NCT00001549

Diagnosis and Natural History Study of Patients With Neurological Conditions

Diagnosis and Natural History Protocol for Patients With Neurological Conditions

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 600 (planned)
• Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve understanding of neurological conditions. Patients participating in this study will continue receiving medical care, routine laboratory tests, and diagnostics tests (X-rays, CT-scans, and nuclear imaging), from their primary care physician. Doctors at the NIH plan to follow these patients and offer advice and assistance to their primary care physicians.

Detailed description

The objective of this protocol is to provide diagnosis and follow Experimental Therapeutics Branch (ETB) patients not currently entered on another research protocol. No investigational treatments will be administered on this protocol, and the NIH physicians will be playing largely a consultative role to the patient's primary physician.

Conditions

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Dementia
• Movement Disorder
• Multiple System Atrophy
• Parkinson's Disease

Timeline

• Start date: 1995-10-01
• Completion: 2006-01-01
• First posted: 1999-11-04
• Last updated: 2008-03-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States