Your voice may reveal Parkinson's ups and downs
NCT ID NCT05765110
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether computer analysis of speech can reliably detect motor, emotional, and cognitive changes in people with Parkinson's disease. Researchers will record speech from 80 patients while they are on and off medication or deep brain stimulation. The goal is to find a simple, non-invasive way to monitor symptom fluctuations.
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 a simple, non-invasive way to monitor Parkinson's symptoms using speech, helping doctors adjust treatments more precisely.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Speech analysis may not be reliable enough for clinical use.
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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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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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30 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.
Patients with Parkinson's Disease Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent * Idiopathic PD according to the Movement Disorders Society Criteria; * Age of participants \> 30 and ≤ 75 years; * Treatment with or without bilateral deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus; * Fluent in German or French Exclusion Criteria: * Dysarthria caused in addition by a condition other than PD (e.g. stroke, myasthenia); * Clinical diagnosis of aphasia; * Brain disease other than Parkinson's disease (e.g. atypical Parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, etc.). * Cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa) \< 24/30 points); * Depression with acute suicidal ideation Healthy Controls Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent * Adults from 50-70 years old; * Fluent in German or French Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease; * Cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa) \< 24/30 points); * Suffering from brain disease (e.g. atypical Parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, etc.); * Clinical diagnosis of aphasia, dysarthria, and stuttering; * Suffering from or diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses according to DSM-V criteria
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Czech Technical University Prague
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGPrague, 166 27, Czechia
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University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
RECRUITINGBern, 3010, Switzerland
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