Huntington's patients needed for social thinking test study
NCT ID NCT06774443
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a test called the Hinting Task can pick up on social thinking difficulties in people with Huntington's disease. Social thinking helps us understand hints and other people's perspectives, and problems with it can affect daily life. Researchers will compare results from 52 adults with Huntington's to healthy controls to see if the test is sensitive enough for this group.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 52 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
We aim to include 47 patients with premanifest HD and 20 patients with manifest HD. Patients will be recruited from the Enroll-HD sample of the UMCG and the Huntington outpatient clinic of Noorderbreedte in Grou. All stuParticipants of Enroll-HD that have given consent to be asked to take part in other studies of HD, will be asked to participate in the current study. The study will also be advertised on the website of the Dutch Huntington Society. Participants can sign themselves up via that advertisement. Inclusion and all other study-related activities will be performed by UMCG study staff. Data of healthy controls on the Hinting Task has already been obtained from previous studies, and can be used in accordance with the FAIR data principles. Data of healthy controls that have given permission to use their data in similar studies will be included. Controls will be matched to patients so that sex and age distributions do not significantly differ between groups.
- Ages
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18 to 74 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of Huntington's disease via CAG-repeat length analysis, minimum of 40 repeats * Between 18 and 74 years of age * Dutch speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of serious psychiatric disorders or other neurological comorbidities
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Locations
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University Medical Center Groningen
RECRUITINGGroningen, Provincie Groningen, 9700RB, Netherlands
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