NCT06719583Recruiting
Black and African Americans Connections to Parkinson's Disease (BLAAC PD)
Black and African Americans Connections to Parkinson's Disease (BLAAC PD) A Project of the Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
BLAAC PD is a research study to understand what Parkinson's disease looks like for Black and African American communities. BLAAC PD is happening at research centers around the United States. The study is part of the Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2). GP2 is a research project working to transform understanding of the genetics of Parkinson's disease and make that knowledge globally relevant.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 2000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 2 Dec 2024
- Start date
- 16 Nov 2020
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT06719583
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 2000
- From 16 Nov 2020 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 12 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- If submitting a saliva sample, nothing by mouth (food, drink, gum, tobacco, or smoking) for 30 minutes prior to sample collection
- \- If submitting a saliva sample, nothing by mouth (food, drink, gum, tobacco, or smoking) for 30 minutes prior to sample collection
Other illness
- Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease and/or neurological condition
- Familial history of PD and/or neurodegenerative or psychiatric conditions
- Unknown family history of PD and/or neurodegenerative or psychiatric conditions
- Any conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, preclude the individual's ability to carry out study activities
Who the study is looking for
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Age 50 years or older
- Self-identify as Black or African American
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Age 18 years or older
- Self-identify as Black or African American
- Meet the Movement Disorder Society's clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (12)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| Medical University of South Carolina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| RUSH University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center* Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gainesville | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Orleans | United States | Recruiting |
| Kaiser Permanente Midatlantic States Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rockville | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shreveport | United States | Recruiting |
| Washington University in St. Louis Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Recruiting |
This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.