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Development of a Proactive Health Care Pathway When Initiating Continuous Subcutaneous Apomorphine Infusion in Patients With Parkinson Disease : Impact on Their Autonomy (AUTAP)

Development of a Proactive Health Care Pathway When Initiating Continuous Subcutaneous Apomorphine Infusion in Patients With Parkinson Disease : Impact on Their Autonomy

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05405998
Acronym
AUTAP
Enrollment
90
Registered
2022-06-06
Start date
2022-12-01
Completion date
2025-07-31
Last updated
2023-06-09

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Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Brief summary

Continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion (CSAI) has proven to be effective in advaced Parkinson's disease patients with motor fluctuations not controlled by oral or transdermal medication. After initiation of this therapy, most of the patients need nurse services at home for the entire duration of treatment. Some patients are reluctant about this dependence and thus may refuse or delay the initiation of CSAI. To date, there is no guideline to promote patients' autonomy in managing CSAI treatment. Thus we developed a program focusing on early autonomy during CSAI intitiation, through empowering the patient or their carer, and promoting primary and tertiary care. The hypothesis is that implementing the program will lead patients to autonomy. This will have beneficial effects on clinical and heath-related outcomes and may be cost-effective.

Detailed description

The main objective of the project is to evaluate the impact of the proactive care pathway during the installation of an apomorphine pump on the autonomy at 6 months of patients with Parkinson's disease at the stage of motor complications. This care pathway corresponds to a care program combining therapeutic education of the patient, modification of the hospital course and city-hospital coordination. The content of this program is detailed below in chapter III.3. Experimental group: proactive care pathway. The interest of the protocol will be evaluated at several levels: from the patients' point of view, from the caregivers' point of view, from the medico-economic point of view. Among all the indicators, the achievement of autonomy is retained as the main criterion (see chapter on main evaluation criterion). Secondary objectives are to measure the value of the proactive care pathway on: * Patient-related parameters Psychobehavioral factors (quality of life, self-esteem, mood...) ; Treatment persistence; Patient satisfaction; Clinical symptomatology (overall clinical impression, motor and non-motor symptoms, impulse control disorders). * Caregiver burden. * Use of the care system in both groups and medico-economic impact of the intervention (cost-consequence analysis and cost-utility analysis) from a societal perspective; For this study, patients will be accompanied by their caregivers.

Interventions

OTHERProactive care pathway

Patient participation in a specific therapeutic education program, as soon as the therapeutic decision is made. The reinforced cooperation of the expert centers with the homecare providers on 2 different times: 1. before the installation of the pump, i.e. before the episode of hospitalization dedicated to the starting of the treatment; 2. after the installation of the pump following the above mentioned hospitalization.

Sponsors

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient of legal age; * Affiliated to the social security; * Parkinson's disease according to the diagnostic criteria of the UK Parkinson's disease society brain bank clinical diagnostic criteria; * Presence of disabling motor fluctuations and/or dyskinesia despite optimized oral treatment (MDS-UPDRS IV item \>2) * Patient eligible for and accepting apomorphine pump therapy * Autonomous patient (Hoehn and Yahr stage \< 4); * No significant cognitive impairment (MoCA \>= 25) * Patient can be autonomous on the daily management of the pump according to the investigator's opinion. * Patient having signed an informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Significant cognitive impairment (MoCA score \<25); * Major depressive episode, uncontrolled at the time of assessment (BDI\>25) or bipolar disorder; * Active visual hallucinations or history of severe hallucination episodes; * Previous apomorphine pump use; * History of respiratory distress; * History of severe impulse control disorders; * Patient and/or caregiver who cannot be empowered in the opinion of the investigator. * Protected persons, curators, persons under court protection, persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons under forced psychiatric care and persons admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than those of the research

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evaluation of autonomy6 monthsThe patient will be considered autonomous if he/she does not need nursing care to manage his/her treatment and the pump for 15 days
Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (MDS-UPDRS), section VI (Schwab and England)6 monthsGold standard in the evaluation of activity in daily living in PD patients. The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
MDS-UPDRS section I6 months and 12 monthsThis section evaluate the non-motor aspects of experiences of daily living.The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.
Clinical Global impression6 months and 12 monthsMeasured by the patient, the caregiver and the investigator. There are 2 components to the CGI (20): (i) the CGI-severity to assign a disease severity score from 1 to 7 (1=no disease; 7=very severe). (ii) the CGI-Improvement which establishes a score of improvement since the beginning of treatment between 1 and 7 (1=great improvement; 7=great deterioration)
Parkinson disease questionnaire 39 (PDQ39)6 months and 12 monthsSelf-assessment questionnaire integrating 39 items evaluating quality of life of PD patients. Establish a score between 0 and 100.
QUIP RS6 months and 12 monthsQuestionnaire for impulsive-compulsive disorders in Parkinson's disease-rating scale. The score per question varies from 0 to 4. If the patient obtains a 0, it means that he/she does not have an impulse control disorder. On the contrary, if the patient gets a 4 it means that he/she has an impulse control disorder very often. The total score of the questionnaire varies between 0 and 112.
ZARIT score6 months and 12 monthsAssessment of caregiver burden. The score varies between 0 and 88. Score \< 20: mild burden 21 \< score \< 40: mild to moderate burden 41 \< score \< 60 : moderate to severe burden 61 \< score \< 88 : severe burden
MDS-UPDRS III and IV6 months and 12 monthsThis section evaluate the motor examination (III) and motor complications (IV).The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.
MDS-UPDRS section II6 months and 12 monthsThis section evaluate the motor aspects of experiences in daily living. The score varies per question from 0 to 4. If the patient scores 0, it means that he/she does not have any particular problem related to the disease. On the contrary, if the patient obtains a score of 4 for a question, it means that the disease has a severe impact on his daily life.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactGuillaume HACHE
guillaume.hache@ap-hm.fr(0)4 91 38 43 98
Backup ContactClaire MORANDO
claire.morando@ap-hm.fr0(4) 91 38 21 83

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026