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. 2022;12(4):1359-1363.
doi: 10.3233/JPD-223190.

Including People with Parkinson's Disease in Clinical Study Design and Execution: A Call to Action

Marjan J Meinders  1   2 , Anne C Donnelly  3 , Margaret Sheehan  3 , Bastiaan R Bloem  1   4
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Including People with Parkinson's Disease in Clinical Study Design and Execution: A Call to Action

Marjan J Meinders et al. J Parkinsons Dis. 2022.

Abstract

The proactive inclusion of patients in the design and execution of clinical studies has been an emerging focus for decades. Such participatory research helps to design studies better, by addressing relevant research questions and defining outcomes that matter to patients. Yet, much remains to be learned about the best methods and exact impacts of patient engagement in research in general, and more specifically, about the specific challenges that come with Parkinson's disease. Here we present the lived experiences of patient researchers living with Parkinson's disease, as a motivation for the value of their perspectives in research and as a call to action for empirical research on how to successfully include patient researchers.

Keywords: Parkinson’s disease; Patient participation; patient advocacy; patient preference.

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The authors have no conflict of interest to report.

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