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Mentally singing for Parkinson's Disease (SFYS Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Gammon Earhart

Research Sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine

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 baseline

Awards & highlights

SFYS Trial Summary

This trial will study whether older adults, particularly those with Parkinson disease, walking performance is impacted by music and mentally singing.

SFYS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Gait Speed

Stride Time Variability

Secondary outcome measures

Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Signal (BOLD) during movement

Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Signal (BOLD) when listening to music vs. mentally singing

SFYS Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Self cueingExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

People living with Parkinson disease and controls walking with self-generated rhythmic cues.

Group II: External cueingActive Control2 Interventions

People living with Parkinson disease and controls walking to external rhythmic cues (i.e., music).

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Mentally singing

2020

N/A

~70

Listening to music

2021

N/A

~160

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Washington University School of MedicineLead Sponsor

1,935 Previous Clinical Trials

2,299,810 Total Patients Enrolled

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)NIH

832 Previous Clinical Trials

668,870 Total Patients Enrolled

Gammon EarhartPrincipal InvestigatorWashington University School of Medicine

1 Previous Clinical Trials

17 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the size of the cohort participating in this experiment?

"Affirmative. Information from clinicaltrials.gov states that this research is currently seeking new participants; the trial was first posted on March 9th 2020 and recently updated on August 24th 2022. This study requires 60 volunteers to be collected from a single site."

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Is there still capacity to enroll participants in this research endeavor?

"The information found on clinicaltrials.gov states that this medical trial is actively searching for participants, and has been doing so ever since it was posted on March 9th 2020 and amended as recently as August 24th 2022."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Sing for Your Saunter

Gammon M Earhart 2020. "Sing for Your Saunter". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04246476.