Development of a Face Valid Executive Functioning Task (MedTask)

March 15, 2022 updated by: Washington University School of Medicine
The purpose of this study is to develop a task to measure executive thinking skills that can be performed in a laboratory setting, but has clear parallels to the thinking demands of real life situations, and can be administered to patients such as those with Parkinson's who have difficulty moving.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • Washington University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Recruit participants through Volunteer for Health, word of mouth, and from a clinical population at the Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine's Neurological Clinical Research Unit (NCRU).

Description

Brief Inclusion Criteria Parkinson's Disease (PD) group:

  • Must have definite PD
  • have clear benefit from levodopa

Brief Exclusion Criteria PD Group and Control:

  • Hx of stroke
  • Head injury
  • Visual loss

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Parkinson's Disease
Meets criteria for definite Parkinson's Disease
Healthy Controls
- Must be in good health

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Collaborators

American Parkinson's Disease Association, Inc

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tamara G Hershey, PhD., Washington University School of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 8, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 9, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

June 11, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 31, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 15, 2022

Last Verified

March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 04-0841

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

This was a small pilot study and consent was not obtained to share data.

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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