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Parkinson's Disease Progression Study

A Two Part, Observational Basket Study to Determine Usability, Validity and Biomarker Discovery for Mobile EEG, Wearable and Device Collected Objective Measurement of Disturbed Sleep and Neurologic Disorders (LEARNS)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06219629
Enrollment
82
Registered
2024-01-23
Start date
2024-02-20
Completion date
2026-02-28
Last updated
2025-09-09

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

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Brief summary

Disease Progression Study

Detailed description

This is a longitudinal, observational Study to Determine Usability, Analytical and Clinical Validity and Biomarker Discovery for Wearable and Mobile Device Collected Objective Measurement of Disturbed Sleep and Neurologic Disorders. The Disease Progression Study part in Parkinson's Disease has a duration of approximately 12 months.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Koneksa Health
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged ≥18 years to ≤85 years of age. 2. Body mass index (BMI) ≥18 to 40 kg/m2. 3. In adequate health based on medical history and physical examination (other than PD) undertaken following standard care procedures and presenting minimal risk for taking part in the study, per investigator assessment. 4. Participant or caregiver has demonstrated ability to perform satisfactory in-clinic and remote procedures during the screening period. 5. Clinically established PD, consistent with Postuma et al (Mov Disord; 2015). 6. H&Y stage 1 or 2.

Exclusion criteria

1. Unable to commit to 12 months of data collection. 2. Planning to enroll in a clinical trial for disease modifying therapy that will overlap with the duration of this study. 3. Parkinsonism due to drugs(s) and or toxin(s). 4. Increased risk of falling, defined as \>6 falls within the 12 months prior to screening. 5. Urine drug screen positive for opiates, phencyclidine (PCP), cocaine, or amphetamines. 6. Regular binge drinking, defined as ≥4 alcoholic drinks for women or ≥5 alcoholic drinks for men, per investigator assessment. 7. Current or recent (within 6 months prior to screening) diagnosis of a moderate or severe substance use disorder (excluding caffeine) according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 criteria. Note that nicotine use disorder is an exclusion criterion only if it has an effect on sleep (i.e., a participant who routinely awakens at night to smoke), and medical or recreational marijuana is not included in this exclusion criterion. 8. Severe cardiopulmonary, hepatic, renal, or musculoskeletal disease such that activities of daily living are adversely impacted. 9. History of neoplastic disease, with the exception of (1) an adequately treated basal cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the cervix; (2) other malignancies which have been successfully treated \>5 years prior to screening without evidence of recurrence. 10. Currently participating in another clinical trial, or previous participation in a clinical trial in which an investigational product was received within 30 days prior to screening or within at least 5 half-lives of the investigational product. 11. Current or planned pregnancy. 12. History of seizures, epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, or traumatic brain injury (other than mild traumatic brain injury). 13. Intracranial metallic or magnetic devices, such as a cochlear implant or deep brain stimulator. 14. Implanted active device, such as a pacemaker or defibrillator. 15. History of gene therapy, intracranial antisense oligonucleotide treatment, cell transplantation, or experimental brain surgery. 16. Current untreated or unstable depressive disorder or a serious mood disorder requiring hospitalization. 17. Other primary degenerative dementia or neurodegenerative conditions outside of the specific basket in which the participant is enrolled, where applicable. 18. Other uncontrolled infectious, metabolic, or systemic diseases affecting the central nervous system, such as syphilis, hypothyroidism, vitamin B12 or folate deficiency, and other laboratory values. 19. Any other medical, psychiatric, or social condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, is likely to unfavorably alter the risk-benefit of participation, to interfere with protocol compliance, or to confound safety or efficacy assessments. Additional exclusion criterion for the subset of treatment-naive participants only: 1\. No prior treatment to manage motor symptoms of PD; note that brief periods of dopaminergic therapy administered to establish diagnosis are not grounds for exclusion.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Compliance; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationPercentage of total toolkit tasks completed during the remote data collection period

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Usability; mobile applicationBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationPercentage of participants reporting a mobile application System Usability Scale (SUS) score ≥68

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Content validity; by PROBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationContent validity evaluated with the in-house content validity survey, by PRO
Compliance; by categoryBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationPercentage of toolkit assessments completed, by category (motor, speech, and cognitive)
Compliance; by assessmentBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationPercentage of toolkit assessments completed, by individual assessment
Compliance; wrist-worn deviceBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationCompliance with the wrist-worn device in hours/day
Usability; study phoneBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationUsability of the study phone, evaluated with the usability questionnaire
Usability; study tabletBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationUsability of the study tablet, evaluated with the usability questionnaire
Usability; wrist-worn deviceBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationUsability of the wrist-worn device, evaluated with the usability questionnaire
Usability; software platformBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationUsability of the SaaS platform, evaluated with the usability questionnaire
Usable data; by categoryBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationPercentage of toolkit assessments that generate usable data, by category (motor, speech, and cognitive)
Usable data; by assessmentBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationPercentage of toolkit assessments that generate usable data, by individual assessment
Usable data; wrist-worn deviceBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationAmount of usable data obtained from the wrist-worn device
Usable data; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationPercentage of total toolkit assessments that generate usable data
Criterion validity; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationCriterion validity evaluated by examining associations between measures derived from the toolkit assessments and disease-specific gold-standard assessments
Criterion validity; wrist-worn deviceBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationCriterion validity evaluated by examining associations between measures derived from the wrist-worn device and disease-specific gold-standard assessments
Construct validity; by data capture locationBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of the differences between measures obtained remotely versus in-clinic
Construct validity; by data capture frequencyBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of the differences between measures obtained at different frequencies, such as daily vs weekly
Convergent validity; motor assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationConvergent validity evaluated by examining associations between measures derived from the motor assessments
Convergent validity; cognitive assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationConvergent validity evaluated by examining associations between measures derived from the cognitive assessments
Convergent validity; speech assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationConvergent validity evaluated by examining associations between measures derived from the speech assessments
Discriminant validity; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationDiscriminant validity evaluated by examining associations between measures derived from toolkit assessments identified between categories (motor vs cognitive vs speech)
Evaluation of change; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of change over time in measures derived from the toolkit assessments
Evaluation of change; wrist-worn deviceBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of change over time in measures derived from the wrist-worn device
Detection of disease progression; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of change over time in measures derived from the toolkit assessments, comparing progressors and non-progressors as defined by the PGI-C
Detection of disease progression; wrist-worn deviceBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of change over time in measures derived from the wrist-worn device, comparing progressors and non-progressors as defined by the PGI-C
Test-retest reliability; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationTest-retest reliability evaluated by examining associations between measures derived from the toolkit assessment device captured at adjacent timepoint
Internal consistency reliability; Cronbach's alphaBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationInternal consistency reliability evaluated by examining Cronbach's alpha (for composite scores only, as applicable)
Internal consistency reliability; item-total associationsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationInternal consistency reliability evaluated by examining item-total associations (for composite scores only, as applicable
Internal consistency reliability; directionality of changeBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationInternal consistency reliability evaluated by comparing the directionality of change in individual components (for composite scores only, as applicable)
Minimum valid datasetBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationDetermination of the minimum valid dataset required to monitor disease progression
Comparison of digital and non-digital biomarkers/assessments; toolkit assessmentsBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of the associations between measures derived from the toolkit assessments and non-digital biomarkers
Comparison of digital and non-digital biomarkers/assessments; wrist-worn deviceBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of the associations between measures derived from the wrist-device and non-digital biomarkers
Subgroup analysesBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationTo evaluate the extent to which compliance, usability, usable data, validity, and reliability differ by subgroup/s
Evaluation of composite scoresBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationEvaluation of the concepts listed above for composite scores, if applicable
Content validity; by assessmentBaseline Day 1 through Day 365 End of ParticipationContent validity evaluated with the in-house content validity survey, by toolkit assessment

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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