Skin metabolites in Parkinson's disease
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigating skin metabolites as a new way to diagnose Parkinson’s disease
IRAS ID
191917
Contact name
Perdita Barran
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Associate Vice-President (Research Integrity) The University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 2 days
Research summary
In our initial pilot research we have demonstrated that there is a difference in the metabolites in the skin between subjects who have Parkinson's disease (PD) and those who don't. We hope to be able to develop a simple new test for PD that will involve rubbing a gauze swab on the skin and measuring the chemicals in the swab. We will use as chemistry technique called mass spectrometry to analyse all the chemicals. So far we have only studied small numbers of people. Having received funding from Parkinson's UK we now want to study much larger numbers of people with and without PD in order to determine whether we can use this method as a very simple test for PD.
REC name
South West - Cornwall & Plymouth Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SW/0354
Date of REC Opinion
16 Dec 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion