The overall goals of this proposal is to continue to serve as one of the clinical centers in the National Institutes of Health Exploratory Trials in Parkinson's Disease (NET- PD) initiative and to continue participation in the large, collaborative, randomized, double blinded trials of neuroprotective agents in patients with early Parkinson's disease (PD). Our program represents a multidisciplinary, interactive, and collaborative group of investigators and clinicians who have long been committed to the study and care of individuals with PD and other related conditions.
Our aims are as follows: (1) continue to recruit, retain, and follow PD patients, including woman and minority patients early in their clinical course per established protocols;(2) operate a clinical center to enroll, monitor, and examine patients per the protocols established by the coordination center;(3) adhere to common protocols, cooperate with other centers and the NINDS in order to conduct pilot and efficacy studies;(4) maintain an administrative structure to record, manage, maintain, and process clinical trial data while collaborating with the coordination and statistical centers, the IRB, NINDS scientific program personnel, the NIH oversight committee, referring physicians and lay groups;and (5) conduct research while ensuring safety of subjects and confidentiality of data.
The public health impact of Parkinson's disease, one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, is profound as it affects up to a million Americans, causing severe disability and morbidity. While there are effective medications to treat the symptoms, there are no medications currently approved that alter the progressive course of the disease. This study will attempt to demonstrate the efficacy of disease modifying therapies.
| Wills, Anne-Marie A; Elm, Jordan J; Ye, Rong et al. (2016) Cognitive function in 1736 participants in NINDS Exploratory Trials in PD Long-term Study-1. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 33:127-133 |
| Wills, Anne-Marie A; Pérez, Adriana; Wang, Jue et al. (2016) Association Between Change in Body Mass Index, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Scores, and Survival Among Persons With Parkinson Disease: Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data From NINDS Exploratory Trials in Parkinson Disease Long-term Study 1 JAMA Neurol 73:321-8 |
| Elm, Jordan J; NINDS NET-PD Investigators (2012) Design innovations and baseline findings in a long-term Parkinson's trial: the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Exploratory Trials in Parkinson's Disease Long-Term Study-1. Mov Disord 27:1513-21 |
