Can playing motion games at home steady Parkinson's patients?
NCT ID NCT04720365
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether playing a motion-sensor game called TOAP RUN at home can improve walking and balance in people with Parkinson's disease. 80 patients will be split into two groups: one does the game sessions plus usual care, the other just usual care. Researchers will check if the game approach is worth the cost and if it reduces falls over a year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- play-based rehabilitation using the TOAP RUN serious game on Kinect
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a fun, home-based way to improve walking and balance for people with Parkinson's, potentially reducing falls.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (80 people) comparing game rehab to usual care. The games may not work for everyone, and long-term benefits are uncertain.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
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.
- Ages
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18 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: 1. Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (according to United Kingdom Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank \[UKPDD\] criteria) ; 2. Age ≥ 18 years ; 3. Patient with gait and/or balance disorders not improved by levodopa treatment with item 12 "walking and balance" ≥ 1 of the MDS-UPDRS (Movement-Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale) part II, ON levodopa and/or item 13 of "gait freezing" ≥ 1 (Goetz, Tilley et al. 2008); 4. Number of falls ≥ 2 in the previous year; 5. Stable antiparkinsonian treatments for at least 1 month prior to inclusion in the study ; 6. Patient with social health insurance ; 7. Person who voluntarily and informedly agreed to participate in the study (signed written consent) ; 8. Other medical problems that are stable or do not interfere with the proposed protocol; Exclusion Criteria: 1. Parkinson's disease with Hoehn\&Yahr stage 5 corresponding to an inability of the subject to stand or walk alone ; 2. Dementia (MMS \< 24 and/or MoCA \< 18) ; 3. Presence of an impulse control disorder defined by item 6 of the MDS-UPDRS part I \> 2 ; 4. Absence of internet connection at home ; 5. Serious pathology interfering with the test ; 6. Estimated life expectancy of less than 2 years ; 7. Subject in a period of exclusion from further research ; 8. Persons under guardianship, curatorship or any other administrative or judicial measure of deprivation of rights and liberty ; 9. Pregnant woman or woman of childbearing age without contraceptive methods;
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Bordeaux
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33076, France
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Chu Lille
RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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Gh Pitie Salpetriere
RECRUITINGParis, 75013, France
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Rouen University Hospital
RECRUITINGRouen, 76031, France