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NCT05765110Recruiting

SPEECH as Biomarker for Emotion, Movement and cOgnition in Parkinson's Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

With this study, the investigators want to investigate whether computerized speech analysis can be used to reliably and objectively detect motor, emotional, and cognitive fluctuations in Parkinson's disease patients.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80 (estimated)
First submitted
11 Jan 2023
Start date
3 Jan 2023
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
NCT number
NCT05765110

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 80
  • From 3 Jan 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
  • 2 sites in 2 countries
  • 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

  • Dysarthria caused in addition by a condition other than PD (e.g. stroke, myasthenia);
  • Brain disease other than Parkinson's disease (e.g. atypical Parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, etc.).
  • Cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa) \< 24/30 points);
  • Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease;
  • Cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa) \< 24/30 points);
  • Suffering from brain disease (e.g. atypical Parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, etc.);
  • Suffering from or diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses according to DSM-V criteria

Other

  • Clinical diagnosis of aphasia;
  • Depression with acute suicidal ideation
    • Healthy Controls
  • Clinical diagnosis of aphasia, dysarthria, and stuttering;

Who the study is looking for

  • Written informed consent
  • Idiopathic PD according to the Movement Disorders Society Criteria;
  • Age of participants \> 30 and ≤ 75 years;
  • Treatment with or without bilateral deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus;
  • Fluent in German or French
  • Written informed consent
  • Adults from 50-70 years old;
  • Fluent in German or French

Criteria the registry did not label

  • Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Age in the registry: 30 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts 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 Hospital Inselspital, Berne
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BernSwitzerlandRecruiting
Czech Technical University Prague
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
PragueCzechiaActive, not recruiting

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