The success of the Monument Discovery Award is crucially dependent on the participation of individuals with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), whose contribution to this cutting edge research is highly valued. From 2010 we will be recruiting 2000 patients with PD living in the Thames Valley over the next 5 years. Patients with a diagnosis of PD made since April 2007 will be eligible for study participation which will involve several outpatient visits to their local district general or regional hospital. Participation will be on an entirely voluntary basis. Individuals will be given the opportunity to consent to a blood test for DNA analysis and a clinical assessment with a neurologist during the outpatient visits. A subgroup of patients will be invited to have further specialist investigations at the regional neurosciences centre in Oxford. We will also be recruiting a group of age-matched controls without PD from the partners of patients in order to better interpret our results.

            The projected start date for the study is April 2010. At this stage, if you would like to register an expression of interest in being contacted by our research team in the future with further details about the research, please complete this form. This does not in any way commit you to participation in the study, but means your details will be passed on to our research team who will contact you with more information on the study in the future.