Found 6,914 clinical trials
Advances in Telephone-based Cognitive Screening Procedures
BackgroundCognitive screening procedures via performance-based tests represent an essential, albeit preliminary, element within the diagnostic and interventional process as addressed to patients with chronic neurological disorders. Furthermore, in these populations, cognitive screening measures are often employed as outcomes in epidemiological settings, as well as endpoints in clinical trials. Therefore, cognitive …
NMR Based Metabolomic Study of Serum Biomarkers in Patients With Parkinson's Disease and Atypical Parkinsonian Syndrome
At present, the diagnosis of Parkinsons disease(PD) mainly relies on clinical symptoms and is easily confused with atypical Parkinsonian syndrome(APS) in the early stages. There is an urgent need for reliable biomarkers. This project aims to use metabolomics technology based on proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the metabolomic …
Non-invasive Detection of Volatile Metabolites in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Currently, a diagnostic test for early PD does not exist.The aim to address this problem by developing a non-invasive breath test to differentiate early PD from controls. Small molecules contained in breath, which offers precious information about disease presence, will …
Parkinson's Disease in Asian Americans
The ultimate goal of this project is to use the findings to develop culturally appropriate programs and resources that can be disseminated to key stakeholders to improve access to PD care and increase inclusivity in PD research for Asian Americans. This study will serve as a first step towards developing …
Predictors of Clinical Outcomes of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
The goal of this observational study is to identify factors in blood that are associated with response to deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in patients with Parkinson's disease. The main questions it aims to answer are:What factors in blood (proteins and RNA) are associated with good vs poor response to …
Targeted Α-synuclein PET Imaging in the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy
The aim of this study was to apply the targeted α-synuclein PET study technique to investigate the pathological load and spatial distribution characteristics of α-syn in MSA patients, and to assess its value as a biomarker for diagnostic typing, disease severity, and prognosis in MSA.
Perception of Affordances and Obstacle Crossing in People With Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Adults
This study aims to explore how young adults, older adults and people with Parkinson's disease (PwP), perceive their abilty to cross obstacles while walking, and how this perception is related to their actual performance of obstacle crossing and disease-related motor and cognitive impairments. The study will explore this percepeption and …
Pathways Mediating Impaired Postural Control in Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this project is to use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to explore the state of excitability of corticocortical and corticofugal (cortex to spinal cord, cortex to brainstem to spinal cord) pathways that project to muscles that control the legs and trunk in people with Parkinson's disease. The outcome …
Electrophysiological Signature of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Its Relationship with Parkinson's Disease: a High-density EEG Investigation
The study aims to investigate neural correlate of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in Parkinson's disease (PD) and to identify a link between functional impairment (in both cognitive and motor domains) and electrophysiological cortical sing of MCI in PD. A sample of 42 subjects will be divide into three subgroup: healthy …
Freezing of Gait - Clinical Outcomes Assessment
To develop a reliable and accurate clinician-reported outcome (ClinRO) measure (against a new and precise definition) and patient reported outcome (PRO) for use by clinicians and researchers to quantify the severity of Freezing of Gait (FOG).
