Randomized Parkinson’s Trial of GDNF Administered via Intermittent Intraputamenal Convection-Enhanced Delivery.
Objective: Assesing the neurorestorative effect of GDNF. Background: GDNF is a potent neurotrophic factor. A previous placebo-controlled trial, however, at 6 months, failed to demonstrate…Communication Calendar for Interdisciplinary Therapy of Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: To develop a communication calendar (CC) to facilitate information exchange about outpatients treated by various therapists in order to optimize interdisciplinary therapy of Parkinson's…Physical activity habits in early Parkinson’s disease and healthy controls
Objective: Investigate the physical activity habits of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and healthy control (HC) participants of the PPMI cohort. Background: Exercise can improve the motor…Identification of a trehalose treatment regimen with potential to be translated into a therapeutic for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To evaluate the preclinical efficacy of trehalose and to identify a dosing regimen that can be used to clinically evaluate trehalose as a disease-modifying therapy…Multi-modal recruitment strategy leads to expeditious enrollment in STEADY-PD III
Objective: To review a successful multi-modal recruitment strategy in a clinical trial of early untreated PD patients. Background: STEADY-PD III is a multicenter NINDS funded…The Parkinson progression marker initiative (PPMI) – Developing a comprehensive longitudinal biomarker dataset
Objective: The goal of the Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) is to identify clinical, imaging and biospecimen biomarkers of PD progression to provide tools for…Critical path for Parkinson’s, I: Data sharing and regulatory science in catalyzing innovation for Parkinson’s disease
Objective: This presentation highlights a new precompetitive consortium based strategy for the successful development of regulatory-endorsed biomarkers and quantitative drug development platforms targeted at the…Novel small molecules targeting alpha-synuclein aggregation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To develop novel, small molecular weight compounds, that can interfere with the aggregation process of alpha-synuclein (aSyn), as disease modifying agents. Background: The aggregation…Human-derived α-synuclein antibody BIIB054 binds pathologic forms of α-synuclein and attenuates transmission of α-synuclein in vitro and in vivo
Objective: To identify and characterize a human antibody against α-synuclein (α-syn) for the clinical development of an immunotherapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: α-syn plays…Disease-related variables effect on depression and anxiety level in Parkinson’s patients
Objective: To evaluate correlations of depression and anxiety levels with motor symptoms, non-motor symptoms and pharmacological factors in Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Depression and anxiety…