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NCT05351580Completed

DiSCERN: Advanced PD Therapy Candidacy and Evaluation System

DiSCERN: Advanced PD Therapy Candidacy and Evaluation System - Advanced PD Data Collection

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Aug 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

To collect data to develop models that identify when patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) are not responding well to their current therapy and may be ready to consider advanced therapy and when patients receiving advanced therapy are not responding well and need a therapy adjustment.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
26 (actual)
First submitted
15 Apr 2022
Start date
21 Jul 2022
Primary completion date
30 Jun 2024
Lead sponsor
Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc.
NCT number
NCT05351580

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 26
  • From 21 Jul 2022 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2024
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • Any subject that does not meet the inclusion criteria will be excluded from this study. Subjects not capable of following the required clinical instruction for this study will be excluded. Potential subjects will be screened to ensure no cognitive impairments exist that would prohibit them from properly using the system. Exclusion criteria includes cognitive impairment as evidenced by a score less than 24 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) UNLESS the subject has a caregiver able and willing to facilitate use of the DiSCERN system based on the judgement of the treating neurologist.

Who the study is looking for

  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
  • Current levodopa use
  • Hoehn and Yahr scale II-III
  • Ambulatory and capable of using the DiSCERN smartphone system
  • Able to understand and follow instructions regarding using the device
  • Half of participants (10 per site) identified as candidates for deep brain stimulation or drug pump by their treating neurologist, but before their surgeries take place.
  • The remainder (10 per site) will be individuals with advanced PD as defined by having a UPDRS motor complications scores ≥ 4.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
University of Cincinnati
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CincinnatiUnited StatesUnknown status
Cleveland Clinic
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ClevelandUnited StatesUnknown status

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