LOCAL ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT FINDING A CURE

A Parkinson's patient and the caregiver can participate at a local level to support finding a cure for Parkinson's disease by doing one or more of the following:

Complete a family history survey
Contact:  Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center (MAPRC) in                 Phoenix.  Participants can request a copy of the survey by                 calling 1-877-287-7122 or access it on-line at the MAPRC                 website: http://www.parkinsonregistry.org
 
Participate in an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Human Subjects, which reviews proposed protocols for clinical trials.
Contact:  http://research.unm.edu/recs/rcs_hsirb.html at UNM
 
Participate in a clinical trial of a new drug or therapy
Contact: http://www.pdpipeline.org for a database of PD clinical trials
              http://www.pdtrials.org for industry based trials
              http://www.clinicaltrials.gov for NIH trails