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Disease progression in Patients with Parkinson’s disease uncontrolled on oral medication – a prospective, multicenter, observational study to assess health related quality of life over 24 months in Germany

Disease progression in Patients with Parkinson’s disease uncontrolled on oral medication – a prospective, multicenter, observational study to assess health related quality of life over 24 months in Germany - PLUTO

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00032062
Enrollment
258
Registered
2023-06-12
Start date
2023-07-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

G20

Interventions

Group 1: Identification of suboptimally managed PD patients by questions from the MANAGE PD tool and assessment of quality of life and clinical course in daily practice by using the following question
amended version including hours for items 32 and 39) - PDSS-2 - Hoehn & Yahr stage - TSQM-14 - Changes in Parkinson's treatment and reason for change or no change in current medication At baseline, vi

Sponsors

NeuroTransData GmbH
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • male, female, or non-binary • Patients with confirmed idiopathic Parkinson’s disease • Using oral levodopa treatment • Patients with Parkinson’s disease in MANAGE PD categories 2 and 3 • Willingness to sign and date a Patient Authorization Form to use and disclose personal health information (or informed consent form if required) • Being able to speak and understand the language of the provided patient questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Participation in a concurrent clinical study • Patients with Parkinson’s disease in MANAGE PD category 1 • Significant uncertainty around the diagnosis of PD (i.e. symptoms present such as early falls or early autonomic disturbances or lack of levodopa responsiveness) • Current or past treatment with a device aided therapy (eg, LCIG, LECIG, CSAI, DBS) at baseline.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Change in PDQ-8 of Patients with Parkinson’s disease uncontrolled on current oral medication (MANAGE PD category 2 and 3) from baseline visit to month 24.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
• To describe the demographics, social and clinical characteristics incl. comorbidities of patients in MANAGE PD categories 2 and 3 at baseline • To describe the modification of PD treatment of patients in MANAGE PD categories 2 and 3 throughout the study (including time, reasons for oral modification, reasons for selecting or declining DAT, and medication). • To evaluate the change in Quality of life in the subgroups: (1) patients in category 2, (2) patients in category 3 from baseline to month 12. • To evaluate the changes in activities of daily living and sleep quality in patients in MANAGE PD categories 2 and 3 from baseline to month 12 and 24. • To evaluate changes of motor status (off-time, on-time with dyskinesia, Hoehn & Yahr stage (in On state)) in patients in MANAGE PD categories 2 and 3 from baseline to month 12 and 24. • To describe the transition of patients from MANAGE PD category 2 to category 3 (patients’ demographics and clinical profile) at the time of the switch from category 2 to category 3 • To evaluate patients’ satisfaction with treatment (Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (full 14 item TSQM)) throughout the study (at month 6, month 12, month 18, month 24) and whenever therapy is adjusted/changed Additional objectives – Exploratory: • Description of Patients with changes in PD treatment and without changes in PD treatment of MANAGE PD category 2 as well as Description of patients on DAT therapy and patients still receiving oral therapy but eligible for DAT therapy (MANAGE PD category 3) regarding: o Quality of life o Activities of daily living, o Dyskinesia, Off-time per day (UPDRS IV); no efficacy comparison between device aided therapies will be performed, only side-by-side presentation of descriptive statistics of the group of DAT patients and the group of DAT eligible patients still receiving oral therapy.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactArnfin Bergmann

NeuroTransData GmbH

info@neurotransdata.com08431/537320

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026