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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

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREcolonoscopy or rectosigmoidoscopyUsual 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.