaire 39 (PDQ39)6 months and 12 months

Self-assessment questionnaire integrating 39 items evaluating quality of life of PD patients. Establish a score between 0 and 100.

ZARIT score6 months and 12 months

Assessment of caregiver burden. The score varies between 0 and 88. Score \< 20: mild "burden 21 \< score \< 40: mild to moderate "burden 41 \< score \< 60 : moderate to severe "burden 61 \< score \< 88 : severe "burden

MDS-UPDRS III and IV6 months and 12 months

This section evaluate the motor examination (III) and motor complications (IV).The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.

Clinical Global impression6 months and 12 months

Measured by the patient, the caregiver and the investigator. There are 2 components to the CGI (20): (i) the CGI-severity to assign a disease severity score from 1 to 7 (1=no disease; 7=very severe). (ii) the CGI-Improvement which establishes a score of improvement since the beginning of treatment between 1 and 7 (1=great improvement; 7=great deterioration)

MDS-UPDRS section I6 months and 12 months

This section evaluate the non-motor aspects of experiences of daily living.The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.

QUIP RS6 months and 12 months

Questionnaire for impulsive-compulsive disorders in Parkinson's disease-rating scale. The score per question varies from 0 to 4. If the patient obtains a 0, it means that he/she does not have an impulse control disorder. On the contrary, if the patient gets a 4 it means that he/she has an impulse control disorder very often. The total score of the questionnaire varies between 0 and 112.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AP-HM

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Marseille, France

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