International Validation of Two Non-motor Scales in PD (NFS and SPARK)

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Conditions studied: Parkinson's Disease, Non-motor Symptoms

In brief

The goal of this project is to develop the international validation of two new rating scales, the Neuropsychiatric Fluctuations Scale (NFS) and the Shame in PARKinson's disease (SPARK) Scale, in order to improve the understanding of the extent and severity of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04366804

Run by

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

People needed

300

Starts

2020-12-03

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-13

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Written informed consent;
• PD, according to the MDS criteria;
• Age of participants > 30 and < 75 years;
• Being fluent in the language in which the scales are applied.

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of PD dementia (defined as MoCA score < 24).

Where it is running

• Transilvania University — Brasov, Romania (enrolling)
• King's College London — London, United Kingdom (enrolling)
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki — Thessaloniki, Greece
• Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Besançon — Besançon, France
• Ruber International Hospital — Madrid, Spain
• Insel Gruppe AG University Hospital Bern — Bern, Switzerland
• Hospital Universitario Burgos — Burgos, Spain
• Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus — Dresden, Germany

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