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Clinical Trial ● Currently Recruiting NCT04477785

PPMI Clinical – Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort

PPMI Clinical – Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort — Recruiting • Respiratory / COPD / Asthma • NCT04477785.

📅 25 Mar 2026 ⏱ 2 min read
Currently Recruiting
This trial is actively seeking participants in the UK. Discuss eligibility with your patient before referring.
Status
Currently Recruiting
NCT ID
NCT04477785
Sponsor
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Start
2020-07-01
ClinicaliQ Trial Snapshot
  • PPMI Clinical – Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort — Recruiting • Respiratory / COPD / Asthma • NCT04477785.
  • The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) is a longitudinal, observational, multi-center natural history study to assess progression of clinical features, digital outcomes, and imaging, biologic and genetic markers of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression in study participants with manifest PD, prodromal PD, and….
  • Sponsor: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

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What This Trial Is Studying

The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) is a longitudinal, observational, multi-center natural history study to assess progression of clinical features, digital outcomes, and imaging, biologic and genetic markers of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression in study participants with manifest PD, prodromal PD, and healthy controls. The overall goal of PPMI is to identify markers of disease progression for use in clinical trials of therapies to reduce progression of PD disability.

Eligibility Snapshot
  • 1 Healthy Controls (HC) Note: Active Healthy controls previously enrolled in PPMI do not require re-assessment of eligibility criteria listed below for enrollment in PPMI Clinical. Active participants do need to be able to provide informed consent for PPMI Clinical participation (includes use of a designated research proxy). 7.1.1 Inclusion Criteria (HC) 1. Male or female age 57 years or older at Screening visit.
  • Individuals taking any of the following drugs: alpha methyldopa, methylphenidate, amphetamine derivatives or modafinil, must be willing and medically able to hold the medication for at least 5 half-lives before SPECT imaging. 3. Confirmation that participant is eligible based on Screening SPECT imaging. 4. Able to provide informed consent. 5. Either is male, or is female and meets additional criteria below, as applicable: * Female of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, lactating, or planning pregnancy during the study and has a negative pregnancy test on day of Screening SPECT imaging test prior to injection of DaTscanTM. 7.1.2

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