Just 1% of Parkinson's Patients Involved in Clinical Trials

Main Category: Parkinson's Disease
Article Date: 14 Jul 2005 - 21:00 PDT

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The Michael J Fox Foundation, and a consortium of Parkinson's disease advocacy groups - "The Advancing Parkinson's Therapy (APT) coalition," has announced the results of a major Harris poll that reveals the following information:

- Only one percent of people with Parkinson's are currently participating in clinical research.

- A recent national survey confirms that the majority of physicians who treat Parkinson's disease do not refer their patients to clinical trials.

- Patients and physicians surveyed said they are dissatisfied with the amount of information available about Parkinson's clinical trials.

- Michael J. Fox Foundation and the APT launched http://www.PDtrials.org to help fill in the information gap and empower physicians, patients and caregivers to consider their options as it relates to Parkinson's research and clinical trials.

http://www.PDtrials.org

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