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SwallowFIT Study in Parkinson's Disease
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a proactive swallow exercise will help to improve swallow fitness in patients with Parkinson's disease. The aim of the study is to assess how effective this exercise is and to measure the change in swallowing fitness from the beginning to the end of the study. Patients who are given the exercise training will be compared to participants who are treated using the usual standard treatment. Patients will have 6 weeks of twice-weekly SwallowFIT training. Each session will be an hour long.
Official title: "SwallowFit," an Exercise Program and Randomized Clinical Trial Designed for US Service Members, Veterans, and Families Affected by Parkinson's Disease.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
35 Years - 90 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2026-04-30
Completion Date
2028-06-29
Last Updated
2026-04-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
SwallowFit
The SwallowFIT protocol follows an increasing task difficulty (levels on the hierarchy) and motor learning strategy. Progression on the hierarchy is guided and monitored by the occurrence of inefficiency markers in swallow wing (e.g. excessive lingual pumping, swallow hesitation, throat clearing etc.) confirmed from the baseline clinical and video fluoroscopic evaluations.
Locations (1)
Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)
San Antonio, Texas, United States