Sponsor: Sage Therapeutics

Official Title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Effects of SAGE-718 in Parkinson's Disease Cognitive Impairment

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of SAGE-718 on cognitive performance in participants with Parkinson's disease mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI).

Study design: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled

Study duration: Approximately 70 days

Basic Inclusion Criteria:

1. 50 – 75 years
2. Meet criteria for PD-MCI
3. Have stable motor symptoms for at least 4 weeks prior to Screening, in the opinion of the investigator.

Basic Exclusion Criteria:

1. Have a diagnosis of dementia of any etiology, including but not limited to: Dementia associated with PD (probable or possible), dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's dementia, and vascular dementia.
2. Have any parkinsonism other than PD, including secondary parkinsonism or atypical parkinsonism.
3. In the opinion of the investigator, be experiencing fluctuations in motor symptoms associated with PD that will interfere with completing study procedures.
4. Have an ongoing central nervous system condition other than PD that in the opinion of the investigator could influence the outcome of the study.
5. Have experienced significant psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations or delusions, within the past 3 months, in the opinion of the investigator.
6. Have a history of brain surgery, deep brain stimulation, or any history of hospitalization due to a brain injury.

Have a history, presence, and/or current evidence clinically relevant intracranial abnormality (e.g., stroke, hemorrhage, space-occupying lesion).

Sponsor: Sage Therapeutics

Official title:  A Phase 2 Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Response Study of SAGE-324 for the Treatment of Essential Tremor

Purpose: To evaluate the dose-response relationship of different doses of SAGE-324 on upper extremity tremor in participants with essential tremors (ET).

Study design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled

Study duration: Approximately 90 days

Basic inclusion criteria:

1. Diagnosis of ET, at least 3 years duration
2. Absence of other neurological signs, such as dystonia, ataxia, or parkinsonism, isolated focal tremors (eg, voice, head), task- and position-specific tremors, sudden tremor onset, or evidence of stepwise deterioration of tremor.
3. Willing to discontinue medications taken for the treatment of ET at least 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to receiving the investigational product (IP). Medications taken for the treatment of ET that were discontinued prior to receiving IP may be resumed following Day 97.

Basic exclusion criteria:

1. Presence of known causes of physiological tremor.
2. Recent exposure (14 days prior to Day 1) to tremorgenic drugs or presence of alcohol withdrawal state.
3. Direct or indirect injury or trauma to the nervous system within 3 months before the onset of tremor.
4. Previous procedure for the treatment of ET, deep brain stimulation, brain lesioning, or magnetic resonance (MR) guided procedure, eg, MR-guided focused ultrasound.

Official title: A Phase 2b, 12-week, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Parallel Group, Multicenter Study of the Safety and Efficacy of JZP385 in the Treatment of Adults With Moderate to Severe Essential Tremor

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of JZP385 in the treatment of adult participants with moderate to severe ET..

Study design: Randomized, Double, blind, placebo-controlled

Study duration: Approximately 12 weeks

Basic inclusion criteria:

1. Participant must be 18 to 80 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
2. Participants who are diagnosed with ET (including ET plus).
3. Participants have moderate to severe disability associated with tremor
4. Sex and Contraceptive/Barrier Requirements

Basic exclusion criteria:

1. Known history or current evidence of other medical or neurological conditions that may cause or explain the participant's tremor.
2. Severe cognitive impairment
3. History (within past 2 years at screening) or presence of substance use disorder (including alcohol) according to DSM-5 criteria, known drug dependence, or seeking treatment for alcohol or substance abuse related disorder. Nicotine use disorder is excluded if it impacts tremor.
4. Prior magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound, surgical intervention (eg, deep brain stimulation, ablative thalamotomy, gamma knife thalamotomy), or inability to refrain from using a device for treatment of tremor for the duration of the treatment period.
5. Botulinum toxin injection in the 6 months before screening or planned use at any time during the study.
6. Treatment with any medication that could affect the evaluation of tremor within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before screening or planned use at any time during the study.
7. Use of prescription or nonprescription drugs, or other products (eg, grapefruit, grapefruit juice, or Seville oranges) known to be strong or moderate inhibitors of CYP3A4, that cannot be discontinued 2 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before Baseline or planned use at any time during the study.
8. Use of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists, which cannot be discontinued at least 2 weeks before Baseline, or planned use at any time during the study (occasional use of antacids will be permitted, but antacids should be taken at least 4 hours apart from study intervention).
9. Inability to refrain from use of medication/substance(s) that might produce tremor or interfere with the evaluation of tremor on study visit days, such as, but not limited to, stimulant decongestants, beta-agonist bronchodilators, and alcohol.
10. Regular use of more than 3 units of alcohol per day.
11. Regular consumption of caffeine > 400 mg/day or > 4 cups of coffee per day.

Sponsor: Biogen

Official title: A Phase 2b, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of BIIB122 in Participants With Parkinson's Disease

Purpose: To learn more about a study drug called BIIB122 in participants with early-stage Parkinson's disease (PD)

Study design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled

Study duration: 48 up to 144 weeks

Basic inclusion criteria:

• 30 to 80 years of age
• Clinical diagnosis made of PD within 2 years of Screening Visit, and at least 30 years of age at the time of diagnosis 
• Screening genetic test results verifying the absence of a pathogenic leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) variant.

Basic Exclusion Criteria:

• Clinically significant neurological disorder other than PD, including but not limited to stroke, dementia, or seizure, within 5 years of screening visit, in the opinion of the Investigator
• Clinical evidence of atypical parkinsonism (e.g., multiple-system atrophy or progressive supranuclear palsy) or evidence of drug-induced parkinsonism

Sponsor: Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC

Official title: A Phase 3, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, 27-Week Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Two Fixed Doses of Tavapadon in Early Parkinson's Disease (TEMPO-1 TRIAL)

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of 2 fixed doses of tavapadon and placebo in participants with early PD.

Study design: Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled

Study duration: 27 Weeks

Basic inclusion criteria
1. Male and female participants aged 40 to 80 years, inclusive, at the time of signing the ICF (Informed consent form).
2. Participants with disease duration (from time of diagnosis) of less than (<) 3 years and disease progression in the 3 years before signing the informed consent form (ICF)
3. Participants with early PD who, in the opinion of the investigator, require pharmacologic intervention for disease management
4. Participants who are willing and able to refrain from any PD medications that are not permitted by the protocol (including dopaminergic agents) throughout participation in the trial

Basic Exclusion Criteria
1. Participants with a history of nonresponse or insufficient response to L-Dopa or 2 or more other antiparkinsonian drugs at therapeutic dosages
2. Participants with a history or current diagnosis of a clinically significant impulse control disorder 
3. Participants with the presence of or history of brain tumor, hospitalization for severe head trauma, epilepsy (as defined by the International League Against Epilepsy), or seizures
4. Participants with a history of psychosis or hallucinations within the previous 12 months based on medical records or participant/caregiver feedback
5. Participants with any condition that could possibly affect drug absorption, including bowel resections, bariatric weight loss surgery, or gastrectomy (this does not include gastric banding)

Official title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Two-Part Study in Parkinson's Disease Patients With Dyskinesia to Assess the Efficacy and Safety/Tolerability of Fixed Dose Combinations of JM-010 and Its Individual Components

Sponsor: Bukwang Pharmaceutical

Brief Summary: This is a two-part, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial of JM-010 in patients with Parkinson's Disease.

Study design: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled

Study duration: 12 weeks

Basic inclusion criteria:

• Is male or female, between 18 and 80 years of age at Screening Visit.
• Is diagnosed with idiopathic PD
• Has experienced dyskinesia
• Has stable peak-effect dyskinesia
• Has more than one hour of "ON" time with troublesome dyskinesia

Basic exclusion criteria:

• Has undergone surgery for the treatment of PD
• Has a current diagnosis of Substance Use
• Has psychiatric diagnosis of acute psychotic disorder or other psychiatric diagnoses
• Has current seizure disorders requiring treatment with anticonvulsants.
• Other criteria related to other medical conditions to be referred to the protocol.

STEM-PD

Sponsor: Scion NeuroStim

Official title: Non-Invasive Brainstem Modulation for the Treatment of Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Brief Summary: To establish the safety and efficacy of a non-invasive neuromodulation device for treating symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease.

Study design: Randomized, double-blind, controlled

Study duration: 16 weeks

Basic Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult participants (aged 18 - 85 years inclusive)
• Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease according to the UK Brain Bank Criteria
• Demonstrates a positive response to oral anti-Parkinsonian medications (i.e. dopamine replacement therapies) and treated with these medications for minimum of three years prior to the screening visit
• Report limitation to activities of daily living (e.g., writing, walking, bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, etc.)
• Able and willing to consent to participate in the study.
• Fully vaccinated from COVID-19 (at least 2 weeks from their final dose) with one of the current World Health Organization evaluated vaccines, prior to Screen.
• Have a study partner (defined as someone who sees the participant for more than one hour a day, 3 times per week) that is willing to consent and participate in the trial.
• Have capabilities to use and access smartphones and or tablets for the collection of some study data.
• Must be willing to answer questions related to sexual interest, arousal, and performance in an interview with study staff.

Basic Exclusion Criteria:

• Participant anticipates being unable to attend all visits and complete all study activities.
• Have a history or prior diagnosis of dementia or evidence of dementia at study screen.
• Have experienced a myocardial infarction, angina, or stroke within the past 12 months.
• Are receiving deep brain stimulation therapy.
• Are treated with a pump for continuous delivery of dopamine replacement medication.
• Use apomorphine rescue.
• Have received MRI guided high intensity focused ultrasound within the past 12 months.
• Experience frequent falls.
• Work night shifts
• Use a hearing aid that is implanted or that cannot be easily removed and replaced.
• Have chronic (>3 months) tinnitus.
• Have active ear infections, or other significant ear problems.
• Have a recent history of frequent ear infections (≥ 1 per year over the past two years)
• Have had eye surgery within the previous three months or ear surgery within the previous six months.

Sponsor: BlueRock Therapeutics

Official title: A Multi-center, Noninterventional Study Evaluating Variability, Reliability, and Compliance for the Parkinsons's Disease Diary

Brief Summary: To evaluate the impact of the frequency of assessments on the variability over time, reliability, and compliance for the Parkinson's disease (PD) diary in patients with PD in whom medications do not provide adequate control of symptoms.

Study design: Observational

Study duration: 24 months

Basic Inclusion Criteria:

• 39-70 years of age
• Minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 18 years from time of PD diagnosis
• ≥3 hours of average daily OFF-time assessed within 3 months of screening by PD diary or by investigator's judgment
• Normal cognition as determined by the investigator
• Marked levodopa responsiveness at screening

Basic Exclusion Criteria:

• PD with risk of recurrent falls or only tremor-based symptoms
• Moderately severe dyskinesia per investigator's judgment
• History of PD therapy with deep brain stimulation, lesion therapy, gene therapy, or cell therapy

Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI)

Sponsor: The Michael J. Fox Foundation

Duration: 5+ years (up to 13 years total)

Brief summary: PPMI aims to better understand how Parkinson’s disease (PD) starts and changes over time. The study follows groups of people, including those both with and without Parkinson’s disease. The information from this study could transform how we diagnose, treat, and potentially prevent PD.

Basic eligibility criteria:

• Individuals who are at least 60 years old and are: First-degree family members (parent, child, sibling) of a person with Parkinson’s OR

• • People who have risk factors for the development of PD (known genetic mutation, loss of smell, history of physically acting out dreams during sleep, and others)
• Individuals who are least 30 years old and are:
  • People with Parkinson’s who have been diagnosed within the last two years and are not currently taking standard PD medications OR
• People without Parkinson’s and no known risk to act as a comparison group

What: The Speech Science and Disorders Lab is conducting a research study to develop a technology-enabled tool for remote assessment and monitoring of voice changes and guiding self-administered speech exercises

Why: Abnormal voice is a hallmark feature of many neurologic diseases.  Finding an efficient and reliable way of registering voice changes can not only help patients to self-monitor their health but also help clinicians to deliver appropriate and timely care.

How: Participants will complete a self-administered 1-hour remote study session every 1-2 months for up to 12 months.  Participation requires: (1) a self-supplied electronic device such as a computer or tablet with reliable internet access and a video camera, (2) a microphone for voice recording, and (3) a headphone for sound playback.  Participants will access the study via an online program.  In each session, participants will complete a few questionnaires and perform various speaking tasks.  All procedures involve minimal risks.

Where: A quiet environment of participant's own choice (e.g., participant's home).

Criteria:

• Are 18 years or over
• Speak American English as your first and primary language
• Are diagnosed with a neurologic disease such as ALS, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, muliple sclerosis, cerebellar ataxia, etc.
• Have no history of other neurologic disorders than your primary diagnosis

Compensation: $15 compensation for each remote study session

For more information, please contact: 785-864-0053 or MSDProject.SSDLab@gmail.com 

Purpose: Researchers are studying mild exercises for sleep quality in people with Parkinson's disease.  

Who: Ages 40-75 years, Diagnosis of idiopathic PD

What:

• Mild exercise at home for 12 weeks
• 15 to 20 minutes per exercise session
• Online group meeting once per week

Compensation: Up to $100 ($50 per visit to the research lab)

Contact: Elvira O'Neal, eoneal@kumc.edu, 913-251-7822 or Wen Liu, wliu@kumc.edu, 913-588-4565