Speech, Linguistic and Acoustic Markers in Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT04273672

Last Updated: 2025-06-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

58 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-13

Study Completion Date

2025-02-28

Brief Summary

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The Investigators aim to identify speech and language markers that provide information on cognitive function and predict cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease. The Investigators will administer speech tasks and cognitive assessments to participants with Parkinson's disease and healthy controls. The Investigators will also explore the associations between genetic factors and speech and cognitive status in Parkinson's disease.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Parkinson Disease Cognitive Impairment, Mild Speech

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Parkinson's Disease

Subjects with Parkinson's Disease

Cognitive Battery

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Participants will be asked to complete a series of cognitive testing (testing of concentration, memory, and other thinking abilities).

Voice, Speech and Language Analysis

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be asked to perform speaking and reading tasks, which will be recorded. Participants will be asked to complete a laptop-based test of language comprehension.

Questionnaires and Clinical Assessments

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants with Parkinson's disease will complete an examination of their symptoms and questionnaires assessing disease symptoms, mood and activities of daily living. Healthy controls participants will be asked to complete questionnaires on mood.

DNA Analysis

Intervention Type GENETIC

Participants will have their blood drawn for DNA analysis.

Control

Subjects without Parkinson's Disease

Cognitive Battery

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Participants will be asked to complete a series of cognitive testing (testing of concentration, memory, and other thinking abilities).

Voice, Speech and Language Analysis

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be asked to perform speaking and reading tasks, which will be recorded. Participants will be asked to complete a laptop-based test of language comprehension.

Questionnaires and Clinical Assessments

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants with Parkinson's disease will complete an examination of their symptoms and questionnaires assessing disease symptoms, mood and activities of daily living. Healthy controls participants will be asked to complete questionnaires on mood.

Interventions

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Cognitive Battery

Participants will be asked to complete a series of cognitive testing (testing of concentration, memory, and other thinking abilities).

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Voice, Speech and Language Analysis

Participants will be asked to perform speaking and reading tasks, which will be recorded. Participants will be asked to complete a laptop-based test of language comprehension.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaires and Clinical Assessments

Participants with Parkinson's disease will complete an examination of their symptoms and questionnaires assessing disease symptoms, mood and activities of daily living. Healthy controls participants will be asked to complete questionnaires on mood.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

DNA Analysis

Participants will have their blood drawn for DNA analysis.

Intervention Type GENETIC

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parkinson's Disease (or healthy control)
* Disease duration ≥ 2 years
* Mild cognitive impairment or normal cognition

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of dementia (MoCA \<21)
* Adults unable to consent
* Age \< 18
* Pregnant women
* Prisoners
* Non-English speakers
* Any neurological disorder other than PD
* Deep brain stimulator placement
* Severe, unstable psychiatric disorder
* Unintelligible speech due to effects of PD
* Visual acuity or color vision impairment that would interfere with cognitive testing
* Other voice, speech or swallowing disorders or history of surgery involving palate/nasopharynx/larynx/vocal cords
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Boston University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Lincoln Labs

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kara Smith

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Kara Smith, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UMass Medical School

Locations

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UMass Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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5K23DC016656

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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H00011523

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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