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Parkinson DiseaseAideAlimParkNCT05898139

Describe to Better Understand, the Mealtime of People With Parkinson's Disease Dependent on Food Intake

An observational study of Parkinson Disease and Deglutition Disorders, run by University Hospital, Toulouse at 1 site in France.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The main objective is to describe strategies (verbal, non-verbal (gesture, intonation), and environmental), designed and used by the assisting/aided dyad to feed a dysphagic dependent person by articulating the safe and hedonic dimensions in the context of Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonian syndrome during a… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Parkinson Disease, Deglutition Disorders
How many people
22 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
1 Feb 2024to 13 Oct 2025
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patient with typical or atypical parkinsonian syndrome and their caregiver

Who may be able to join

  • Patient with typical or atypical Parkinsonian syndrome, collected in the medical record
  • Indication of swallowing disorders or dysphagia, according to item 2.3 chewing and swallowing, part II of the MSD/UPDRS scale or collection in the medical record
  • Person dependent on food (according to MDS/UPDRS - food tasks item, part II, 2.4 ≥ 2, to be help to cut food punctually
  • Having a usual caregiver present for the meal.
  • Affiliated person or beneficiary of a social security scheme.
  • Free, informed, written and signed consent by participant and investigator (no later than the day of inclusion and prior to any review required by the research)
  • caregiver of the patient for at least 2 months for the taking of meal
  • Person with French language to answer the questions of the interview

Who cannot join

  • Individuals whose cognitive state does not allow simple questions to be answered, as judged by the neurologist
  • Person fed exclusively by enteral nutrition.
  • Patient who refuses to be filmed
  • For caregivers:
  • Patient who refuses to be filmed
  • Protected patient: under guardianship, trusteeship or other legal protection, deprived of freedom by judicial or administrative decision

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • University Hospital, Parkinson center

    Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, 31059

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About this study

The main objective is to describe strategies (verbal, non-verbal (gesture, intonation), and environmental), designed and used by the assisting/aided dyad to feed a dysphagic dependent person by articulating the safe and hedonic dimensions in the context of Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonian syndrome during a meal

Read the detailed description

It is described in the literature that being helped for the meal disrupts the pre-oral phase in the visual and proprioceptive afferences received by the sick person to prepare neurologically the other phases of swallowing. In cases of dysphagia, regardless of the cause, the need for food assistance is correlated with higher mortality and an increased risk of pneumonia. Thus, whether at home or in an establishment, human help is often put in place to facilitate the time of the meal, make it more effective (limitation of the duration of the meal, maximization of the nutritional amounts ingested) and safe (prevention of the occurrence of wrong driving). Our hypothesis is that representations about food and aid at meal times, as well as the attitudes of both the helper and the helped, are factors influencing the realization of an adapted human aid when eating a meal in a dependent person. An observation of a meal during a hospitalization and an interview with the sick person and his caregiver are carried out independently. Between 15 days and a month after the first visit, excerpts from the film will be presented and commented by the dyad according to the technique of self-confrontation. A report of the thematic elements identified during the interviews will be proposed for validation by the dyad. This visit can be made during a scheduled appointment in the hospital, by videoconference or at home if the participants do not have access to a videoconference system.

Keywords
Dysphagia, Assistance feeding, Parkinson disease, Caregivers, Mealtime
Medical subject headings
Parkinson Disease, Deglutition Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT05898139
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Assisting (caregiver) / aided (patient with Parkinsonian syndrome) dyadThe dyad will be filmed during a meal and an interview with the sick person and his caregiver will be carried out independently. Between 15 days and a month after the first visit, excerpts from the film will be presented and commented by the dyad according to the technique of self-confrontation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Strategies description

    Description of the strategies designed and used by the assisting/aided dyad to feed dysphagic patients to perform the hand-to-mouth gesture in the context of Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonian syndrome during a meal, using filmed data and semi-directional interviews.

    Measured: 13 months

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Description of the perception of meal time, patient's point of view

    Thematic analysis of the perception of meal timing, diet, meal assistance for the sick person.

    Measured: 13 months

  2. Description of the perception of meal time, helper's point of view

    Thematic analysis of the perception of meal timing, diet, meal assistance for the caregiver

    Measured: 13 months

  3. Description of quality of life related to meal time

    Identify factors that contribute to and detract from meal-related quality of life satisfaction.

    Measured: 13 months

  4. Identification of specific needs for educational programmes

    Identify the needs of carers to adapt or place specific educational programmes

    Measured: 13 months

  5. Description of strategies put in place during meal time

    Overview of the strategies put in place to promote a compromise between nutritional, safety and hedonic objectives

    Measured: 13 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted12 Jun 2023
  2. Study start1 Feb 2024
  3. Primary completion13 Oct 2025
  4. Study completion13 Oct 2025

Resources

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
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
22 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05898139
Sponsor's protocol ID
RC31/22/0527
Other IDs
2023-A00393-42
Acronym
AideAlimPark
Status last verified
Dec 2025
First submitted
31 May 2023
Last updated
22 Dec 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Batchelor-Murphy MK, McConnell ES, Amella EJ, Anderson RA, Bales CW, Silva S, Barnes A, Beck C, Colon-Emeric CS. Experimental Comparison of Efficacy for Three Handfeeding Techniques in Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Apr;65(4):e89-e94. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14728. Epub 2017 Feb 6.

    PubMed 28165618
  • Cosentino G, Avenali M, Schindler A, Pizzorni N, Montomoli C, Abbruzzese G, Antonini A, Barbiera F, Benazzo M, Benarroch EE, Bertino G, Cereda E, Clave P, Cortelli P, Eleopra R, Ferrari C, Hamdy S, Huckabee ML, Lopiano L, Marchese Ragona R, Masiero S, Michou E, Occhini A, Pacchetti C, Pfeiffer RF, Restivo DA, Rondanelli M, Ruoppolo G, Sandrini G, Schapira AHV, Stocchi F, Tolosa E, Valentino F, Zamboni M, Zangaglia R, Zappia M, Tassorelli C, Alfonsi E. A multinational consensus on dysphagia in Parkinson's disease: screening, diagnosis and prognostic value. J Neurol. 2022 Mar;269(3):1335-1352. doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10739-8. Epub 2021 Aug 21.

    PubMed 34417870
  • Fabbri M, Coelho M, Abreu D, Guedes LC, Rosa MM, Godinho C, Cardoso R, Guimaraes I, Antonini A, Zibetti M, Lopiano L, Ferreira JJ. Dysphagia predicts poor outcome in late-stage Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 Jul;64:73-81. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.02.043. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

    PubMed 30902528
  • Flora L, Berkesse A, Payot A, Dumez V, Karazivan P. [THE APPLICATION OF AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF PARTNERSHIP- PATIENT IN THE PROFESSIONALS OF THE HEALTH TRAINING: TOWARDS NEW ONE HUMANIST PARADIGM AND ETHICS OF CO-CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGES IN HEALTH]. J Int Bioethique Ethique Sci. 2016 Mar-Jun;27(1-2):59-72, 228. French.

    PubMed 27305793
  • Howells SR, Cornwell PL, Ward EC, Kuipers P. Living with Dysphagia in the Community: Caregivers "do whatever it takes.". Dysphagia. 2021 Feb;36(1):108-119. doi: 10.1007/s00455-020-10117-y. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

    PubMed 32333212
  • Leow LP, Huckabee ML, Anderson T, Beckert L. The impact of dysphagia on quality of life in ageing and Parkinson's disease as measured by the swallowing quality of life (SWAL-QOL) questionnaire. Dysphagia. 2010 Sep;25(3):216-20. doi: 10.1007/s00455-009-9245-9. Epub 2009 Aug 13.

    PubMed 19680723
  • Liu W, Williams K, Batchelor-Murphy M, Perkhounkova Y, Hein M. Eating performance in relation to intake of solid and liquid food in nursing home residents with dementia: A secondary behavioral analysis of mealtime videos. Int J Nurs Stud. 2019 Aug;96:18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.12.010. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

    PubMed 30660444
  • Liu W, Batchelor M, Williams K. Ease of use, feasibility and inter-rater reliability of the refined Cue Utilization and Engagement in Dementia (CUED) mealtime video-coding scheme. J Adv Nurs. 2020 Dec;76(12):3609-3622. doi: 10.1111/jan.14548. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

    PubMed 32996629
  • Liu W, Tripp-Reimer T, Williams K, Shaw C. Facilitators and barriers to optimizing eating performance among cognitively impaired older adults: A qualitative study of nursing assistants' perspectives. Dementia (London). 2020 Aug;19(6):2090-2113. doi: 10.1177/1471301218815053. Epub 2018 Nov 27.

    PubMed 30482090
  • Miller N, Noble E, Jones D, Burn D. Hard to swallow: dysphagia in Parkinson's disease. Age Ageing. 2006 Nov;35(6):614-8. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afl105.

    PubMed 17047007
  • Perry SE, Borders JC, Dakin AE, Troche MS. Characterizing Quality of Life in Caregivers of People with Parkinson's Disease and Dysphagia. Dysphagia. 2022 Jun;37(3):523-532. doi: 10.1007/s00455-021-10299-z. Epub 2021 May 15.

    PubMed 33991229
  • Pflug C, Bihler M, Emich K, Niessen A, Nienstedt JC, Flugel T, Koseki JC, Plaetke R, Hidding U, Gerloff C, Buhmann C. Critical Dysphagia is Common in Parkinson Disease and Occurs Even in Early Stages: A Prospective Cohort Study. Dysphagia. 2018 Feb;33(1):41-50. doi: 10.1007/s00455-017-9831-1. Epub 2017 Aug 21.

    PubMed 28828545
  • Pomey MP, Flora L, Karazivan P, Dumez V, Lebel P, Vanier MC, Debarges B, Clavel N, Jouet E. [The Montreal model: the challenges of a partnership relationship between patients and healthcare professionals]. Sante Publique. 2015 Jan-Feb;27(1 Suppl):S41-50. French.

    PubMed 26168616
  • Pu D, Yiu EML, Chan KMK. Factors associated with signs of aspiration in older adults: A prospective study. Geriatr Nurs. 2020 Sep-Oct;41(5):635-640. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2020.03.019. Epub 2020 May 10.

    PubMed 32402573
  • Schindler A, Pizzorni N, Cereda E, Cosentino G, Avenali M, Montomoli C, Abbruzzese G, Antonini A, Barbiera F, Benazzo M, Benarroch E, Bertino G, Clave P, Cortelli P, Eleopra R, Ferrari C, Hamdy S, Huckabee ML, Lopiano L, Marchese-Ragona R, Masiero S, Michou E, Occhini A, Pacchetti C, Pfeiffer RF, Restivo DA, Rondanelli M, Ruoppolo G, Sandrini G, Schapira A, Stocchi F, Tolosa E, Valentino F, Zamboni M, Zangaglia R, Zappia M, Tassorelli C, Alfonsi E. Consensus on the treatment of dysphagia in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Sci. 2021 Nov 15;430:120008. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.120008. Epub 2021 Sep 27.

    PubMed 34624796

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Parkinson Disease and Deglutition Disorders, run by University Hospital, Toulouse at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Strategies description (time frame: 13 months). 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 NCT05898139, which also lists 17 linked publications.

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 22 Dec 2025.

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