NCT05787756Completed
Constipation and Changes in the Gut Flora in Parkinson's Disease
Constipation and Changes in the Gut Flora in Parkinson's Disease: a Pilot Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this study is to investigate the link between gut health and Parkinson's disease
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- First submitted
- 1 Mar 2023
- Start date
- 1 Jan 2023
- Primary completion date
- 17 Mar 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Aberdeen
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT05787756
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 30
- From 1 Jan 2023 to the primary completion date, 17 Mar 2024
- 1 site 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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Prior treatment
- Current use of medications which cause/worsen constipation e.g., opioids, tramadol, gabapentin, pregabalin.
Other illness
- Active gastrointestinal disease, not including constipation or irritable bowel syndrome without other symptoms.
- Potential controls will be excluded if they report prodromal symptoms of PD, such as anosmia or rapid eye movement (REM) sleep disorder or display parkinsonian signs on examination.
- Inability to give informed consent at any stage of the study e.g., because of dementia.
Other
- Use of oral or intravenous antibiotics in the last 8 weeks.
Who the study is looking for
- Participants with Parkinson's disease 2. Community-dwelling patients with newly diagnosed PD who have not yet started medication for Parkinson's disease.
- Control Participants
- 1\. Healthy (non-Parkinsonian) members of the participants household will be invited to act as controls.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 110 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Nutrition Unit, Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
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