Clinical trials: Brain Stimulation
Epilepsy
RNS® System LTT Study
The RNS® System LTT study is designed to assess the ongoing safety and to evaluate the long-term efficacy of the RNS® System as an adjunctive therapy in reducing the frequency of seizures in individuals 18 years of age or older…
- Trial name
- NCT00572195
- Testing
- RNS® System
- Where
- 33 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- NeuroPace
Epilepsy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Epilepsy
The goal of the present clinical trial is to determine whether low frequency (0.5 Hz) rTMS can induce long term depression in epileptogenic cortex and thus suppress cortical excitability at the epileptic focus.
- Trial name
- TMS (NCT02757547)
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation - Active Arm
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Electrical Geodesics, Inc.
Parkinson Disease
Cartesia eXTend 3D Study
The purpose of the study is to document patient outcomes including effectiveness for Boston Scientific Corporation's Vercise Cartesia 16-contact Directional Lead(s) (X/HX) with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) systems for the…
- Trial name
- eXTend 3D (NCT04577651)
- Testing
- 16-contact Directional Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- 10 sites in Germany, Netherlands and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Parkinson Disease
Transcutaneous Afferent Patterned Stimulation (TAPS) for Reduction of Parkinson's Disease (PD) Related Action Tremor
Demonstrate safety and efficacy of TAPS delivered by a Cala device as a treatment for action tremor in subjects with Parkinson's disease hand tremor
- Trial name
- NCT05012579
- Testing
- Cala Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Cala Health, Inc.
Parkinson's Disease
BradyXplore Phase II: Bradykinesia Feature Extraction System
Study objectives are to improve motion sensor algorithms for measuring bradykinesia in the clinic and the home, evaluate test-retest reliability of motion sensor algorithms for measuring bradykinesia compared to clinician raters…
- Trial name
- NCT02358876
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc.
Parkinson Disease
Closed Loop Programming Evaluation Using External Responses for Deep Brain Stimulation
The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of novel DBS programming methods compared to traditional programming methods.
- Trial name
- CLOVER (NCT03037398)
- Testing
- Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation System
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Pain, Low Back Pain
Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients Treated With Spinal Cord Stimulation for Low Back and Leg Pain
The primary objective of this study is to identify the brain regions in which activity is affected by SCS. Baseline cerebral blood flow scans with the device turned off will be generated compared to scans produced with the device…
- Conditions
- Pain, Low Back Pain, Leg Pain
- Trial name
- NCT00418301
- Testing
- Precision Spinal Cord Stimulation and PET Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Epilepsy
VNS Therapy Automatic Magnet Mode Outcomes Study in Epilepsy Patients Exhibiting Ictal Tachycardia (E-37)
Obtain baseline clinical outcome data (Stage 1) upon which to base a subsequent study (Stage 2) of the Model 106 VNS implantable pulse generator
- Trial name
- E-37 (NCT01846741)
- Testing
- M106 VNS Therapy System
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Cyberonics, Inc.
Stroke, Upper Limb Deficits
VNS During Rehabilitation for Improved Upper Limb Motor Function After Stroke
The primary study objectives are to assess the safety and feasibility of the therapy, including the surgical intervention and stimulation, as well as to provide information on the appropriateness of the study test measures…
- Trial name
- NCT02243020
- Testing
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- MicroTransponder Inc.
Hand Function, Stroke
TheraBracelet Phase I
This project aims to test a new technology that may improve hand function impaired from a stroke, thereby improving independence and quality of life.
- Conditions
- Hand Function, Stroke, Upper Extremity, Hemiparesis
- Trial name
- NCT03318341
- Testing
- Real Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- TheraBracelet, Inc.
Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
Vercise Implantable Stimulator for Treating Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this study is to document patient outcomes, including effectiveness, safety, and health economic data, for the Boston Scientific implantable deep brain stimulation (DBS) Vercise™ system for bilateral stimulation of…
- Trial name
- VANTAGE (NCT01221948)
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- 7 sites in Austria, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Depressive Disorder, Major
European Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Depression Study
To evaluate the effects of two different programming settings of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the subgenual white matter (Brodmann Area 25 WM) as an adjunctive treatment for treatment resistant Major Depressive Disorder…
- Trial name
- NCT01331330
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- 5 sites in France, Israel and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Migraine Disorders
Occipital Nerve Stimulation (ONS) for Migraine: OPTIMISE
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) using the Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC) Precision™ System in the management of intractable chronic migraine…
- Trial name
- OPTIMISE (NCT01775735)
- Testing
- Occipital nerve stimulator
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Cluster Headache
Non-invasive Neurostimulation of the Vagus Nerve for the Treatment of Cluster Headache
Multi-center, prospective, double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled pivotal study of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation with the GammaCore® device for the acute treatment of cluster headache.
- Trial name
- CH (NCT01792817)
- Testing
- GammaCore
- Where
- 20 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- ElectroCore INC
Parkinson's Disease
Study of Magnetic Fields for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine if low level magnetic fields may help to relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00779155
- Testing
- The Resonator, The Resonator control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- pico-tesla Magnetic Therapies, LLC
Migraine With Aura
Efficacy and Safety of TMS for the Preemptive Treatment of Migraine With Aura
Assess safety and efficacy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for the treatment of migraine with aura The hypothesis is that TMS treatments delivered to the occipital cortex of the brain can stop or interrupt the…
- Trial name
- NCT00449540
- Testing
- Active Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Device
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people
- Sponsor
- Neuralieve
Migraine
Study of Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Drug Refractory Migraine
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an implantable device to treat migraine. There are a significant number of patients who have drug refractory migraine and alternative therapies are needed.
- Trial name
- PRISM UK (NCT00747812)
- Testing
- Precision
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Seizure
Neurostimulation to the Vagus Nerve for the Reduction in Frequency of Seizures Associated With Epilepsy
The purpose of this study is to see the effects of non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation for the reduction in frequency of seizure associated with epilepsy in subjects 18 or older.
- Trial name
- NCT01910129
- Testing
- gammaCore
- Where
- 2 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- ElectroCore INC
Parkinson Disease
IPG Replacement Study (PREFERENCE-H)
This post-marketing evaluation has been designed to consistently investigate the subject's preference when switching from a Medtronic® constant voltage or constant current device to a St Jude Medical Infinity™ or St Jude Medical…
- Trial name
- PREFERENCE-H (NCT02963259)
- Testing
- SJM Infinity™ DBS IPG or SJM Brio™ DBS IPG system
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Parkinson Disease
Adaptive DBS Algorithm for Personalized Therapy in Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of adaptive DBS (aDBS) for Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- ADAPT-PD (NCT04547712)
- Testing
- Adaptive DBS
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- MedtronicNeuro