SPEECH as Biomarker for Emotion, Movement and cOgnition in Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT05765110

Last Updated: 2025-04-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-01-03

Study Completion Date

2026-03-31

Brief Summary

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With this study, the investigators want to investigate whether computerized speech analysis can be used to reliably and objectively detect motor, emotional, and cognitive fluctuations in Parkinson's disease patients.

Detailed Description

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Parkinson's disease (PD) affects mobility (motor function), thought processes (cognition) and mood (emotion). The language is one of the most complex programs in humans. It contains information about mobility, thinking and mood at the same time. These three levels of agility, thinking and mood are subject to spontaneous fluctuations and can be influenced by external stimuli such as pictures that induce emotions. In addition, these three levels are influenced on the one hand by Parkinson's disease itself, and on the other hand by its treatment with medication or with deep brain stimulation (DBS). For this reason, the investigators would like to investigate language in Parkinson's disease patients in a very detailed computerized way for motor, cognitive and emotional elements for better management of therapies.

With this study, the investigators want to investigate whether computerized speech analysis can be used to reliably and objectively detect fluctuations in motor, mood, and thinking in Parkinson's disease patients.

Even in healthy subjects, speech changes in a situational manner, due to which the investigators will also include healthy subjects as a control group.

Conditions

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Parkinson Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Parkinson's disease patients with DBS

All Parkinson's disease patients with bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the subthalamic nucleus

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dopaminergic OFF drug state

Intervention Type OTHER

Experiment will be performed without dopaminergic medication

DBS OFF state

Intervention Type OTHER

Turning off the stimulation during experiment

Dopaminergic ON drug state

Intervention Type OTHER

Experiment will be performed with dopaminergic medication

DBS ON state

Intervention Type OTHER

Experiment will be performed with stimulation (ON condition)

Parkinson's disease patients without DBS

All Parkinson's disease patients without bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the subthalamic nucleus

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dopaminergic OFF drug state

Intervention Type OTHER

Experiment will be performed without dopaminergic medication

Dopaminergic ON drug state

Intervention Type OTHER

Experiment will be performed with dopaminergic medication

Healthy Controls

All healthy volunteers

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Dopaminergic OFF drug state

Experiment will be performed without dopaminergic medication

Intervention Type OTHER

DBS OFF state

Turning off the stimulation during experiment

Intervention Type OTHER

Dopaminergic ON drug state

Experiment will be performed with dopaminergic medication

Intervention Type OTHER

DBS ON state

Experiment will be performed with stimulation (ON condition)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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


* Written informed consent
* Adults from 50-70 years old;
* 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


* 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
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Czech Technical University in Prague

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Paul Krack, Prof.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Locations

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Czech Technical University Prague

Prague, , Czechia

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Czechia Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Paul Krack, Prof.

Role: CONTACT

31 66 4 03 71 ext. +41

Mario Sousa, MD

Role: CONTACT

31 664 23 49 ext. +41

Facility Contacts

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Paul Krack, Prof.

Role: primary

31 66 4 03 71 ext. +41

Mario Sousa, MD

Role: backup

31 664 23 49 ext. +41

Other Identifiers

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2022-01304

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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