Status:
UNKNOWN
Imaging in the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Sao Paulo
Conditions:
Parkinson's Disease
Essential Tremor
Eligibility:
All Genders
45+ years
Brief Summary
Parkinson´s disease (PD) diagnosis is based upon clinical examination. Although imaging has helped doctors to identify many diseases, it still does not add too much information for the diagnosis of Pa...
Detailed Description
The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) is based on a set of clinical assessments that do not provide great accuracy. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transcranial sonography (TCS) have...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Parkinson´s disease patients according to UK Parkinson´s Disease Brain Bank Criteria
- Essential Tremor Patients according to Movement Disorder´s diagnosis consensus criteria.
- Healthy Volunteers: paired with PD patients by age and gender.
Exclusion
- Contraindication to MRI
- Claustrophobia.
- Serious structural brain anomalies.
- Condition or situation in which, in the opinion of the investigator put the patient at significant risk, which can confound the results, or substantially interfere with the individual's participation in the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2012
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01446939
Start Date
October 1 2012
End Date
July 1 2014
Last Update
October 29 2012
Active Locations (2)
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1
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05403001
2
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05652901