Single-center Study of Gustation in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Disease Using Gustatory Evoked Potential Analysis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

About this trial

The aim of the PI-PEG study is to explore the taste functions of the following 3 groups of participants:

* healthy volunteers * patients with early Parkinson's disease * patients with incipient Lewy body disease.

To this end, the results obtained from taste evoked potentials in each of the 3 groups of participants will be compared with each other and with different nutritional, motor and cognitive data.

This study could reveal a difference in cortical processing of gustatory sensory information between patients who have had idiopathic Parkinson's disease progressing for 3 years or less, and patients who have had Lewy body disease progressing for 3 years or less. Indeed, a modification of taste evoked potentials (in terms of latencies) proportional to the degree of cerebral degeneration could be observed.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Person who has given written consent

Adult

Enrolled in the national register of healthy volunteers

Fasting > 2 hours before PEG measurement

Disqualifiers

Non-affiliated to national health insurance

Person under legal protection (curatorship, guardianship)

Person subject to a court order

Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding women

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Fasting blood test

    Biological/Vaccine

    metabolic assays determination of food intake hormones oxidative stress and neurodegeneration marker assays

  • Subject interview

    Other intervention

    socio-demographic data, medical and family history, treatment taken

  • Motor assessment

    Other intervention

    MDS-UPDRS scale PART III

  • Neurocognitive assessment

    Other intervention

    MoCA and MMSE scales

  • Nutritional assessment

    Other intervention

    anthropometric data (weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, android/gynoid ratio, triceps skin fold, brachial circumference), bioelectrical impedancemetry (fat mass, lean mass, water mass and bone mass)

  • Taste tests

    Other intervention

    Recording of PEGs in response to a sucrose solution and a free fatty acid solution (prepared beforehand)

Treatment groups

66 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Healthy volunteersActive comparator 6 interventions
Group B: Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (IPD) of course ≤ 3 yearsExperimental treatment 6 interventions
Group C: Patients with Lewy body disease (LBD) progressing ≤ 3 yearsExperimental treatment 6 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Average latency of taste-evoked potentials

Time frame
After a 2-hour fasting period

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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