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title: Reduce swallowing roll using rhythm
nct_id: NCT06695455
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Hopital La Musse
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06695455"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06695455"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:06:12.016Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Reduce swallowing roll using rhythm

**Goal (in five words):** Reduce swallowing roll using rhythm

**Official Title:** The Effect of an Auditory Rhythmic Cue on the Frequency of Rolling in Patients with Dysphagia and Parkinson's Disease: a Pilot Study

**Trial ID:** [NCT06695455](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06695455)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Hopital La Musse
- **Target Enrollment:** 18 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-04-05
- **Completion Date:** 2026-01-05
- **Conditions:** Oral Festination, Lingual Pumping, Dysphagia, Swallowing Disorder, PARKINSON DISEASE (Disorder)
- **Interventions:** Swallowing rehabilitation by rhythmic auditory cue
- **Intervention Types:** BEHAVIORAL

## Summary For Families

It aims to reduce how often people with Parkinson's have "rolling" or lingual pumping during swallowing, which makes eating inefficient and can raise the risk of choking or aspiration. The approach uses swallowing rehabilitation with rhythmic auditory cues, basically a steady beat that times tongue and throat muscle contractions so swallows become more regular and coordinated, helping to stop the tongue from rolling. This pilot will enroll about 18 people to see if the method is feasible and helpful. Adults 18 and older with idiopathic Parkinson's confirmed by DAT scan and a swallowing rolling problem can join, while people with severe pharyngeal aspiration, major hearing loss, significant cognitive impairment, ongoing speech therapy or gastrostomy, other neurological causes of dysphagia, pregnancy, legal protection measures, or participation in another trial are excluded.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease established by a neurologist using a DAT SCAN and clinical examination;
* Presence of a swallowing disorder, specifically rolling;
* Patient affiliated with the social security system;
* Patient aged 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severe pharyngeal dysphagia (leading to aspiration with nectar and pudding textures);
* Severe cognitive impairment (score \<24 on the Mini Mental Parkinson test);
* Known deafness/profound hearing loss;
* Patients under legal protection measures;
* History of reconstructive ENT surgery at the oropharyngeal level;
* Neurological history that could cause a swallowing disorder (e.g., stroke);
* Patient with a gastrostomy and no oral feeding;
* Ongoing speech therapy for swallowing;
* The patient is included in another research protocol;
* Pregnant women or women suspected of being pregnant;
```

## Locations (1)

- Hôpital La Musse - La Renaissance Sanitaire, Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent, Normandy, France _(49.0110, 1.0873)_
  - Julie LE BALC'H — (CONTACT) — =33 (0)2 32 29 30 01 — j.lebalch@hlrs-lamusse.net
  - Héloïse BAILLET, PhD — (CONTACT)
  - Eric VERIN, MD, PhD — (CONTACT)
  - Audrey BRINGER, MD - MSc — (CONTACT)
  - Eléna DEFROMERIE, MSc - CCC- SLP — (CONTACT)

## Central Contacts

- Héloïse BAILLET, PhD — (CONTACT) — +33 (0)2 32 29 30 47 — h.baillet@hlrs-lamusse.net

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