The UPbeating GReek Application of DancE in Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trial

Dance for Parkinson's Disease® (DfPD®) is a specially designed dance program for individuals with PD. This study assesses the efficacy, safety and feasibility of a culturally adapted DfPD® program offered both live and online in Greek PD patients. A total of 40 early-to-mid-stage PD Greek patients have been enrolled to underwent a total of 16 60-min classes twice weekly over 8 weeks both live and online as well as to be part of the non-intervention control group in a 3-arms crossover randomized controlled clinical trial. Assessments will be performed at baseline and at the end of each study period and will include quality of life, fatigue, depressive symptoms, stress, anxiety, sarcopenia, frailty, balance, cognitive functions, movement and non-movement PD symptoms, and Body Mass Index (BMI). Safety and feasibility of each of the dance interventions (live DfPD® vs remote DfPD®) will be assessed.

NCT Number	NCT06220084
Lead Sponsor	University of West Attica Collaborators: World in Harmony/Mundo en Armonia
Conditions	Parkinson Disease
Enrollment	40 participants
Start Date	2023-05-02
Primary Completion	2024-07-11 (estimated)
Study Completion	2024-07-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2024-07-12