Using a rocking bed to improve sleep in Parkinson's disease patients

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This pilot study evaluates the feasibility and acceptability of using a rocking bed, known as Somnomat Casa, to provide nocturnal vestibular stimulation for patients with Parkinson's Disease over a two-month period. Twelve participants will receive this treatment in their home environment, and their feedback will be collected through questionnaires and interviews. The study will assess various outcomes, including sleep quality, motor and non-motor symptoms, and overall quality of life, using validated scales and physiological monitoring. Data will be collected before, during, and after the intervention to determine its effectiveness and acceptability.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Informed Consent signed by the subject
* PD according to the MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease
* Suffering from reduced sleep quality as defined by pathological cut-off (score of \> 5) on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
* Patients with stable antiparkinsonian, antidepressant, and sleep medications for six weeks before intervention and maintained on stable medication during the intervention period
* Treatment without bilateral deep brain stimulation
* Fluent in German

Exclusion Criteria:

* Brain disease other than Parkinson's disease (e.g. atypical Parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, etc.).
* Dementia as defined by a MOCA score lower than 24/30
* Weight \> 150kg
* Depression with acute suicidal ideation
* Presence of major ongoing psychiatric illness such as acute non-controlled psychosis
* Poor general health (e.g. non-controlled diabetes, uncontrolled arterial hypertension, therapy for malignancy)
* Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. filling out patient questionnaires due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant
* Participation in another interventional trial within the 30 days preceding and during the present study
* Participants with PSQI score lower or equal 5

Where it's running

• Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
  Bern, Switzerland Recruiting
• ETH Zurich, Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, IRIS
  Zurich, Switzerland Not yet recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Lenard Lachenmayer, MD — Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
• Study coordinator: Lenard Lachenmayer, MD
• Email: lenard.lachenmayer@insel.ch
• Phone: 31 66 4 12 59

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.