Developing Personalized Medicine Strategies to Increase Physical Activity in Parkinson's Disease (PD) Through Digital Health Technology
Completed
Conditions studied: Parkinson Disease
In brief
Under a grant from the Department of Defense's PD program, Dr. Morley's is investigating new approaches that 1) use "gamification"- applying rules of games like point scoring, achieving silver, gold or platinum levels and competition-- to increase physical activity in PD; 2) identify whether certain PD patient respond differently to gamification interventions than others.; 3) use readily and commercially available (including Fitbits) digital health technologies to perform all study activities remotely and enable a "touchless" study where patients don't have to come in person for any studies visits. The study is underway and actively recruiting.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05529121
- Run by
- Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
- People needed
- 88
- Starts
- 2021-12-03
- Expected to finish
- 2024-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-07-29
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Diagnosis of an atypical parkinsonian syndrome or concomitant administration of a drug that could cause parkinsonian syndromes.
- Cardiovascular or other medical comorbidities that preclude participation in an intervention to increase physical activity
- Lack of access to a smartphone or other device (tablet or networked computer) that can be used to interface with the Fitbit app and Way to Health platform
- PD Hoehn/Yahr stage >2.5 indicating significant balance or functional impairment that would preclude participation in an intervention to increase physical activity
- Clinical diagnosis of dementia
- Active impulse control disorder
Where it is running
- Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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