Connect.Parkinson: Connecting Individuals With Parkinson Disease to Specialists in Their Homes



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Parkinsons Disease
Therapuetic Areas:Neurology
Healthy:No
Age Range:30 - Any
Updated:7/11/2015
Start Date:March 2014
End Date:May 2016
Contact:Meredith A Achey, BM
Email:connect@parkinson.org
Phone:5852766825

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Using Technology to Deliver Multi-disciplinary Care to Individuals With Parkinson Disease in Their Homes: the Connect.Parkinson Study

Connect.Parkinson is a randomized comparative effectiveness study, comparing usual care
enhanced with educational materials to usual care, educational materials, and the delivery
of specialty care via telemedicine into patient's homes. The study's specific aims are the
following:

1. To demonstrate the feasibility of using telemedicine to deliver specialty care into the
homes of individuals with Parkinson disease who have limited access to care;

2. To show that such an approach can improve quality of life;

3. To establish that the telemedicine can enhance the quality of care; and

4. To demonstrate that this remote approach to care saves time, reduces travel, and
decreases care partner burden.

Connect.Parkinson is a national study examining the feasibility and effectiveness of using
video calls to bring expert Parkinson disease care directly into patients' homes. Currently,
access to care for Parkinson disease is limited by distance, disability, and the
distribution of doctors. Approximately 200 individuals with Parkinson disease (who due to
distance, disability, disparity, or doctor distribution have limited access to care) will be
randomized to one of two arms in this comparative effectiveness study. The first (control)
arm will be the individual's "usual care" supplemented by educational materials on their
condition. This usual care may include care from a generalist, care from a neurologist, or
in-person care from a Parkinson specialist. The care received by the control group will vary
but will be an accurate reflection of usual care in this country. The second (intervention)
arm will be usual care supplemented by educational materials and care from a Parkinson
disease specialist delivered via web-based video conferencing into the patient's home. The
participants will also be asked with they have a primary care partner, and care partners
will be invited to enroll, for a total of approximately 400 participants.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Individuals with clinically diagnosed Idiopathic Parkinson disease in the judgment of
the independent rater

- No better alternative explanation for the parkinsonism

- Access to a non-public, internet-enabled device (e.g., computer, tablet computer,
smart phone) that has the capacity for web-based video conferencing

- Be physically located at time visits are conducted in a state where the participating
physician is licensed to practice medicine

- Have a local care provider that the study team can contact

- Live at home, in a senior housing complex, or assisted living facility

- Be fluent in English (all participating states) or Spanish (participants in Florida
and Massachusetts only)

- Willing and able to provide informed consent

- Care partner (if applicable) must be able and willing to provide informed consent to
participate if he or she so chooses.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Currently hospitalized

- Condition (e.g., prominent psychosis) that precludes study participation as
identified by the medical professional (site investigator or nurse).

- Participation in another telemedicine study.
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201 East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(847) 491-3741
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185 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
617-724-5200
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330 Brookline Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
617-667-7000
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1200 Moursund Street
Houston, Texas 77030
(713) 798-4951
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Miami, Florida 33124
(305) 284-2211
University of Miami A private research university with more than 15,000 students from around the...
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3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, Oregon 97239
503 494-8311
Oregon Health and Science University In 1887, the inaugural class of the University of Oregon...
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601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, New York 14642
(585) 275-2100
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533 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, California 94122
(415) 476-9000
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1120 15th Street
Augusta, Georgia 30912
(706) 721-0211
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Baltimore, Maryland 21218
(410) 516-8000
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171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, South Carolina 29425
843-792-1414
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2301 Erwin Rd
Durham, North Carolina 27710
919-684-8111
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205 Matherly hall
Gainsville, Florida 32611
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Golden Valley, Minnesota 55427
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3901 Rainbow Blvd
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
(913) 588-5000
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3451 Walnut St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
1 (215) 898-5000
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200 First Street SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
507-284-2511
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Spokane, Washington 99202
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Sunnyvale, California 94085
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