NCT07356414Not yet recruiting
SwallowFIT Study in Parkinson's Disease
"SwallowFit," an Exercise Program and Randomized Clinical Trial Designed for US Service Members, Veterans, and Families Affected by Parkinson's Disease.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a proactive swallow exercise will help to improve swallow fitness in patients with Parkinson's disease. The aim of the study is to assess how effective this exercise is and to measure the change in swallowing fitness from the beginning to the end of the study. Patients who are given the exercise training will be compared to participants who are treated using the usual standard treatment. Patients will have 6 weeks of twice-weekly SwallowFIT training. Each session will be an hour long.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 12 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 30 Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Mar 2028
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT07356414
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 80
- From 30 Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Mar 2028
- 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
- Speech therapy intervention for swallowing within the past three months
Other illness
- History of other neurological disease potentially causing dysphagia
- Dementia (MMSE\<20; Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) ≤ 20)
- Severe documented Gastrointestinal disease
- History of Gastro-esophageal surgery
- History of Head or neck cancer with swallowing impairment or surgical intervention
- History of breathing disorders or diseases (e.g., Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring assistive breathing support.
- Untreated hypertension
- Heart disease requiring restricted activity and medical intervention
Other
- Classified as Hoehn and Yahr stages IV
- Unable to follow 2 step commands
- Severe depression (BDI\>19)
- Severe dyskinesia of head and neck (resulting in problems with MBSS recording)
- Women who are pregnant, nursing, or who plan to become pregnant during the study
Who the study is looking for
- Adult S-VWP between \>35-90 years of age
- Diagnosis of Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease \[IDP\] (either or suspected, tremor-predominant or rigid predominant)
- Disability level of Hoehn \& Yahr stages II-III as indicated in their most recent neurological evaluation
- Swallowing concern, confirmed by Modified Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale \[MDS-UPDRS\]-
- ADL swallowing item \>0, or Mann Assessment of Swallowing scale \[MASA\] score ≤185.
- Able to consume oral nutrition \[Functional Oral Intake Score ≤ 6\]
- Ambulatory
- No change of medication for at least 4 weeks before study inclusion
Age in the registry: 35 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
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