A Study to Assess Changes in Clinical Management After DaTSCAN Imaging of Subjects With Clinically Uncertain Parkinsonism or an Illness With Similar Symptoms
Completed · Phase 4
Conditions studied: Parkinsonian Syndromes
In brief
Patients come to their doctor showing possible symptoms of a movement disorder. It is possible that these symptoms may get worse over time. There is more than one disease that can cause such symptoms. The most common movement disorder illnesses are Parkinson´s Disease and Essential Tremor. Sometimes it is difficult for doctors to make the right diagnosis because the symptoms caused by these illnesses are almost the same. On the other hand the correct treatment for Parkinson´s Disease is different from the correct treatment for Essential Tremor. This study aims to see whether having pictures of the brain taken with DaTSCAN can affect the way the doctor treats these patients and whether it can affect their quality of life directly.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00382967
- Run by
- GE Healthcare
- People needed
- 273
- Starts
- 2006-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-09-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Subjects with clinically uncertain Parkinsonian Syndromes or monosymptomatic, atypical or incomplete presentation of tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia or postural instability.
- Onset of clinical manifestations within the last 5 years
You may not qualify if…
- Differential diagnosis between Parkinsons´s Disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy or between Parkinson´s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy
- Subjects with an established/certain movement disorder clinical diagnosis
- Presence of known causes of tremor
Where it is running
- GE Healthcare — Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- GE Healthcare — Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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