Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:51 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:51 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02202057
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Between the ages of 45 and 85
* Ability to provide informed consent
* Patient group: Diagnosis of PD, Hoehn and Yahr stages II - IV, by a UF Movement Disorders fellowship trained neurologist having completed a clinical assessment of each participant's PD severity and arriving at the diagnosis of PD by applying strict UF brain bank criteria.
* Healthy older adults: History of PD, or any other neurologic or neurodegenerative disease including stroke.
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of head and neck cancer, and radiation treatment to the head or neck
* History of breathing disorders or diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, lung cancer)
* History of smoking in the past 5 years, or for more than 5 years at any one time
* Severe cognitive deficits including dementia.
* Difficulty complying with protocol due to severe neuropsychological disorder (i.e., severe depression: 31 or greater on the BDI)
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
45 Years
Maximum Age:
85 Years
Study:
NCT02202057
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02202057