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The Sensitivity and Specificity of Canine Detection of Parkinson's Disease

NCT04613531 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1198

Last updated 2021-09-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People sometimes report that their relatives who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) have a unique smell. A previous study has demonstrated that PD patients do have smell that is different from that of healthy people. Sniffer dogs have long been used to identify criminals, and recently been used to identify subject with cancer. The investigators hypothesized that sniffer dogs may be able to identify PD patients.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of South China

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mingji Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Central South University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chang-Qing Gao, MD,PhD · Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-22
Completion
2021-01-22

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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