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Parkinson's Disease: early-phase trial registry

42 of 161 indexed Parkinson's Disease trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #67 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

161 US clinical trials · 42 currently recruiting · #67 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Parkinson's Disease: 161 US clinical trials tracked, 42 recruiting.

Parkinson's Disease is the subject of 161 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 42 of them currently open to new participants. 21 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 55 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is VA Office of Research and Development, running 16 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition parkinsons-disease

OPEN 42 | RECR 26% | LATE 21 | EARLY 55 | RANK #67 | SPON 16

Nearest open-share peer: Barrett's Esophagus (26% recruiting · 23 trials)

Epilepsy47.6%Gastric Cancer45.3%Neoplasms31.3%Parkinson's Disease (this)26%Bipolar Disorder22.7%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease lists 42 open slots (26% of 161 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Parkinson's Disease on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Parkinson's Disease is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    42 of 161 indexed trials (26.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Parkinson's Disease trials is spread across many organizations.

    VA Office of Research and Development accounts for 16 of 161 trials (9.9%). 99 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Parkinson's Disease trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 51 among the 159 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 100 of those (62.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Parkinson's Disease research is mostly interventional.

    114 interventional and 47 observational studies make up this index (70.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 124Phase 231Phase 311Phase 410

Open and recent trials

161 total, page 1 of 4

RECRUITING 25,000 participants

Parkinson's Foundation PD GENEration Genetic Registry

Parkinson's Foundation

NCT04994015

RECRUITING 5,000 participants

Physiological Brain Atlas Development

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT00575081

RECRUITING 5,000 participants

The Parkinson's Genetic Research Study

University of Washington

NCT01558479

RECRUITING 4,000 participants

Natural History Protocol for Movement Disorders

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

NCT05413291

RECRUITING 2,000 participants

Retinal Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disease

Duke University

NCT03233646

RECRUITING 2,000 participants

Modifiable Variables in Parkinsonism (MVP)

Bastyr University

NCT02194816

RECRUITING 1,500 participants

Registry of Deep Brain Stimulation With the VERCISE™ System: Vercise DBS Registry

Boston Scientific Corporation

NCT02071134

RECRUITING Phase 3 900 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous (IV) Prasinezumab in Participants With Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT07174310

RECRUITING 430 participants

Parkinson's Disease in Asian Americans

Tufts University

NCT05532982

RECRUITING NA 300 participants

Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy in Movement Disorders

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

NCT02119611

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Movement Disorders

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

NCT01581580

RECRUITING Phase 1 184 participants

PET Imaging of Cyclooxygenases in Neurodegenerative Brain Disease

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NCT04396873

RECRUITING NA 180 participants

Sensory-specific Peripheral Stimulation for Tremor Management

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

NCT04501133

RECRUITING NA 166 participants

Telemedicine Intervention in Patients With Chronic Pain in PD

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05410392

RECRUITING NA 150 participants

Pilot Study of Open Label Homocysteine Management Therapy in Levodopa-treated Parkinson's Disease

Oregon Health and Science University

NCT06772220

RECRUITING 120 participants

Gait Analysis in Neurological Disease

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT02994719

RECRUITING Phase 2 120 participants

Imaging Depression in Parkinson's Disease

Yale University

NCT06402955

RECRUITING Phase 1 108 participants

A Clinical Trial of LY3962681 in Healthy Volunteers and in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Prevail Therapeutics

NCT06565195

RECRUITING 100 participants

Kinematic and Neural Dynamics of Postural Instability in Parkinson's Disease

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT06405334

RECRUITING 100 participants

Udall Project 1 Aim 4

University of Minnesota

NCT05568199

RECRUITING Phase 2 80 participants

Ketamine for Veterans With Parkinson's Disease

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT06231563

RECRUITING 76 participants

Distinguishing Between Alzheimer's Disease, Lewy Body Dementia, and Parkinson's Disease

Douglas Scharre

NCT03019757

RECRUITING NA 72 participants

Remote Dynamic Cycling for the Customized Off-site Rehab in Parkinson's Disease

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05298150

RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Evaluation of Tau-Pathology in Sporadic and LRRK2 Parkinson's Disease

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

NCT07020026

RECRUITING 60 participants

A Post-Approval Registry for Exablate 4000 Type 1.0 and Type 1.1 for Unilateral Pallidotomy for the Treatment of Advanced, Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease With Medication-refractory Moderate to Severe Motor Complications

InSightec

NCT05539196

RECRUITING Phase 1 56 participants

rTMS to Improve Cognition in Parkinson's

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT03836950

RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Speech Learning and Speech Production in Parkinson's Disease

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT07403539

RECRUITING 40 participants

Deep Brain Stimulation for Visuomotor Function in Parkinson's Disease

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05400499

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 40 participants

PET Imaging Evaluation of [11C]SY08

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT06098612

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Efficacy of a Breathwork Practice (SKY) on Well-Being of Individuals With Parkinson's Disease (iPD) and Care Partners

Nova Southeastern University

NCT06581523

RECRUITING 40 participants

Colonic Tissue Biopsy Detection of Phosphorylated Alpha-synuclein for Parkinson's Diagnosis or REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

CND Life Sciences

NCT07217054

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Feasibility and Safety of a Portable Exoskeleton to Improve Mobility in Parkinson's Disease

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT06028529

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Tenapanor in Synucleinopathy-Related Constipation

Cedar Valley Digestive Health Center

NCT06460038

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Patterned Multichannel Vibrotactile Stimulation for the Longitudinal Treatment of Moderate Stage Parkinson's Disease

Synergic Medical Technologies

NCT05830110

RECRUITING Phase 1 25 participants

A Multicenter Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, and Clinical Responses of DSP-1083 Into Subjects With Parkinson's Disease

Sumitomo Pharma America

NCT06753331

RECRUITING NA 24 participants

Effects of Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation Location on Motor Impairment in Parkinson's Disease

University of Minnesota

NCT05557864

RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

A Study to Evaluate Feasibility, Safety, and Clinical Responses of Implanting Autologous Peripheral Nerve Tissue Into the Brain for Non-motor or Motor Symptoms in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Undergoing DBS Surgery

Craig van Horne, MD, PhD

NCT06683378

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 22 participants

Open-label Study to Evaluate Brain α-Synuclein Deposition Using PET and [18F]MK-0947 in Parkinson's Disease

Invicro

NCT07348250

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Adaptive Neurostimulation to Restore Sleep in Parkinson's Disease (Aim 2)

University of Nebraska

NCT05070013

RECRUITING NA 10 participants

Novel DBS Stimulation Patterns for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

University of Nebraska

NCT04799470

RECRUITING NA 10 participants

Combined STN and NBM Deep Brain Stimulation for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease

Helen M. Bronte-Stewart

NCT05968703

RECRUITING Phase 1 7 participants

Autologous suraL nervE Grafting to the Substantia nigrA in Patients With Synuclienopathies

Craig van Horne, MD, PhD

NCT06683365

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 25,000 participants

Rostock International Parkinson's Disease Study (ROPAD)

CENTOGENE GmbH Rostock

NCT03866603

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 586 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Prasinezumab in Participants With Early Parkinson's Disease

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT04777331

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 500 participants

Global Registry: ExAblate Neuro MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) of Neurological Disorders:

InSightec

NCT03100474

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 381 participants

Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability Study of ND0612 vs. Oral Immediate Release Levodopa/Carbidopa (IR-LD/CD) in Subjects With Parkinson's Disease Experiencing Motor Fluctuations

NeuroDerm

NCT04006210

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 320 participants

PET Imaging in Parkinson Disease Dementia

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT01052350

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 316 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Prasinezumab (RO7046015/PRX002) in Participants With Early Parkinson's Disease

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT03100149

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 237 participants

Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacokinetics of BIA 28-6156 in GBA-PD

Bial R&D Investments, S.A.

NCT05819359

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 214 participants

A Long Term Safety Study of ND0612 Administered as a Continuous SC Infusion in Advanced Parkinson's Disease

NeuroDerm

NCT02726386

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 24
Phase 2 31
Phase 3 11
Phase 4 10

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Parkinson's Disease records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
19 trials
Rasagiline Drug
6 trials
Placebo Other
4 trials
Health education Behavioral
3 trials
Deep Brain Stimulation Device
3 trials
rasagiline mesylate Drug
2 trials
Istradefylline (KW-6002) Drug
2 trials
IPX066 Drug
2 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Parkinson's Disease trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 44 trials
Florida 36 trials
New York 26 trials
Illinois 25 trials
Georgia 22 trials
Colorado 22 trials
Massachusetts 21 trials
Arizona 20 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Parkinson's Disease page

161 registered trials, 42 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Parkinson's Disease condition card totals 161 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.