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Coordinated hospital treatment or usual outpatient care

This study compares a programme involving several Parkinson's specialists with usual care outside hospital.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: DRKS00032619

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Start (reported date)
2023-12-31

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Changes we have recorded
  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all

Inclusion criteria: 1. Majority (minimum age of 18 years) 2. Ability to be informed 3. Ability to consent 4. Diagnosis of at least probable PD according to the Diagnostic Criteria of the Movement Disorder Society (Postuma et al., 2015) 5. Modified disease stage according to Hoehn and Yahr (HY) of 1-4 6. Presence of an elective indication for PD-MCT 7. Place on the hospital's internal PKT waiting list that is more than seven months in the future Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of atypical or symptomatic Parkinsonian syndrome 2. Presence of a non-elective indication for PD-MCT 3. Severe dementia or psychotic syndrome as assessed by the investigator 4. Difficulties in meeting the study requirements 5. Logistical reasons
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Pragmatic randomized controlled study to evaluate the clinical and biological effectiveness of the Parkinson's Disease Multimodal Complex Treatment (ProACT) - ProACT

Short title used by the registry

Pragmatic randomized controlled study to evaluate the clinical and biological effectiveness of the Parkinson's Disease Multimodal Complex Treatment (ProACT)

Original description

Intervention: Group 1: Intervention group: Multidisciplinary inpatient Parkinson's Disease Multimodal Complex Treatment (OPS Code 8-97d) Group 2: Control group: Outpatient care as usual Primary outcome: Health-related quality of life (PDQ-39), change in mean PDQ-39 summary index at discharge (T2; IG) and 6 weeks after baseline (T2; KG), respectively, compared to baseline (T0) Secondary outcome: - Health-related quality of life: EQ-5D-5L; EQ- VAS - Activities of daily living: Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, Part II (MDS-UPDRS II) - Motor symptoms: MDS-UPDRS III-IV; Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT). - Axial motor functions: Timed Up and Go Test (TUG); 20-m-Straight walk, single and dual task conditions; Berg Balance Scale (BBS); Falls Efficacy Scale (FES-I) - Non-motor symptoms: MDS-UPDRS I; Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) - Cognition: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) - Global measure of treatment effect: Patient's/Clinician's Global Impression of Change (PGIC, CGIC) - Therapy Adherence: Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) - Physical Activity Behavior: International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) - Health care utilization: Questionnaire on the use of medical and non-medical care services in old age (FIMA) - Satisfaction with discharge management: Care Transitions Measure (CTM-15) - Satisfaction with inpatient stay (HCAHPS) - Complications: e.g., falls, infections - Caregiver Burden: Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) - Sensor-based gait and balance parameters (e.g. step length, gait speed), RehaGait® (Hasomed, Magdeburg) under supervised conditions in the clinic - sensor-based movement parameters, AX6 (Axivity, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) or MoveMonitor (McRobert's, The Hague, Netherlands) under non-supervised conditions during one-week home assessment after T0, after T2 and before T4 - blood biomarkers neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, neuroregeneration - Immunophenotyping of PBMCs

Conditions reported: G20;Parkinson disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Group 1: Intervention group: Multidisciplinary inpatient Parkinson's Disease Multimodal Complex Treatment (OPS Code 8-97d) Group 2: Control group: Outpatient care as usual
Phases
N/A
Sponsor
Universitätsklinik für Neurologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum am St. Josef-Hospital Bochum
Start date reported by registry
2023-12-31 (reported)

Registry updated: Not reported · Status last verified by the registry submitter: Not reported

Registry records retrieved 2026-10-14 (UTC). Individual records may have older updates. Recruitment and eligibility must be confirmed with the study team.

Contact the research team

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Annika Horstmann · 023450959018 · annika.horstmann@rub.de

Study locations

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Facility not reported

Germany

Status not reported

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