New wearable device aims to unfreeze Parkinson's patients in their tracks
NCT ID NCT07542743
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests the ParkinSense system, a body-worn device that detects freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease and delivers personalized cues to help patients start walking again. Sixty participants will first use the device in a lab, then at home for two weeks. The main goal is to see if the device reduces the time spent frozen.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ParkinSense System (wearable device)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a noninvasive tool to help Parkinson's patients move more freely and reduce freezing episodes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 60 participants, and the device is tested in a controlled lab and short home use. It may not work for all patients or in real-world conditions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Confirmed diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's Disease * Prior identified presence of Freezing of Gait * Ability to ambulate; * Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) MOCA questionnaire score \>=21. Exclusion Criteria: * Peripheral neuropathy * Dementia * Severe gait abnormalities not related to Parkinson's Disease.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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