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Study to Characterize Acute and Chronic Directional Aspects of Deep Brain Stimulation

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Interventions
Device: BSC Deep Brain Stimulation System with Directional Lead
Registration Number
NCT02835274
Lead Sponsor
Boston Scientific Corporation
Brief Summary

The primary objective is to characterize the programming effects of Boston Scientific Vercise™ PC System using the DBS Directional Lead for bilateral STN DBS for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in acute and chronic settings.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
12
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of bilateral idiopathic PD with the presence of rigidity and at least one (1) of the following: resting tremor or bradykinesia.
  • UPDRS III score of >25 in the meds OFF condition
  • Medication must improve PD symptoms by ≥30%, as measured by UPDRS subset III score

Key

Exclusion Criteria
  • Any significant psychiatric problems, including unrelated clinically significant depression as determined by the investigator
  • Any current drug or alcohol abuse as determined by the investigator
  • Any history of recurrent or unprovoked seizures
  • Any significant medical condition that is likely to interfere with study procedures or likely to confound evaluation of study endpoints, including any terminal illness with survival <12 months

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Unrestricted mode followed by ring modeBSC Deep Brain Stimulation System with Directional LeadUnrestricted Mode stimulation followed by omni-directional stimulation
Ring mode followed by Unrestricted modeBSC Deep Brain Stimulation System with Directional Leadomni-directional stimulation followed by unrestricted Mode stimulation
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mean Change in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Scores - Motor Section (Part III) at End of Randomized PhaseUp to 12 months post-implant

Mean change in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) scores - motor section (Part III) at end of randomized phase in meds ON condition

Range of UPDRS III is 0 - 108 with greater scores indicating worse disease state

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

CHU Grenoble - Hopital Michallon

🇫🇷

Grenoble, France

Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg

🇩🇪

Wuerzburg, Germany

Academisch Medisch Centrum

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

CHU Grenoble - Hopital Michallon
🇫🇷Grenoble, France
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