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Parkinson DiseaseNCT04440033

Factors Associated with Falling in Parkinson's Disease

A study testing Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics, Locomotor assessments and Speech assessments in people with Parkinson Disease, run by University Hospital, Ghent at 2 sites in Belgium.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The objective of this study will be to identify multidisciplinary fall risk factors in persons with stage 3 idiopathic Parkinson's Disease compared to age and sex-matched healthy adults. Both the relative contribution of each independent factor, as well as the interaction between these factors, will be examined. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Parkinson Disease
What is being tested?
Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics, Locomotor assessments and Speech assessments
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
10 participants
Where
2 sitesBelgium
Study dates
12 Oct 2020to 1 Dec 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Persons with idiopathic PD diagnosed by a medical doctor according to the United Kingdom PD Brain Bank Criteria
  • Aged between 18 and 75 years-old
  • Stage 3 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale in the on-medication state
  • On a stable dose of PD medication (at least one week)
  • Able to stand and walk on a treadmill without support for at least 3 minutes
  • Able to give consent
  • Age and sex-matched healthy adults

Who cannot join

  • Atypical parkinsonism
  • Unpredictable symptom fluctuations
  • Previous surgical management of PD (i.e., deep brain stimulation surgery; pallidotomy)
  • Duodopa pump therapy
  • Dementia (Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) < 21)[1]
  • Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension (e.g. frequent syncope episodes)
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  • Concurrent neurological disorders (e.g. stroke)
  • Comorbidities that affect gait or balance (e.g. peripheral neuropathy)
  • Acute illness
  • Epilepsy or history of seizures
  • Depression (MDS-UPDRS item 1.3 ≥ 2)
  • Body weight over 120 kilograms
  • Pregnancy
  • Participation in other ongoing experimental trials
  • Healthy control group
  • Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension (e.g. frequent syncope episodes)
  • Body weight over 120 kilograms
  • Pregnancy
  • Participation in other ongoing experimental trials

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

Belgium2 sites
  • Ghent University Hospital

    Ghent, 9000

  • Ghent University

    Ghent, 9000

Other trials in Belgium

About this study

Official title: Factors Associated with Falling in Parkinson's Disease: a Multidisciplinary Prospective Study

The objective of this study will be to identify multidisciplinary fall risk factors in persons with stage 3 idiopathic Parkinson's Disease compared to age and sex-matched healthy adults. Both the relative contribution of each independent factor, as well as the interaction between these factors, will be examined. The study will include multidisciplinary assessments, including locomotor, speech, auditory, vestibular and opthalmologic assessments.

Being tested
Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics, Locomotor assessments, Speech assessments, Audiology assessments
Keywords
Parkinson's Disease, Accidental Falls, Risk factor, Gait, Speech, Audiology
Medical subject headings
Parkinson Disease, Speech

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristicsOther

    • Age
    • Sex
    • Height
    • Body weight
    • Handedness
    • Medication use
    • Blood pressure
    • Global cognition (Montreal Cognitive Assessment)
    • Fear of falling (Shortened Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale)
    • History of falls (number of falls in the past month)
    • Time since diagnosis and symptom onset
    • Disease severity (UPDRS part III, Hoehn and Yahr)
    • Non-motor symptoms (UPDRS part I)
    • Motor symptoms (UPDRS part III)
    • Motor complications (UPDRS part IV)
    • Disease-dominant side (UPDRS part III)
    • Freezing of gait (New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire)
  • Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristicsOther

    • Age
    • Sex
    • Height
    • Body weight
    • Handedness
    • Medication use
    • Blood pressure
    • Global cognition (Montreal Cognitive Assessment)
    • Fear of falling (Shortened Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale)
    • History of falls (number of falls in the past month)
  • Locomotor assessmentsOther

    First, 9 anthropometric measurements will be taken, 39 reflective markers will be placed, and a 6-min practice walking session will be conducted to familiarize participants with self-paced treadmill walking (SPTW). Thereafter, participants will partake in 7 experimental conditions in a (semi-)randomized order:

    • 3 min standing
    • 3 min standing while answering semi-standardized questions
    • 3 min SPTW
    • 3 min SPTW while answering semi-standardized questions (SPTW-Q)
    • 3 min SPTW while verbally describing a VR environment (SPTW-VR1)
    • 6 min SPTW in a VR environment containing freezing of gait provoking elements (SPTW-VR2)
  • Speech assessmentsOther

    • Acoustic analysis (including voice reports and formant analysis), video recording and motor speech profile (including analysis of diadochokinesis, voice, standard syllabic rate, intonation and second formant (F2)).
    • Spontaneous speech production will be assessed by answering semi-standardized questions based on the Aachen Aphasia Test and by describing a VR environment projected on a 180-degree cylindrical screen
    • The Speech Handicap Index (a 15-item self-reported questionnaire)
  • Audiology assessmentsOther

    • Otoscopy
    • Tympanometry
    • Pure tone audiometry
    • Otoacoustic emissions
    • Video Head Impuls Test
    • Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials
    • Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials
    • Oculomotor function testing
    • Positional testing
    • Static visual acuity test
    • Dynamic visual acuity test
    • Dizziness Handicap Inventory (a 25-item self-assessment inventory)
Study groups in NCT04440033
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Parkinson's Disease groupExperimentalPatients with stage 3 idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
Receives: Other: Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics; Other: Locomotor assessments; Other: Speech assessments; Other: Audiology assessments
Healthy control groupActive comparatorAge and sex-matched healthy adults
Receives: Other: Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics; Other: Locomotor assessments; Other: Speech assessments; Other: Audiology assessments

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Fall events

    Number of accidental falls documented using a daily fall diary with monthly telephone follow-ups.

    Measured: baseline to 6 months after baseline

Secondary outcomes (23)
  1. Walking speed

    Walking speed (meters/second) measured using the Gait Real-time Interactive Lab (GRAIL) system (Motekforce Link, The Netherlands).

    Measured: baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  2. Walking cadence

    Walking cadence (steps/minute) measured using the Gait Real-time Interactive Lab (GRAIL) system (Motekforce Link, The Netherlands).

    Measured: baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  3. Step length

    Step length (meters) measured using the Gait Real-time Interactive Lab (GRAIL) system (Motekforce Link, The Netherlands).

    Measured: baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  4. Hip, knee and ankle joint angle during walking

    Hip, knee and ankle joint angle during walking (°) measured using the Gait Real-time Interactive Lab (GRAIL) system (Motekforce Link, The Netherlands).

    Measured: baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  5. Hip, knee and ankle joint moment during walking

    Hip, knee and ankle joint moment during walking (Nm/kg) measured using the Gait Real-time Interactive Lab (GRAIL) system (Motekforce Link, The Netherlands).

    Measured: baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  6. Hip, knee and ankle joint power during walking

    Hip, knee and ankle joint moment during power (W/kg) measured using the Gait Real-time Interactive Lab (GRAIL) system (Motekforce Link, The Netherlands).

    Measured: baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  7. Freezing of gait

    Number of freezing of gait events measured using the Gait Real-time Interactive Lab (GRAIL) system (Motekforce Link, The Netherlands).

    Measured: baseline during 6 min self-paced treadmill walking in a virtual environment

  8. Spontaneous speech production

    Audio recordings analyzed using PRAAT software to assess spontaneous speech production

    Measured: baseline; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  9. Spontaneous speech production

    Audio recordings analyzed using Motor Speech Profile software to assess spontaneous speech production

    Measured: baseline; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while answering semi-standardized questions; baseline during 3 min self-paced treadmill walking while describing a virtual environment

  10. Speech Handicap Index

    A 15-item self-reported questionnaire based on the Parole Handicap Index to evaluate the physical, functional and psychosocial impact of dysarthria (0-60). Higher scores indicate a higher level of speech-related problems.

    Measured: baseline

  11. Otoscopy

    A otoscopic test to examine the external auditory canal and the tympanic membrane

    Measured: baseline

  12. Tympanometry

    An auditory test to assess the middle-ear function

    Measured: baseline

  13. Pure tone audiometry

    An auditory test to assess hearing threshold levels

    Measured: baseline

  14. Otoacoustic Emissions Test

    An auditory test to measure cochlear outer hair cell function

    Measured: baseline

  15. Video Head Impuls Test

    A vestibular function test to objectify high frequency function of the horizontal and vertical semicircular canals

    Measured: baseline

  16. Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing

    A vestibular function test to assess the saccular and inferior vestibular nerve function

    Measured: baseline

  17. Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing

    A vestibular function test to assess the utricular and superior vestibular nerve function

    Measured: baseline

  18. Ocular Motor Testing

    A vestibular function test to evaluate oculomotor function

    Measured: baseline

  19. Dix-Hallpike Test

    A diagnostic maneuver to identify benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

    Measured: baseline

  20. Roll Test

    A diagnostic maneuver to identify benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

    Measured: baseline

  21. Static visual acuity

    Static visual acuity measured using a Snellen chart (static logMAR)

    Measured: baseline

  22. Dynamic visual acuity

    Visual acuity during head movement measured using a Snellen chart relative to static visual acuity (static logMAR - dynamic logMAR)

    Measured: baseline

  23. Dizziness Handicap Inventory

    A 25-item self-assessment inventory to evaluate self-perceived handicapping effects of dizziness (0-100). Higher scores indicate a greater perceived handicap due to dizziness.

    Measured: baseline

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Jun 2020
  2. Study start12 Oct 2020
  3. Primary completion1 Dec 2023
  4. Study completion1 Dec 2023

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Case-control
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
10 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04440033
Sponsor's protocol ID
BC-07392
Status last verified
Sep 2024
First submitted
3 Jun 2020
Last updated
19 Sep 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Baseline assessment of demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics, Locomotor assessments and Speech assessments in people with Parkinson Disease, run by University Hospital, Ghent at 2 sites in Belgium.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 19 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Sep 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in Belgium. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Fall events (time frame: baseline to 6 months after baseline). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Sep 2024.

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