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Last refreshed on: 15 April 2024
Main ID:  NCT03321019
Date of registration: 20/10/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Florida
Public title: Airway Protective Mechanisms in PD (R01)
Scientific title: Mechanisms of Airway Protection Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease
Date of first enrolment: December 12, 2017
Target sample size: 115
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03321019
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Karen Hegland, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Florida
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Between the ages of 45 and 85 years

2. Diagnosis of PD, Hoehn and Yahr stages I - IV, by a fellowship trained neurologist
arriving at the diagnosis of PD by applying strict UK brain bank criteria (PD
participants only)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Neurological disorders other than PD (i.e., stroke, etc.)

2. Difficulty complying due to neuropsychological dysfunction (i.e., severe depression)

3. Allergy to capsaicin or hot peppers

4. History of head or neck cancer

5. History of smoking in the past 5 years

6. Any neurological disorder including PD (Healthy control group only)



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson Disease
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Fluoroscopic swallow evaluation
Other: Event-related evoked potential using electroencephalography (EEG).
Drug: Capsaicin
Device: Resistive respiratory loads
Primary Outcome(s)
Respiratory sensitivity [Time Frame: 4 years]
Urge to cough sensitivity [Time Frame: 4 years]
Penetration-aspiration scale [Time Frame: 4 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Swallowing timing [Time Frame: 4 year]
Cough peak flow rate [Time Frame: 4 years]
Secondary ID(s)
IRB201700959-N
5R01HD091658-05
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Ethics review
Results
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