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Blood Biomarker in Early Parkinson's Disease

Completed
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Registration Number
NCT03384797
Lead Sponsor
Duke University
Brief Summary

Currently, there are no cures or disease modifying therapies for Parkinson's disease (PD). This is partially due to the inability to detect the disease before it has progressed to a stage where there are clinical manifestations. The identification and validation of high throughput biomarkers to measure disease progression (as well as identify pre-clinical disease onset) is critical to the development of disease-modifying or even preventative therapies. In this study, we are testing a blood biomarker for PD. Several detection parameters will be assessed through enrollment of Parkinson's patients and age matched healthy volunteers over 50 years of age to learn more about the analytical process and biological variability.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
65
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

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Exclusion Criteria

Parkinson's Disease Patients:

  • Known additional neurological disease
  • Clinical trial intervention within the last 6 months

Healthy Control Participants:

  • Neurological degenerative diseases (such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or Huntington's)
  • Clinical trial intervention within the last 6 months
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Biological marker of Parkinson's diseaseDay 1

Test for biological marker of Parkinson's disease, mtDNA damage

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University Medical Facility

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

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