New study tracks rare brain disease in china to unlock its secrets
NCT ID NCT07644013
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 214 people in China with multiple system atrophy, a rare and fast-worsening brain disease that affects movement and automatic body functions. Researchers will track symptoms over time to learn how the disease progresses and what factors influence it. The goal is to build a foundation for better diagnosis and future clinical trials.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 214 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with MSA or PD who visited the outpatient department or wards of tertiary hospitals. Those who voluntarily participated, along with the family members of healthy individuals without neurodegenerative diseases, served as healthy controls.
- Ages
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40 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria 1. Patients with clinically established or clinically probable multiple system atrophy according to the 2022 Movement Disorder Society diagnostic criteria; or 2. Patients with clinically established or clinically probable Parkinson disease according to the Movement Disorder Society diagnostic criteria; or 3. Healthy controls or controls without hereditary or neurodegenerative diseases who voluntarily agree to participate. 4. Age between 40 and 75 years. 5. Ability to provide informed consent or availability of a legally authorized representative when applicable. Exclusion Criteria 1. Parkinsonism that cannot be classified as Parkinson disease or multiple system atrophy at the time of evaluation. 2. Clinical suspicion or diagnosis of other atypical parkinsonian syndromes, including progressive supranuclear palsy, dementia with Lewy bodies, or corticobasal syndrome. 3. Secondary parkinsonism due to intracranial space-occupying lesions, normal pressure hydrocephalus, drug-induced parkinsonism, or other identifiable causes. 4. Comorbid diseases that may substantially affect autonomic function, such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy or amyloidosis. 5. Refusal to participate in the study or refusal to undergo routine clinical evaluations for parkinsonian syndromes. 6. Psychiatric or behavioral abnormalities that preclude reliable clinical data collection or scale-based assessment.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking University First Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100034, China
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