Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Deciphering the Mechanisms of Central BP Regulation in Patients With PD Associated With Orthostatic Hypotension

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

University Hospital, Geneva

Conditions:

Parkinson Disease

Orthostatic Hypotension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Brief Summary

Phase 1 objective: test the feasibility of using a 3Tesla MRI scanner instead of a 7Tesla MRI scanner to measure brainstem responses to LBNP in healthy participants. Phase 2 primary objective: compar...

Detailed Description

Phase 1 objective: test the feasibility of using a 3Tesla MRI scanner instead of a 7Tesla MRI scanner to measure brainstem responses to LBNP in healthy participants using BOLD fMRI Phase 2 primary ob...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Phase 1:
  • Signed informed consent
  • Age ≥ 18 years and \<75 years
  • Normal office blood pressure (\<140/90 mmHg)
  • For women of childbearing potential: using or willing to use during the study a reliable contraception method compatible with MRI

Exclusion

  • Schellong test showing OH (drop of Systolic BP \>20 mmHg or Diastolic BP \>10 mmHg)
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Refusal to be informed of incidental findings
  • Any medication (acute or chronic prescription) except oral contraception
  • Clinical significant abnormal blood test as assessed by the investigator
  • Chronic or acute illness
  • Concomitant participation in a clinical trial
  • Blood donation in the 60 previous days
  • Contra-indications for MRI
  • Unable to follow study procedures
  • Having a hierarchical relationship with the investigator or being family of the investigator
  • Phase 2:
  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Signed informed consent
  • Fulfilling Movement Disorder Society clinical criteria for "clinically established PD"
  • Age ≥18 years and \<75 years
  • PD treated by dopamine replacement therapy (DRT)
  • Willing and able to comply with the visit schedule and study procedures
  • Autonomous in daily life
  • Schellong test showing OH (drop of Systolic BP \>20 mmHg or Diastolic BP \>10 mmHg)(for study group with OH) or no OH (for studygroup without OH)
  • For women of childbearing potential: using or willing to use during the study a reliable contraception method compatible with MRI

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2025

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 31 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

130 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07139756

Start Date

October 1 2025

End Date

March 31 2028

Last Update

August 24 2025

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 1011