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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN40910122
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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A Pilot Study to Investigate if Frequency of Therapy Alters Outcomes of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) Programme for Patients with Parkinson's Disease
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0016131978
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Study hypothesis
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A Pilot Study to Investigate if Frequency of Therapy Alters Outcomes of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) Programme for Patients with Parkinson's Disease
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Nervous System Diseases: Parkinson's disease
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Twenty-seven patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) will be recruited to the pilot study. Entry criteria will be as follows:
1. Patients entering the study will have volunteered for the study and will have agreed to be randomly allocated to either a control group or one of two treatment groups.
2. A diagnosis of idiopathic PD
3. Categorised between stages 1 to 4 on the `Functional Rating Scale for Parkinson's Disease¿, Hoehn & Yahr (1967)
4. Neuropharmacologically stable before and during treatment
5. Fluent English speakers
6. Intelligibility of speech will have received a rating of between 5 and 9 on the Parkinson¿s disease disability rating scale. (Yorkston 1995)
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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1. Any history of a language deficit caused by a past event such as a cardiovascular event
2. Evidence of a cognitive deficit on the `Mini-Mental State Examination (score >24), Folstein et al 1975
3. Evidence of depression on the Beck Depression inventory (score <14), Beck & Beck 1972.
4. History of a chronic hearing loss or report/suspected hearing loss
5. History of laryngeal disease and will be free of acute cardiac and respiratory conditions during the study
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Anticipated start date
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08/08/2003
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Anticipated end date
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10/01/2005
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Status of trial
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Completed
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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27
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Interventions
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Not provided at time of registration
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Publication
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Hammersmith Hospital NHS Trust (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Ms
Deirdre
Cotter
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Address
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Department of Speech and Language Therapy
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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W12 0HS
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)208 383 3076
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Email
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DCotter@hhnt.nhs.uk
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Sponsor
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Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2004 Update - Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
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Date applied
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30/09/2004
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Last edited
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09/10/2006
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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30/09/2004
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