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Home-based structured exercise for Parkinson's Disease

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Led By David William Sparrow, DSc
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
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 6 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if two different exercise programs, one at a VA medical center and the other done remotely, can both reduce the number of falls in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Eligible Conditions
  • Parkinson's Disease

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Remote exercise groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
home-based structured exercise program
Group II: In-person exercise groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
facility-based structured exercise program
Group III: Control groupActive Control1 Intervention
health education
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Facility-based structured exercise
2019
N/A
~170
Home-based structured exercise
2019
N/A
~170

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,609 Previous Clinical Trials
3,306,441 Total Patients Enrolled
David William Sparrow, DScPrincipal InvestigatorVA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA
8 Previous Clinical Trials
1,249 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Am I eligible to become part of this experiment?

"The targeted cohort for this trial are individuals aged 40 to 89 that have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease by a physician and exhibit at least two of the three cardinal signs (resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia). A total of 162 participants will be recruited."

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How many participants are enrolled in this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative. The clinical trial is actively recruiting, as stated on the clinicaltrials.gov website. It was first posted October 1st 2019 and last edited January 26th 2022, with a goal of 162 patient enrolment from one medical site."

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Are volunteers currently being sought to participate in this study?

"Clinicaltrials.gov data reveals that this research initiative, which was originally released on October 1st 2019, is actively recruiting participants. This project has been most recently updated on January 26th 2022."

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Is the age limit for participation in this research greater than or equal to 25 years?

"This clinical trial is enrolling qualified participants that range from 40 to 89 years of age."

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Highly Challenging Balance Program to Reduce Fall Rate in PD
2019. "Highly Challenging Balance Program to Reduce Fall Rate in PD". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03972969.
~29 spots leftby Apr 2025
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