Clinical trials: Deep Brain Stimulation
Parkinson's Disease
Trial Comparing Functional Outcomes of Awake vs. Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of the proposed study is to demonstrate that the functional outcomes of DBS surgery utilizing the "asleep" technique are not inferior to those reported for traditional "awake" DBS technique.
- Trial name
- NCT02401308
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix
Neurocognitive Disorders
Study for Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders After Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson's Disease
Perioperative neurocognitive disorders(PND) is common to see in elderly patients. Although PND increases patient mortality as well as hospitalization time, apparent inflammatory factors, and related mechanisms are still unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT04696978
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- wenbinlu
Alzheimer Disease
Deep Brain Stimulation of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus for Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a brain disorder that gradually impacts cognitive functions such as memory, thinking, and daily functioning.
- Trial name
- DBS-PPN-AD (NCT06936124)
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation
The Effect of Electrode Implantation for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) on Brain Function Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) With Technetium-99m-ethyl Cysteinatedimer (Tc-ECD)
The goal of this study is to explore the effect of subthalamic nucleus (STN)-DBS surgery and stimulation in PD (Parkinson's disease) patients on regional cerebral blood (CBF) flow during cognitive task performance or at rest.
- Trial name
- NCT01037686
- Testing
- Injection of 15mCi of Tc-ECD and scanning by SPECT camera, Semantic verbal fluency task performance, Turning off the stimulator
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Healthy Volunteers
Blinding Integrity Assessment Using Rotational Field Transcranial Magnetic Stimualtion (rfTMS) in Healthy Adults
This study evaluates the effectiveness of an improved blinding method using rotational field transcranial magnetic stimulation (rfTMS) delivered through a multi-channel deep coil system (Brainsway, Jerusalem, Israel).
- Trial name
- NCT07706790
- Testing
- Active rfTMS
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Soroka University Medical Center
Parkinson Disease
Impact of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Pain in Parkinson Disease
Pain is a common symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) but the physiology remains poorly understood. Recent work suggests that subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) could make a profit on the pain in PD.
- Trial name
- NCT02885194
- Testing
- Laser-Evoked potential
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Dystonia
Alteration of Deep Brain Stimulation Parameters for Dystonia
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves placing electrodes into the brain. Through these electrodes, artificial electrical signals are chronically delivered into deep brain regions in order to alter abnormal brain activity.
- Trial name
- NCT00971854
- Testing
- Alteration of deep brain stimulator settings
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Parkinson Disease
Frequency Effect of STN-DBS Through the Dual System on FOG in PD
We aim to confirm the effect for FOG by changing the frequency through the dual-system approach in PD patients after STN-DBS.
- Trial name
- NCT04285099
- Testing
- Application of dual system in frequency A, Application of dual system in frequency B
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Glioblastoma Multiforme of Brain
Effect of Deep TMS on the Permeability of the BBB in Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme: a Pilot Study
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a specialized interface allowing a unique environment for neuro-glia networks. BBB dysfunction is common in brain disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02474966
- Testing
- Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS)
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza
Deep Brain Stimulation, Parkinson Disease
Remote Programming for Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease.
This study aims to conduct a randomized controlled study to compare the efficacy of remote programming (RP) on the improvement of motor function after DBS surgery in PD patients with standard programming (SP).
- Trial name
- REPRO-PD (NCT06078397)
- Testing
- remote programming, standard programming
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruijin Hospital
Improving Accuracy of Implanting Stimulation Electrodes
Correlation of Tractography and Motor Evoked Potentials in Deep Brain Stimulation
The goal is to establish another anatomical referencing system in order to achieve an even higher accuracy when implanting stimulation electrodes.
- Trial name
- NCT03136302
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Sub-cortical Stimulation
Ultrasound in Deep Brain Stimulation
It is the purpose of this proposal to apply tFUS to the ventral posterior lateral (VPL) nucleus of the thalamus in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT02382965
- Testing
- transcranial focused ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Parkinson Disease
Cortical Electrophysiology of Response Inhibition in Parkinson's Disease
Patients with Parkinson's Disease will be studied before, during, and after a deep brain stimulation implantation procedure to see if the stimulation location and the size of the electrical field produced by subthalamic nucleus…
- Trial name
- NCT06234995
- Testing
- Levodopa, Clinical DBS Setting, DBS Setting Maximizing Prefrontal Activation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Obesity
Deep Brain Stimulation for Human Morbid Obesity
The burden of morbid obesity to the circulatory, endocrine, and locomotor systems, as well as the psychological effects and related health-care costs, are well established in the medical literature.
- Trial name
- BLESS (NCT02232919)
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital do Coracao
Healthy Volunteers
Temporal Interference Methods for Non-invasive Deep Brain Stimulation, Study 1.2
In its totality, this grant aims to develop a line of research using temporal interference (TI) electrical neurostimulation technology to understand the causal role of deep brain structures in cognition.
- Trial name
- NCT07339072
- Testing
- Temporal Interference (TI) Electrical Stimulation - NAcc 5 Hz TI Active, Temporal Interference (TI) Electrical Stimulation - NAcc 10 Hz TI Active
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Parkinson Disease, Movement Disorders
Cognitive Decline Following Deep Brain Stimulation
This research study aims to identify MRI-based brain biomarkers that predict an individual's response to Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). In particular, this study will focus on changes in cognition associated with DBS.
- Trial name
- NCT05822388
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation Surgical Procedures as Part of Routine Clinical Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease (PD)
Attention and Eye Movement in Parkinson's Disease
The goal of this observational and interventional study is to understand how therapeutic deep brain stimulation (DBS) affects attention, perception and cognition in participants with Parkinson's disease (PD) and non-PD movement…
- Conditions
- Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease (PD), Dystonias
- Trial name
- NCT06899022
- Testing
- Normal therapeutic DBS, Reduced current DBS, Reduced frequency DBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Parkinson's Disease
Motor Performance in Parkinson's Disease After High Intensive Exercise or Deep Brain Stimulation
The purpose of this study is (1) to provide quantitative information of the motor manifestations of Parkinson's disease and (2) to quantify the effect of high intensive antigravity locomotor exercise or Deep Brain Stimulation…
- Trial name
- NCT01446549
- Testing
- High intensive antigravity locomotor exercise, Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Parkinson Disease, Visual Impairment
The Correlation of Reduction of Levodopa and Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease After Deep Brain Stimulation
Patients with parkinson disease (PD) usually reduced the dose the levodopa after received deep brain stimulation (DBS). However, studies seldomly mentioned about the influences on non-motors systems after the reduction.
- Trial name
- NCT05901350
- Testing
- Levodopa
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 338 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University