The Relationship Between Homocysteine and Manifestation of Parkinson's Disease Patients
ConditionParkinson's Disease
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age40+
SponsorAssiut University
About this trial
* The aim of the current study is to investigate the association between blood homocysteine level and motor as well as cognitive manifestation of PD patients in Assiut governorate. * Secondary goal is to investigate the association between levels of serum ferritin, iron as well as acute phase proteins (fibrinogen, D-dimer, CRP) and manifestation of PD.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
1-Inpatients or outpatients from the clinic of movement disorders of neuropsychiatry hospital of Assiut university 2-The age group of the patients is those above 40 years
Disqualifiers
1-Secondary parkinsonism associated with specific causes such as infections, medication-induced, poisoning, cerebral arteriosclerosis, and trauma 2-Parkinsonism accompanied by other neurodegenerative disease ( specifically multiple syste atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and dementia with Lewy bodies).
Trial population
44 population divided into 22 control and 22 PD patients Informed written consent will be obtained from all participants after explaining the aim of the study to them, and the study will be approved by the ethical committee of our institution
Trial design
Design model
Case-control
Time perspective
Retrospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
44 Participants
are grouped into 2 trial groupsGroup A: 1-First group will include the control group (22) 2- Second group will include PD patients
Group B: 1-First group will include the control group (22)
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
To investigate the relationship between homocysteine level and motor as well as cognitive manifestation of Parkinson's disease patients
Time frame
one yearLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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