Risk Factors for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)

Completed

Conditions studied: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

In brief

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is the most common atypical parkinsonian movement disorder. This study will determine the role of specific genetic, occupational and environmental components in the development of PSP by evaluating patients with this disorder and age and gender matched controls.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00431301

Run by

University of Louisville

People needed

942

Starts

2006-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-10

Who can join

Age: 40 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• PSP patients able to visit one of the screening sites for diagnostic confirmation and able to participate in a one hour telephone interview

You may not qualify if…

• No other major neurological disorders
• Unable to communicate by telephone

Where it is running

• University of Alabama, Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
• University of Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Emory College of Medicine — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Rush University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Kansas — Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• University of Louisville — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Case Western University — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• University of Toronto — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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