Parkinson's Genes and Environment Study
Summary
This study will examine the roles of diet, lifestyle, genes, and their possible interactions in the cause of Parkinson's disease, using information from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. The NIH-AARP study was established in 1995 to examine the roles of diet and lifestyle in cancer. It included 567,169 AARP members 50 or older from California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Louisiana, and the Atlanta and Detroit metropolitan areas. In 1995, participants completed a comprehensive questionnaire on diet and a survey on demographics, medications, as well as a follow-up survey in 1996 with more detailed questions on lifestyle and medications, as well as cooking methods and early life dietary habits. A third followup survey is currently underway.
The current NIH-AARP substudy on Parkinson's disease will include approximately 9,000 participants from the NIH-AARP study - 3,000 of whom reported being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease on the most recent survey, and 6,000 control subjects. These study participants provide two saliva samples for genetic analysis and may be asked to complete a telephone interview. In addition, those with Parkinson's disease are asked permission to review medical information regarding their diagnosis.
Description
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease, affecting more than 1 million elderly Americans. The causes of PD are largely unknown, but may include both genetic and environmental factors. We thus propose a large study to investigate the roles of diet, lifestyle, genes and their potential interactions in PD etiology, using the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. The AARP cohort was established by investigators at NCI and recruited over half a million participants in 1995 and had prospectively collected detailed information on diet and lifestyle. At baseline, participants were 50 years or older and included 40% women. After more than 8 years of follow-up, we expect to confirm 1,208 incident PD cases with their neurologists. We will comprehensively examine the associations between diet and lifestyle and risk of PD, focusing on dietary antioxidants, fat, caffeine, dairy products, estrogen use, obesity, physical activity, and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Further, we will collect saliva samples from PD patients and selected controls without PD for genetic analysis. These results will be used to explore the PD associations with several common genetic polymorphisms and, for the first time, their interactions with several promising diet or lifestyle exposures. Many of the specific aims are novel and important but have been rarely examined in previous investigations. The findings will improve our understanding of the complex relationships among diet, lifestyle, gene-environment interaction, and PD etiology and may potentially contribute to successful PD prevention strategies.
Study Aims:
1. Examine dietary factors that may increase or decrease PD risk.
2. Examine lifestyle factors that may increase or decrease PD risk.
3. Examine genetic polymorphisms in relation to PD risk and their interactions with diet
and lifestyle on PD risk.
Study Population: The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study cohort.
Design:
1. Longitudinal study for the first two study aims
2. Nested case-control study for the third study aim.
Outcome Parameters: Physician confirmed PD diagnoses.
Study Design
N/A
Conditions
Parkinson's Disease (PD)
Location
NIEHS, Research Triangle Park
Research Triangle Park
North Carolina
United States
27709
Status
Active, not recruiting
Source
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00367900
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on January 17, 2013
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Mptp Poisoning
A condition caused by the neurotoxin MPTP which causes selective destruction of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Clinical features include irreversible parkinsonian signs including rigidity and bradykinesia (PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY). MPTP toxicity is also used as an animal model for the study of PARKINSON DISEASE. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1072; Neurology 1986 Feb;36(2):250-8)
Parkinsonian Disorders
A group of disorders which feature impaired motor control characterized by bradykinesia, MUSCLE RIGIDITY; TREMOR; and postural instability. Parkinsonian diseases are generally divided into primary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE), secondary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY) and inherited forms. These conditions are associated with dysfunction of dopaminergic or closely related motor integration neuronal pathways in the BASAL GANGLIA.
Parkinson Disease, Postencephalitic
Parkinsonism following encephalitis, historically seen as a sequella of encephalitis lethargica (Von Economo Encephalitis). The early age of onset, the rapid progression of symptoms followed by stabilization, and the presence of a variety of other neurological disorders (e.g., sociopathic behavior; TICS; MUSCLE SPASMS; oculogyric crises; hyperphagia; and bizarre movements) distinguish this condition from primary PARKINSON DISEASE. Pathologic features include neuronal loss and gliosis concentrated in the MESENCEPHALON; SUBTHALAMUS; and HYPOTHALAMUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p754)
Parkinson Disease, Secondary
Conditions which feature clinical manifestations resembling primary Parkinson disease that are caused by a known or suspected condition. Examples include parkinsonism caused by vascular injury, drugs, trauma, toxin exposure, neoplasms, infections and degenerative or hereditary conditions. Clinical features may include bradykinesia, rigidity, parkinsonian gait, and masked facies. In general, tremor is less prominent in secondary parkinsonism than in the primary form. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch38, pp39-42)
Selegiline
A selective, irreversible inhibitor of Type B monoamine oxidase. It is used in newly diagnosed patients with Parkinson's disease. It may slow progression of the clinical disease and delay the requirement for levodopa therapy. It also may be given with levodopa upon onset of disability. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p385) The compound without isomeric designation is Deprenyl.
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