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CompletedNCT05240339Updated Mar 8, 2024

Characterization and Progression of Minor Phenomena in Parkinson's Disease (PD)

An observational study in Parkinson Disease, Parkinson Disease Psychosis and Hallucinations, sponsored by University of Rochester. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 30 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-08.

Sponsored by University of Rochester · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
38
Ages
30 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Parkinson's disease psychosis encompasses a range of symptoms, including minor phenomena, frank hallucinations, and delusions. Minor phenomena include passage hallucinations (fleeting sense of a person, animal or object passing in the periphery), presence hallucinations (feeling of nearby presence), and illusions (misrepresentation of external stimuli). Some forms of PD psychosis may be progressive. The primary objective of this study is to:

  1. To determine the cumulative probability of developing hallucinations or delusions over time in individuals with PD minor phenomena followed for 36 months.
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Conditions studied

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Parkinson Disease Psychosis
  • Hallucinations
  • Delusion
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In context

Parkinson Disease

4,573 studies on the registry are indexed under Parkinson Disease; 1,086 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 38 is below the median of 96 across 1,085 observational studies indexed under Parkinson Disease.

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Lead sponsor

University of Rochester is the lead sponsor of 729 studies on the registry; 116 are open to participants now.

Of its 56 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 44 (79%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Participants must meet criteria for clinically probable PD according to the MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for PD. Notably, in these new criteria, PD and dementia with Lewy bodies are recognized as most likely existing on a continuous spectrum and dementia is not an exclusion criterion for PD.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Parkinson's disease (as determined by Movement Disorders Society diagnostic criteria for clinically probable Parkinson's disease)
  • Parkinson's disease minor phenomena
  • ≥30 years of age
  • Proficient in English
  • Willing and able to provide

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any current or prior history of formed hallucinations or delusions
  • Current or prior treatment with an antipsychotic medication (regardless of indication)
  • Diagnosis of mania with psychotic features, bipolar or related disorder, depression with psychotic features, or a psychotic disorder
  • Unable or unwilling to complete study activities
  • Any medical or psychiatric comorbidity that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise study participation
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
38 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • PD participants with minor phenomena

    Other: Observation of minor phenomena

Interventions

  • OtherObservation of minor phenomena

    observation twice a year over 3 years

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Cumulative probability of developing hallucinations or delusions over time

    Kaplan-Meier curves will be used to describe the cumulative probability of hallucinations and/or delusions over time. Participants will be determined to have met the primary endpoint if they have hallucinations and/or delusions on the basis of interview or initiate treatment with an antipsychotic medication.

    Time frame: baseline to 36 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Rochester Medical Center
    Rochester, New York 14642, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Apr 2019 to primary completion in Dec 2023, 56 months.

Of 378 non-industry observational studies under Parkinson Disease, half reached primary completion within 48 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 22 and three quarters within 133. This study's 56 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 438 studies reached it within 47 months; a quarter within 22 and three quarters within 114.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 4, 2022
First posted
Feb 15, 2022
StartActual
Apr 25, 2019
Primary completionActual
Dec 31, 2023
CompletionActual
Dec 31, 2023
Last update
Mar 8, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 8, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05240339
Responsible party
Ruth Schneider, MD (Associate Professor, University of Rochester) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 15, 2022
Start date
Apr 25, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2023
Completion
Dec 31, 2023
Last update
Mar 8, 2024

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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