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Profiling Parkinson’s disease

Recruiting
Conditions
Parkinson's disease
Registration Number
NL-OMON21445
Lead Sponsor
Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
1515
Inclusion Criteria

Patients
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a patient must meet ALL of the following criteria:
- Recently diagnosed with PD (N=625; time since Parkinson diagnosis = 2 years) or not recently diagnosed with PD (N=625; time since Parkinson diagnosis > 2 & = 10 years) (Time since Parkinson diagnosis (in years) made by a neurologist according to the Movement Disorder Society clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease; In order to obtain a good representation of the PD population an even distribution with respect to gender and age (age categories: <55 years, 55-65 years and >65 years) in both patient groups, will be attempted;
- 18 years or older;
- Able to read and understand Dutch;
- Providing IRB-approved Informed Consent;
- Willing, competent and able to comply with all aspects of the protocol, including follow-up schedule and biospecimen collections.

Controls
- 18 years or older;
- Healthy (self-report);
- Similar distribution with respect to gender and age as the patient groups will be attempted;
- Providing IRB-approved Informed Consent;
- Willing, competent and able to comply with all aspects of the protocol, including follow-up schedule and biospecimen collections.

Exclusion Criteria

A potential participant who meets ANY of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

Patients
- Patients who received brain surgery for Parkinson’s disease, patients who currently use levodopa continuous intestinal gel or patients who are currently receiving apomorphine treatment.
- Presence of co-morbidities that would hamper interpretation of parkinsonian disability, in the opinion of the investigator;
- MoCa score of =16 (indicates dementia);
- Unwillingness to be informed of unexpected medical findings;
- Note: patients with a disease duration of = 2 yrs, are excluded if:
- they are current, recent or past participant in The Personalized Parkinson Project (de Parkinson op maat studie”) from Radboudumc.
- Patients with a disease duration of > 2 & = 10 yrs, are only excluded if they are currently a participant in The Personalized Parkinson Project (de Parkinson op maat studie”) from Radboudumc.

Controls
- A history of neurological disorders that affect the brain or central nervous system;
- Abnormal findings at general neurological examination;
- Unwillingness to be informed of unexpected medical findings.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
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