Parkinson DiseasePPMINCT04477785
PPMI Clinical - Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort
An observational study of Parkinson Disease, run by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research at 50 sites in 12 countries.
Trial summary
The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) is a longitudinal, observational, multi-center natural history study to assess progression of clinical features, digital outcomes, and imaging, biologic and genetic markers of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression in study participants with manifest PD, prodromal PD… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 30 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Parkinson Disease
- How many people
- 4,500 participants
- Where
- 50 sitesin 12 countries
- Study dates
- 1 Jul 2020to Dec 2033
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 30 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: In PPMI Clinical up to 4,500 participants will be enrolled and followed longitudinally from approximately 50-55 international clinical sites across a variety of cohorts, including healthy controls, Parkinson disease, PD manifesting gene carriers, and Prodromal (those at risk for developing PD).
7.1 Healthy Controls (HC) Note: Active Healthy controls previously enrolled in PPMI do not require re-assessment of eligibility criteria listed below for enrollment in PPMI Clinical. Active participants do need to be able to provide informed consent for PPMI Clinical participation (includes use of a designated research proxy).
7.1.1 Inclusion Criteria (HC)
- Male or female age 57 years or older at Screening visit.
- Individuals taking any of the following drugs: alpha methyldopa, methylphenidate, amphetamine derivatives or modafinil, must be willing and medically able to hold the medication for at least 5 half-lives before SPECT imaging.
- Confirmation that participant is eligible based on Screening SPECT imaging.
- Able to provide informed consent.
- Either is male, or is female and meets additional criteria below, as applicable:
- Female of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, lactating, or planning pregnancy during the study and has a negative pregnancy test on day of Screening SPECT imaging test prior to injection of DaTscanTM.
7.1.2 Exclusion Criteria (HC)
- First degree relative with PD (i.e., biologic parent, sibling, child).
- Current or active clinically significant neurological disorder (in the opinion of the Investigator).
- Previously obtained MRI scan with evidence of clinically significant neurological disorder (in the opinion of the Investigator).
- Received any of the following drugs: dopamine receptor blockers (neuroleptics), metoclopramide and reserpine within 6 months of Screening visit.
- Current treatment with anticoagulants (e.g., coumadin, heparin, oral thrombin inhibitors) that might preclude safe completion of the lumbar puncture.
- Condition that precludes the safe performance of routine lumbar puncture, such as prohibitive lumbar spinal disease, bleeding diathesis, or clinically significant coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia.
- Any other medical or psychiatric condition or lab abnormality, which in the opinion of the investigator might preclude participation.
- Any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would render the participant unsuitable for study enrollment.
7.2 Parkinson's Disease (PD) Note: Active PD participants previously enrolled in PPMI do not require re-assessment of eligibility criteria listed below for enrollment in PPMI Clinical. Active participants do need to be able to provide informed consent for PPMI Clinical participation (includes use of a designated research proxy).
7.2.1 Inclusion Criteria (PD)
- Male or female age 30 years or older at Screening Visit.
- A diagnosis of Parkinson's disease for 2 years or less at Screening Visit.
- Not expected to require PD medication within at least 6 months from Baseline.
- Patients must have at least two of the following: resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity (must have either resting tremor or bradykinesia); OR either asymmetric resting tremor or asymmetric bradykinesia.
- Hoehn and Yahr stage I or II at Baseline.
- Individuals taking any of the following drugs: alpha methyldopa, methylphenidate, amphetamine derivatives or modafinil, must be willing and medically able to hold the medication for at least 5 half-lives before SPECT imaging.
- Confirmation that participant is eligible based on Screening SPECT imaging.
- Able to provide informed consent.
- Either is male, or is female and meets additional criteria below, as applicable:
- Female of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, lactating, or planning pregnancy during the study and has a negative pregnancy test on day of Screening SPECT imaging test prior to injection of DaTscanTM.
7.2.2 Exclusion Criteria (PD)
- Currently taking levodopa, dopamine agonists, MAO-B inhibitors, amantadine or another PD medication, except for low-dose treatment of restless leg syndrome (with permission of medical monitor).
- Has taken levodopa, dopamine agonists, MAO-B inhibitors or amantadine within 60 days of Baseline visit.
- Has taken levodopa or dopamine agonists prior to Baseline visit for more than a total of 90 days.
- Atypical PD syndromes due to either drugs (e.g., metoclopramide, flunarizine, neuroleptics) or metabolic disorders (e.g., Wilson's disease), encephalitis, or degenerative diseases (e.g., progressive supranuclear palsy).
- A clinical diagnosis of dementia as determined by the investigator.
- Previously obtained MRI scan with evidence of clinically significant neurological disorder (in the opinion of the Investigator).
- Received any of the following drugs: dopamine receptor blockers (neuroleptics), metoclopramide and reserpine within 6 months of Screening visit.
- Current treatment with anticoagulants (e.g., coumadin, heparin, oral thrombin inhibitors) that might preclude safe completion of the lumbar puncture.
- Condition that precludes the safe performance of routine lumbar puncture, such as prohibitive lumbar spinal disease, bleeding diathesis, or clinically significant coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia.
- Any other medical or psychiatric condition or lab abnormality, which in the opinion of the investigator might preclude participation.
- Any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would render the participant unsuitable for study enrollment.
7.3 Parkinson's Disease (PD) with LRRK2 or GBA variant Note: Active PD participants previously enrolled in PPMI do not require re-assessment of eligibility criteria listed below for enrollment in PPMI Clinical. Active participants do need to be able to provide informed consent for PPMI Clinical participation (includes use of a designated research proxy).
7.3.1 Inclusion Criteria (PD ¬- LRRK2 or GBA)
- Male or female age 30 years or older at Screening Visit.
- A diagnosis of Parkinson's disease for 2 years or less at Screening Visit.
- Patients must have at least two of the following: resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity (must have either resting tremor or bradykinesia); OR either asymmetric resting tremor or asymmetric bradykinesia.
- Hoehn and Yahr stage I or II at Baseline.
- Confirmation of causative LRRK2 or GBA (willingness to undergo genetic testing as part of genetic screening and be informed of genetic testing results, or approved documentation of prior genetic testing results).
- Individuals taking any of the following drugs: alpha methyldopa, methylphenidate, amphetamine derivatives or modafinil, must be willing and medically able to hold the medication for at least 5 half-lives before SPECT imaging.
- Confirmation that participant is eligible based on Screening SPECT imaging.
- Able to provide informed consent.
- Either is male, or is female and meets additional criteria below, as applicable:
- Female of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, lactating, or planning pregnancy during the study and has a negative pregnancy test on day of Screening SPECT imaging test prior to injection of DaTscanTM.
7.3.2 Exclusion Criteria (PD - LRRK2 or GBA)
- Received any of the following drugs: dopamine receptor blockers (neuroleptics), metoclopramide and reserpine within 6 months of Screening visit.
- Current treatment with anticoagulants (e.g., coumadin, heparin) that might preclude safe completion of the lumbar puncture.
- Condition that precludes the safe performance of routine lumbar puncture, such as prohibitive lumbar spinal disease, bleeding diathesis, or clinically significant coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia.
- Any other medical or psychiatric condition or lab abnormality, which in the opinion of the investigator might preclude participation.
- Any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would render the participant unsuitable for study enrollment.
7.4 Parkinson's Disease (PD) with SNCA or rare genetic variant Note: Active PD participants previously enrolled in PPMI do not require re-assessment of eligibility criteria listed below for enrollment in PPMI clinical. Active participants do need to be able to provide informed consent for PPMI Clinical participation (includes use of a designated research proxy).
7.4.1 Inclusion Criteria (PD - SNCA or rare genetic variant (such as Parkin or Pink1))
- Male or female age 30 years or older at Screening Visit.
- Parkinson's disease diagnosis at Screening Visit.
- Patients must have at least two of the following: resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity (must have either resting tremor or bradykinesia); OR either asymmetric resting tremor or asymmetric bradykinesia.
- Hoehn and Yahr stage I, II, or III at Baseline.
- Confirmation of causative SNCA or rare genetic variant (such as Parkin or Pink1) (willingness to undergo genetic testing as part of genetic screening and be informed of genetic testing results, or approved documentation of prior genetic testing results).
- Individuals taking any of the following drugs: alpha methyldopa, methylphenidate, amphetamine derivatives or modafinil, must be willing and medically able to hold the medication for at least 5 half-lives before SPECT imaging.
- Confirmation that participant is eligible based on Screening SPECT imaging.
- Able to provide informed consent.
- Either is male, or is female and meets additional criteria below, as applicable:
- Female of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, lactating, or planning pregnancy during the study and has a negative pregnancy test on day of Screening SPECT imaging test prior to injection of DaTscanTM.
7.4.2 Exclusion Criteria (PD - SNCA or rare genetic variant (such as Parkin or Pink1))
- Received any of the following drugs: dopamine receptor blockers (neuroleptics), metoclopramide and reserpine within 6 months of Screening visit.
- Current treatment with anticoagulants (e.g., coumadin, heparin) that might preclude safe completion of the lumbar puncture.
- Condition that precludes the safe performance of routine lumbar puncture, such as prohibitive lumbar spinal disease, bleeding diathesis, or clinically significant coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia.
- Any other medical or psychiatric condition or lab abnormality, which in the opinion of the investigator might preclude participation.
- Any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would render the participant unsuitable for study enrollment.
7.5 Prodromal Note: Active Prodromal participants previously enrolled in PPMI do not require re-assessment of eligibility criteria listed below for enrollment in PPMI Clinical. Active participants do need to be able to provide informed consent for PPMI Clinical participation (includes use of a designated research proxy).
The specific predictive eligibility criteria for participants recruited through PPMI Remote to advance to PPMI Clinical will be iteratively optimized based on data collected from these studies.
7.5.1 Inclusion criteria (Prodromal)
For Screening:
- Confirmation that participant is eligible based on centrally determined predictive criteria including the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT).
- For participants in PPMI Remote, referral to the clinical site confirms predictive eligibility.
- For participants identified by the clinical site, predictive criteria are based on generalized risk such as first degree biologic relative, known risk of PD including RBD, or known genetic variants associated with PD risk. Additionally, confirmation of UPSIT eligibility during the Screening visit prior to SPECT Imaging.
- Male or female age 60 years or older (except age 30 years or older for SNCA, or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) participants).
- Individuals taking any of the following drugs: alpha methyldopa, methylphenidate, amphetamine derivatives or modafinil, must be willing and medically able to hold the medication for at least 5 half-lives before SPECT imaging.
- Able to provide informed consent.
- Either is male, or is female and meets additional criteria below, as applicable:
- Female of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, lactating, or planning pregnancy during the study and has a negative pregnancy test on day of Screening SPECT imaging test prior to injection of DaTscanTM. For continuation to Baseline visit and ongoing follow-up:
- Confirmation that participant is eligible based on *Screening SPECT imaging.
- Screening SPECT Imaging eligibility:
Based on the results of the SPECT imaging test, Prodromal participants eligible to continue their participation in PPMI Clinical will be asked to return for their PPMI Clinical baseline visit. Neither the participant nor the site investigator will be made aware of the participant's DAT status during the study.
- It is anticipated that approximately 6,000 participants will complete a screening visit to undergo DAT imaging. Approximately 2,000 participants will be eligible to continue their participation in PPMI Clinical (those not eligible to proceed will remain in PPMI Remote, as applicable).
- All participants with DAT deficit will be eligible to continue their participation in PPMI Clinical. It is estimated that about 75% of eligible participants will have a DAT deficit (defined by a hybrid of visual assessment and quantitative striatal specific binding analysis).
- Some participants without DAT deficit will also be eligible to continue their participation in PPMI Clinical. These participants will be chosen based on DAT binding that is reduced from age expected but it not outside the normal range and/or from individuals with high-risk of PD including RBD, LRRK2, GBA, SNCA, or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) that do not demonstrate DAT deficit. It is estimated that about 25% of eligible participants will not have a DAT deficit.
- It is anticipated that approximately 30% of the PPMI Clinical prodromal participants with DAT deficit will phenoconvert to motor parkinsonism during a 3 to 5-year follow-up.
7.5.2 Exclusion Criteria (Prodromal)
- Clinical diagnosis of PD at screening, other parkinsonism, or dementia.
- Received any of the following drugs: dopamine receptor blockers (neuroleptics), metoclopramide and reserpine within 6 months of Baseline Visit.
- Current treatment with anticoagulants (e.g. coumadin, heparin) that might preclude safe completion of the lumbar puncture.
- Condition that precludes the safe performance of routine lumbar puncture, such as prohibitive lumbar spinal disease, bleeding diathesis, or clinically significant coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia.
- Any other medical or psychiatric condition or lab abnormality, which in the opinion of the investigator might preclude participation.
- Currently taking levodopa, dopamine agonists, MAO-B inhibitors, amantadine or another PD medication, except for low-dose treatment of restless leg syndrome (with permission of medical monitor).
- Has taken levodopa, dopamine agonists, MAO-B inhibitors or amantadine within 60 days of Baseline visit. except for low-dose treatment of restless leg syndrome (with permission of medical monitor).
- Any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would render the participant unsuitable for study enrollment.
Trial locations and contacts
50 sites in 12 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
50 sites in 12 countries
United States30 sites, 30 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Kelvin Chou
- Recruiting
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, 30329
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Stewart A Factor, DO
- Recruiting
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, 80045
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Michelle Fullard, MD
- Recruiting
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Emile Moukheiber, MD
- Recruiting
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35294
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
David Standaert, MD
- Recruiting
Parkinson's Disease& Movement Disorder Center of Boca Raton
Boca Raton, Florida, 33486
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Stuart Isaacson, MD
- Recruiting
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Marie H. Saint-Hilaire, MD
- Recruiting
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02446
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Aleksandar Videnovic, MD
- Recruiting
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Tanya Simuni, MD
- Recruiting
University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Alberto Espay, MD, MSC
- Recruiting
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Hubert H. Fernandez, MD
- Recruiting
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 32608
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Nikolaus McFarland
- Recruiting
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Arjun Tarakad, MD
- Recruiting
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Rajesh Pahwa, MD
- Recruiting
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California, 92093-0948
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764, clinicaltrialsadrc@health.ucsd.edu
Douglas Galasko, MD
- Recruiting
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Zoltan Mari, MD
- Recruiting
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California, 90033
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Mark Lew
- Recruiting
Institute For Neurodegenerative Disorders
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Neha Prakash, MD
- Recruiting
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York, 10003
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Katherine Leaver, MD
- Recruiting
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, 10017
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Un Kang
- Recruiting
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Nabila Dahodwala, MD
- Recruiting
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona, 85013
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Holly Shill, MD
- Recruiting
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Abby Olsen, MD
- Recruiting
Oregon Health &Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Joseph Quinn, MD
- Recruiting
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, 14620
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Ruth Schneider, MD
- Recruiting
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94115
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Caroline Tanner, MD
- Recruiting
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Shyamal Mehta, MD
- Recruiting
Univ of Washington and VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, Washington, 98104
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Cyrus Zabetian, MD
- Recruiting
Banner Research Institute
Sun City, Arizona, 85351
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Sara Dhanani, MD
- Recruiting
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, 33606
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Robert Hauser, MD
Germany4 sites, 4 recruiting
- Recruiting
Philipps-University of Marburg
Hessen, 35043
Elisabeth Sittig, sittig@med.uni-marburg.de
Wolfgang Oertel
- Recruiting
Paracelsus-Elena Klinik
Kassel, 34128
Diana Willeke, 49 561 6009 272, diana.willeke@pk-mx.de
Brit Mollenhauer, MD
- Recruiting
University of Luebeck
Lübeck, 23562
Norbert Bruggermann, norbert.brueggemann@neuro.uni-luebeck.de
Christine Klein, MD
- Recruiting
University of Tuebingen
Tübingen, 72076
Ella Hilt, +49 7072 298621, ella.hilt@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Isabel Wurster, MD
United Kingdom4 sites, 4 recruiting
- Recruiting
Queen Mary University of London
London, Britain, EC1M 6BQ
Natalie Donokor, 02078826220, smelltest@qmul.ac.uk
Alastair Noyce
- Recruiting
Imperial College London
London, W12 0NN
Aldazier Jakiran, a.jakiran@nhs.net
Yen Tai, MD
- Recruiting
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE45PL
Victoria Foster, +441912081197, victoria.foster@ncl.ac.uk
Nicola Pavese
- Recruiting
John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford and Oxford University
Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Jamil Razzaque, +441865223166, jamil.razzaque@ouh.nhs.uk
Michele Hu
Canada3 sites, 3 recruiting
- Recruiting
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, H3A2B4
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Ron Postuma
- Recruiting
The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Tiago Mestre
- Recruiting
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8
PPMI Call Center, 877-525-7764
Connie Marras
Spain2 sites, 2 recruiting
- Recruiting
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036
Valeria Ravasi, 34695808572, ravasi@recerca.clinic.cat
Eduardo Tolosa, MD
- Recruiting
Hospital Donostia
Donostia / San Sebastian, San Sebastian, 20014
Ioana Croitoru, +34 943 00 72 46, ioana.croitoru@biodonostia.org
Javier Ruiz Martinez, MD
Austria1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Innsbruck Medical University
Innsbruck, 6020
Corrine Horlings
Werner Poewe, MD
Greece1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens
Athens, Athens, 11523
Christos Koros, 00302107289405, chkoros@gmail.com
Leonidas Stefanis, MD, PhD
Israel1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 64239
Anat Mirelman, Bsc, 972-3-697-3014, anatmi@tlvmc.gov.il
Roy Alcalay, MD
Italy1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of Salerno
Salerno, Salerno, 84131
Dominga Valentino, 089672462, domingavalentino10@gmail.com
Paolo Barone, MD
Luxembourg1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Parkinson Research Clinic
Luxembourg, L-1257
Berenice Sevilla, 351-44-114-848, berenice.sevilla@lih.lu
Rejko Krueger
Netherlands1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6525 GC
Lian Feenstra, info@onderzoek-parkinson.nl
Bastiaan Bloem, MD
Nigeria1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Lagos College of Medicine, University of Lagos
Lagos, Lagos, 121010
Oluwadamilola Ojo, 2348033606414, oluojo@unilag.edu.ng
Njideka Okubadejo
About this study
Official title: The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) Clinical - Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort
The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) is a longitudinal, observational, multi-center natural history study to assess progression of clinical features, digital outcomes, and imaging, biologic and genetic markers of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression in study participants with manifest PD, prodromal PD, and healthy controls.
The overall goal of PPMI is to identify markers of disease progression for use in clinical trials of therapies to reduce progression of PD disability.
Read the detailed description
PPMI is a broad program, expanding the goals of the original PPMI study, that includes this PPMI Clinical protocol, as well as other program initiatives such as the PPMI Remote, PPMI Digital App and PPMI Online protocols. Participants in PPMI may be asked to be enrolled in other PPMI program protocols, but depending on their method of recruitment, participants may be enrolled sequentially in varying order, as appropriate. PPMI participants may also be asked to participate in additional PPMI program initiatives (as they are developed), which may only involve a subset of PPMI participants based on their cohort designation and/or site location.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease
- Keywords
- Parkinson, Bio-markers, Neurodegenerative disorder, Imaging, Prodromal, Genetics, At Risk, Loss of Smell
- Medical subject headings
- Parkinson Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Anosmia
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Observation | In PPMI Clinical up to 4,500 participants will be enrolled and followed longitudinally once identified, over the course of 5-8 years. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Establish standardized protocols for acquisition, transfer and analysis of clinical, digital, imaging, biologic and genetic data that can be used by the PD research community.
This protocol will build on the existing PPMI infrastructure
Measured: Baseline to 156 months
Comprehensive and uniformly acquired dataset
Develop a comprehensive and uniformly acquired clinical, digital and imaging dataset and repository of biological and genetic samples that would be available to the PD research community to test hypotheses of the underlying molecular pathobiology of PD, enable modeling of PD progression to identify clinical and/or data driven PD progression sub-sets, and inform studies testing PD therapeutics (for examples, clinical trials targeting synuclein, LRRK2, GBA as well as other targets)
Measured: Baseline to 156 months
Comparison between Rates of Change
Use clinical and biological data to estimate the mean rates of change and the variability around the mean of clinical, digital, imaging, biological and genetic outcomes in study participants with PD diagnosis (including patients with a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and individuals with prodromal Parkinson's disease (including individuals with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)), olfactory loss, LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and/or other risk factors for PD with and without dopamine transporter (DAT) deficit and in healthy participants.
Measured: Study intervals ranging from 3 months to 156 months
Prevalence of measures of clinical, imaging and biomic outcomes in various subsets
Confirm existing and identify novel clinical, digital, imaging, biologic and genetic PD progression markers to identify quantitative individual measures or combinations of measures that demonstrate optimum interval change in study participants with PD diagnosis (including patients with a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1)) and individuals with prodromal Parkinson's disease (including individuals with RBD, olfactory loss, a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and/or other risk factors for PD with and without DAT deficit in comparison to healthy controls or in sub-sets of study participants with PD diagnosis or prodromal PD defined by baseline assessments, progression milestones and/or rate of clinical, digital, imaging, biologic and genetic change, or other measures.
Measured: study intervals ranging from baseline to 156 months.
Establish the probability of phenoconversion to PD
Evaluate the probability of phenoconversion to PD for individuals with prodromal PD enrolled in the prodromal cohorts (including individuals with RBD, olfactory loss, a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and/ or other risk factors for PD with and without DAT deficit).
Measured: study intervals ranging from baseline to 156 months.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Jul 2020
- Study start1 Jul 2020
- Primary completionDec 2033 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2033 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Parkinson DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Other
- Enrolment
- 4,500 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ken Marek, MD, Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Investigators
- Kenneth L Marek, MD, Principal investigator, Institute for Neurodegenerative DisordersCaroline Tanner, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, University of California, San Francisco
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04477785
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PPMI-002
- Acronym
- PPMI
- Status last verified
- Oct 2025
- First submitted
- 15 Jul 2020
- Last updated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Pacheco Pachado M, Casas AI, Elbatreek MH, Nogales C, Guney E, Espay AJ, Schmidt HHHW. Re-Addressing Dementia by Network Medicine and Mechanism-Based Molecular Endotypes. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023;96(1):47-56. doi: 10.3233/JAD-230694.
PubMed 37742653
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) Clinical - Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04477785
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PPMI / PPMI-002
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease
- Keywords
- Parkinson, Bio-markers, Neurodegenerative disorder, Imaging, Prodromal, Genetics, At Risk, Loss of Smell
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 4,500 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Study start
- 1 Jul 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2033 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2033 (estimated)
- First posted
- 20 Jul 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) is a longitudinal, observational, multi-center natural history study to assess progression of clinical features, digital outcomes, and imaging, biologic and genetic markers of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression in study participants with manifest PD, prodromal PD, and healthy controls.
The overall goal of PPMI is to identify markers of disease progression for use in clinical trials of therapies to reduce progression of PD disability.
Detailed description
PPMI is a broad program, expanding the goals of the original PPMI study, that includes this PPMI Clinical protocol, as well as other program initiatives such as the PPMI Remote, PPMI Digital App and PPMI Online protocols. Participants in PPMI may be asked to be enrolled in other PPMI program protocols, but depending on their method of recruitment, participants may be enrolled sequentially in varying order, as appropriate. PPMI participants may also be asked to participate in additional PPMI program initiatives (as they are developed), which may only involve a subset of PPMI participants based on their cohort designation and/or site location.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Other
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Observation | – | –In PPMI Clinical up to 4,500 participants will be enrolled and followed longitudinally once identified, over the course of 5-8 years. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 30 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- In PPMI Clinical up to 4,500 participants will be enrolled and followed longitudinally from approximately 50-55 international clinical sites across a variety of cohorts, including healthy controls, Parkinson disease, PD manifesting gene carriers, and Prodromal (those at risk for developing PD).
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Establish standardized protocols for acquisition, transfer and analysis of clinical, digital, imaging, biologic and genetic data that can be used by the PD research community.
Time frame: Baseline to 156 months
This protocol will build on the existing PPMI infrastructure
Comprehensive and uniformly acquired dataset
Time frame: Baseline to 156 months
Develop a comprehensive and uniformly acquired clinical, digital and imaging dataset and repository of biological and genetic samples that would be available to the PD research community to test hypotheses of the underlying molecular pathobiology of PD, enable modeling of PD progression to identify clinical and/or data driven PD progression sub-sets, and inform studies testing PD therapeutics (for examples, clinical trials targeting synuclein, LRRK2, GBA as well as other targets)
Comparison between Rates of Change
Time frame: Study intervals ranging from 3 months to 156 months
Use clinical and biological data to estimate the mean rates of change and the variability around the mean of clinical, digital, imaging, biological and genetic outcomes in study participants with PD diagnosis (including patients with a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and individuals with prodromal Parkinson's disease (including individuals with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)), olfactory loss, LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and/or other risk factors for PD with and without dopamine transporter (DAT) deficit and in healthy participants.
Prevalence of measures of clinical, imaging and biomic outcomes in various subsets
Time frame: study intervals ranging from baseline to 156 months.
Confirm existing and identify novel clinical, digital, imaging, biologic and genetic PD progression markers to identify quantitative individual measures or combinations of measures that demonstrate optimum interval change in study participants with PD diagnosis (including patients with a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1)) and individuals with prodromal Parkinson's disease (including individuals with RBD, olfactory loss, a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and/or other risk factors for PD with and without DAT deficit in comparison to healthy controls or in sub-sets of study participants with PD diagnosis or prodromal PD defined by baseline assessments, progression milestones and/or rate of clinical, digital, imaging, biologic and genetic change, or other measures.
Establish the probability of phenoconversion to PD
Time frame: study intervals ranging from baseline to 156 months.
Evaluate the probability of phenoconversion to PD for individuals with prodromal PD enrolled in the prodromal cohorts (including individuals with RBD, olfactory loss, a LRRK2, GBA, SNCA or rare genetic variants (such as Parkin or Pink1) and/ or other risk factors for PD with and without DAT deficit).
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Jul 2026.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 37742653Pacheco Pachado M, Casas AI, Elbatreek MH, Nogales C, Guney E, Espay AJ, Schmidt HHHW. Re-Addressing Dementia by Network Medicine and Mechanism-Based Molecular Endotypes. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023;96(1):47-56. doi: 10.3233/JAD-230694.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Kenneth L Marek, MD principal investigator
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Caroline Tanner, MD, PhD principal investigator
University of California, San Francisco
50 sites in 12 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Parkinson Disease, run by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research at 50 sites in 12 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 50 sites in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain and 7 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Cari Rainville, BS (877-525-7764, crainville@indd.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Establish standardized protocols for acquisition, transfer and analysis of clinical, digital, imaging, biologic and genetic data that can be used by the PD research community. (time frame: Baseline to 156 months). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04477785, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Jul 2026.