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Educational Brochure for Parkinson's Disease (Empathy Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Carmela Tartaglia, MD
Research Sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up through study completion, an average of 1 year
Awards & highlights

Empathy Trial Summary

This study is evaluating whether a brochure can help caregivers of people with dementia.

Eligible Conditions
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Frontotemporal Dementia
  • Neurodegenerative Disease
  • Dementia
  • Caregiver Burnout
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Vascular Dementia

Empathy Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~through study completion, an average of 1 year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through study completion, an average of 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Abbreviated form of the Emotion Evaluation Test (EET) from The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT)
Caregiver empathy assessment of patient
Caregiver functional assessment of patient
+7 more
Secondary outcome measures
Completion Rate
Recruitment Rate
Retention Rate

Empathy Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Interventional ArmExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
The Interventional Arm will receive the educational brochure and complete the study tasks and questionnaires.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Educational Brochure
2016
N/A
~890

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University Health Network, TorontoLead Sponsor
1,466 Previous Clinical Trials
484,281 Total Patients Enrolled
Carmela Tartaglia, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity Health Network, Toronto
3 Previous Clinical Trials
181 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Decreased Empathy and Emotion Recognition in Patients With Neurodegenerative Disease
2019. "Decreased Empathy and Emotion Recognition in Patients With Neurodegenerative Disease". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04635540.
~13 spots leftby Apr 2025
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