Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01353183
Analysis of the Enteric Nervous System Using Colonic Biopsies
Analysis of the Enteric Nervous System Using Colonic Biopsies: a Useful Biomarker for the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonian Syndromes?
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 34 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 50 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of this project is to develop an original biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD) and other parkinsonian syndromes (multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy) based upon the detection of pathological alpha-synuclein species in routine colonoscopic biopsies.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | colonoscopy or rectosigmoidoscopy | Usual procedure |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-11-01
- Completion
- 2012-11-01
- First posted
- 2011-05-12
- Last updated
- 2013-09-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: France
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01353183. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.