Profile of Depressive Symptoms in Parkinsons Disease

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To explore or establish the relationship between cognitive, mood and motor symptoms in PD to scores on depression rating scales in a naturalistic setting.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Treatments: Pramipexole

Criteria

Inclusion_Criteria:

Observation criteria:

• are able to provide written informed consent in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local legislation

• have idiopathic Parkinsons disease according to the United Kingdom Parkinsons Disease Society Brain Bank Diagnostic Criteria for Parkinsons disease

• show no impairment of cognitive function (MMSE score ?24)

• are with or without symptoms of depression (full range)

• are stable on anti-Parkinson/anti-depressive treatment for at least 1 month before entering the study

• are or are not on concomitant antidepressant treatment

• are in the on state during the observation period

• did not previously undergo PD surgery