Randomized Study of Two Interventions for Liquid Aspiration: Short-Term and Long-Term Effects
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether chin-down posture or use of a thickened liquid diet is more effective in the prevention of aspiration and aspiration pneumonia in patients with Parkinson's disease and/or dementia. Liquid aspiration is the most common type of aspiration in older populations, especially those suffering from debilitation, dementia, and depression. Pneumonia may develop as a consequence of aspiration and is the fifth leading cause of death in the US among persons age 65 years and over. Current treatment involves either use of chin-down position with swallowing or use of thickened liquids in the diet, without any clear evidence supporting the use of one treatment over the other. This is a Phase III inpatient and/or outpatient study in which all participants will be randomly assigned to either the chin-down position or the thickened liquid treatment group based on swallowing function during a modified barium swallow. This study is scheduled to recruit patients for a three-year period; participation by each individual patient spans no more than three months after entry.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00000362
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 600 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 Years to 95 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Not listed
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2005
- Last update posted
- Apr 23, 2006
Ends 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin at Madison & multiple other U.S. locations | Madison | Wisconsin | — | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 23, 2006 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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