Targeting Apathy With Music in Parkinson's Disease

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Conditions studied: Parkinson Disease, Apathy

In brief

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is often accompanied by non-motor symptoms that make treatment more difficult. One such symptom is apathy (lack of motivation and emotion). There are no treatments for apathy in PD, and this remains a major unmet need in PD patients. One possible way to target apathy in PD patients is listening to music, which has been shown to help improve apathy in older adults. Little work has explored the mechanism in which music targets apathy. Thus, the goal of this study is to understand how music listening can impact the brain towards decreasing apathy in PD patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05505019

Run by

University of British Columbia

People needed

50

Starts

2022-02-09

Expected to finish

2026-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-23

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease following MDS Parkinson's disease criteria

You may not qualify if…

• Participants with atypical Parkinsonism (eg. Progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, drug induced, etc.)
• Epilepsy
• Other neurological disease/complications (eg. myopathy, stroke, brain lesion, MS)
• Significant cognitive impairment (MoCa <21)
• Moderate depression (Beck's Depression Inventory >20)
• Severe/multiple head trauma(s)
• Participants with metal/medical implants, including any of the following: artificial heart valve, brain aneurysm clip, electrical stimulators, ear or eye implant, implanted drug infusion pump, coil, catheter, or filter in any blood vessel, orthopedic hardware such as artificial joint, plate, and/or screws, other metallic prostheses, shrapnel, bullets, or other metal fragments, surgery or tattoos, including tattooed eyeliner, in the last six weeks, cardiac pacemaker, wires or defibrillator, or ferromagnetic aneurysm clip)
• Participants who have gone through specific injuries/brain surgery (eg. an injury where a piece of metal lodged in the eye or orbit)

Where it is running

• Djavad Mowafghian Centre for Brain Health — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (enrolling)

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