Can 30,000 patients reveal Parkinson's hidden patterns?

NCT ID NCT04888364

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First seen Aug 20, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study follows a large group of people with Parkinson's disease and related conditions in France to map how the disease unfolds over time. Researchers collect detailed information on symptoms, treatments, and genetic samples at regular visits. The goal is to identify distinct subtypes of the disease and factors that predict faster or slower progression, which could guide more personalized care in the future.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to better ways to predict how Parkinson's disease will progress and help tailor treatments to individual patients.
What could go wrong
This is an observational study, so it cannot prove what causes progression. Results may take years and might not apply to all patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 30,000 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jun 2021

Expected to finish

Dec 2034

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a government body.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

All patients followed at one expert center for PD or associated centers in France.

Ages

10 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease according to UK PD brain bak criteria * OR diagnosis of parkinsonian syndrome: multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, dementia with Lewy body, or corticobasal syndrom * OR Subjects at risk of PD defined as : No symptom or diagnosis of Parkinson's disease nor parkinsonian syndrome, and relative to a patient with a diagosis of PD or parkinsonian syndrome, or carrier of a known mutation responsible for a genetic form of PD or patient with a diagnosis of idiopathic REEM sleep disorder or prodromal form of PD as defined by MDS criteria (Berg et al., 2015) AND for all participants * Affiliated to social security * Age \> 10 years Exclusion Criteria: * Subject under legal protection * Subject who do not consent to the research * for the optional skin biopsy only: clinically significant coagulation abnormalities or anticoagulant treatment

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre 01 Paris

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75013, France

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