Status:

UNKNOWN

PD-Ballet: Effectiveness and Implementation in Parkinson's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

King's College Hospital NHS Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

King's College London

Conditions:

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Current literature consistently demonstrates beneficial motor effects of dance-based therapies in Parkinson's disease, along with improved quality of life. Little is known about the non-motor gains fo...

Detailed Description

Parkinson's Disease is a neurodegenerative condition currently affecting over 120,000 people in the UK and this number is set to double by 2065. The current treatment is based around symptomatic pharm...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Effectiveness investigation eligibility criteria (PwPs only)
  • Inclusion:
  • Age of 18 and upwards
  • diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) according to the UK PD Brain Bank criteria
  • Hoehn Yarhr stages I-V
  • Exclusion:
  • diagnosis or suspicion of other causes for parkinsonism
  • advanced-stage therapy consideration (deep brain stimulation, continuous levodopa duodenal infusion, and continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion)
  • any condition interfering with the ability to give the informed consent
  • Indication of dementia through a score of ≤21 on MoCA
  • enrolment in a simultaneous investigational trial
  • inability to travel to the weekly sessions
  • Implementation science investigation eligibility criteria f) Inclusion:
  • People with Parkinson's - patients with a formal diagnosis of PD who have participated in the PD-Ballet intervention.
  • Family members of PwP - relatives/carers/nominated person of the patients with a formal diagnosis of PD who have participated in the PD-Ballet intervention
  • Clinicians (Referrers) - neurologists/geriatricians/neuropsychiatrists/SALT/OT, as well as PD specialist nurses, physicians and research staff experienced in PD
  • Dance leaders (Deliverers) - English National Ballet dancers involved in the PD-Ballet project
  • Support staff (Supporters)- other parties involved with the PD-Ballet project
  • g) Exclusion:
  • People with Parkinson's - parkinsonism other than PD, lack of involvement in the PD-Ballet project
  • Clinicians - Neurologists/geriatricians/neuropsychiatrists/SALT/OT, as well as PD specialist nurses, physicians and research staff experienced in PD
  • Dance leaders - English National Ballet dancers not involved in the PD-Ballet project
  • Support staff - other parties not involved with the PD-Ballet project

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2021

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    September 1 2023

    Estimated Enrollment :

    160 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04719468

    Start Date

    February 1 2021

    End Date

    September 1 2023

    Last Update

    April 20 2021

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    King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    London, United Kingdom, SE5 9RS