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
Active Locations (1)
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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom, SE5 9RS