NCT07114354

Enhancing Utility of Neuropsychological Evaluation for Earlier and Effective Diagnosis of Dementia in Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 275 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Queensland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Dementia is observed in 80% of people living with advanced stage Parkinson's disease, however, there are inadequate opportunities for early and effective diagnosis of dementia in current clinical practice. This study aims to identify whether a new tool called PDCogniCare, can improve detection of dementia in people living with Parkinson's disease, and to explore what factors might influence its use in healthcare services.

Detailed description

The PDCogniCare tool integrates best practice guidelines for cognitive evaluations in people living with Parkinson's disease, along with a tailored digital platform to support guideline implementation and routinely track cognitive changes throughout the disease course. We hypothesize that PDCogniCare will significantly enhance cognitive evaluations within healthcare services. Embedded process and economics evaluations will inform implementation and sustainable business models of PDCogniCare.

Conditions

• Dementia (Diagnosis)
• Parkinson Disease Dementia (PDD)
• Parkinson Disease (PD)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	PDCogniCare platform	Digital platform designed to support early and accurate detection of dementia in people living with Parkinson's disease

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-18
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2025-08-11
• Last updated: 2025-08-11