Your voice could reveal which brain disease you have
NCT ID NCT05807373
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether digital analysis of voice recordings can help doctors tell apart Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy, two brain disorders with similar early symptoms. Researchers recorded the voices of 28 people (patients with each condition and healthy controls) and analyzed acoustic features. The goal is to develop an objective, non-invasive tool to improve early diagnosis and guide patient care.
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 voice test to help doctors distinguish between Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy early on.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 28 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The voice analysis tool needs further validation before it can be used in clinics.
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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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28 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- 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 80 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: * Age from 30 to 80 years old * Signed informed consent * Affiliated to social security * Patient with PD : * Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) according to criteria (Postuma et al., 2015) * Patient PD : Hoehn\&Yahr stage between 1 and 2 * Patient with or without mild to moderate speech troubles: MDS-UPDRS III item 1 ≤ 2 * Patients with MSA-P : * Diagnosis of Multiple Atrophy System (MSA) Parkinsonian form possible or probable according to current consensus criteria (Gilman et al., 2008) * Patient MSA-P: score of part IV of the UMSARS ≤ 3 points * Patient with or without mild to moderate speech troubles: UMSARS II item 2 ≤ 2 * Controls : * Absence of neurologic and oto-rhino-laryngologic disease * Exclusion criteria : * Deafs and/or mutes * Patient with speech disorders which are not related to MSA or PD * Person under safeguard justice, guardianship
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Bordeaux - Institut des maladies neurodégénératives de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Toulouse, 31000, France
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