Parkinson's UK Associate Director of Research Prof. David Dexter and PPI volunteer Paula Scurfield, together with some of the research staff at Parkinson's UK are involved in the new ACT-PD (Accelerated Clinical Trials) initiative. Funded by the Edmond J. Safra Foundation,  ACT-PD is a 3-year programme that brings together national and international experts to develop a protocol and sustainable strategy for a multi-arm, multi-stage trial platform to investigate disease-modifying therapies in Parkinson’s disease. A Multi-Arm Multi-Stage (or MAMS) clinical trial is a [...]