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Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Bilateral Exablate Ablation of the Pallidothalamic Tract (PTT) for the Treatment of the Motor Complications of Parkinson's Disease (PD)

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Interventions
Device: Exablate 4000
Registration Number
NCT04728295
Lead Sponsor
InSightec
Brief Summary

Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Staged Bilateral Exablate Ablation of the Pallidothalamic Tract (PTT) for the Treatment of the Motor Complications of Parkinson's Disease (PD).

Detailed Description

This study is a prospective, open label, single-arm, multi-center clinical trial to establish the safety and effectiveness of bilateral PTTractotomy for the treatment of motor complications in patients with bilateral idiopathic Parkinson's Disease. A maximum of 50 subjects will be treated at up to 10 sites.

Subjects will undergo an Exablate index procedure targeting the PTT and will be seen at 1-week,1-, 3-, and 6- months post treatment. At the 6-month visit, subjects will be evaluated for an Exablate procedure on the other side.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Men and women, age 30 years and older, desiring bilateral treatment option with second side staged at 6 months.
  • Subject is able and willing to give informed consent and able to attend all study visits
  • Subject with a diagnosis of idiopathic PD by UK Brain Bank Criteria as confirmed by a movement disorder neurologist at the site.
  • Motor complications of PD on optimum medical treatment
  • Subject is on a stable dose of all PD medications for 30 days prior to screening visit
  • Subject is able to communicate sensations during the Exablate procedure.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject where there is suspicion that Parkinsonian symptoms are a side effect from neuroleptic medications.

  • Subject with significant cognitive impairment as determined by the neuropsychologist.

  • Subject has other central neurodegenerative disease suspected on neurological examination. These include: multisystem atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal syndrome, dementia with Lewy bodies, and Alzheimer's disease.

  • Subject with unstable psychiatric disease, defined as active uncontrolled depressive symptoms, psychosis, delusions, hallucinations, or suicidal ideation

  • Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or lactating

  • Subjects exhibiting any behavior(s) consistent with ethanol or substance abuse

  • Subject with unstable cardiac status or severe hypertension including:

    • Documented myocardial infarction within six months of enrollment
    • Unstable angina on medication
    • Unstable or worsening congestive heart failure
    • Left ventricular ejection fraction below the lower limit of normal
    • History of a hemodynamically unstable cardiac arrhythmia
    • Cardiac pacemaker
    • Diastolic BP > 100 on medication
  • Subject with history of abnormal bleeding, hemorrhage, or coagulopathy including:

  • Subject with risk factors for intraoperative or postoperative bleeding as indicated by: platelet count less than 100,000 per cubic millimeter; a documented clinical coagulopathy; or INR coagulation studies exceeding the institution's laboratory standard.

  • History of intracranial hemorrhage, multiple strokes, or a stroke within past 6 months

  • Subjects with intracranial aneurysms requiring treatment or arterial venous malformations (AVMs) requiring treatment

  • Subject is receiving anticoagulant (e.g., warfarin) or antiplatelet (e.g., aspirin) therapy within one week of focused ultrasound procedure or drugs known to increase risk or hemorrhage (e.g., Avastin) within one month of focused ultrasound procedure.

  • Subject with severely impaired renal function with estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73m2 (or per local standards should that be more restrictive) and/or who is on dialysis.

  • Subjects with a history of seizures within the past year.

  • Subject with an intracranial brain tumor

  • Subjects with life-threatening systemic disease that include and not limited to the following will be excluded from the study participation: HIV, liver failure, blood dyscrasias, etc.

  • Any illness that in the investigator's opinion preclude participation in this study.

  • Subject with standard contraindications for MR imaging such as implanted metallic devices

  • Subject who had prior deep brain stimulation of the basal ganglia or thalamus.

  • Subjects who are unable to tolerate the required prolonged stationary supine position during treatment.

  • Subject who is participating in another clinical investigation with an active treatment arm in the last 30 days.

  • Subject who is unable to communicate with the investigator and staff.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SEQUENTIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Exablate Pallidothalamic TractotomyExablate 4000Exablate treatment for Advanced Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
MDS-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Part III OFF MedicationUp to Month 3 post Bilateral Treatment

OFF-medication, Upper + Lower Extremity motor score from the MDS-UPDRS Part III comparing Month 3 post Bilateral treatment to Baseline. Lower score on the scale means a better outcome.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
MDS-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Part IIUp to Month 12 post Bilateral Treatment

MDS-UPDRS Part II - Activities of Daily living comparing all Bilateral scheduled visits to Baseline. Lower score on the scale means a better outcome.

Trial Locations

Locations (9)

Rush University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Stanford

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

Neurology, Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur (HM CINAC)

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

University of Maryland, Baltimore

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Clínica Universidad de Navarra

🇪🇸

Pamplona, Spain

Delray Medical Center

🇺🇸

Delray Beach, Florida, United States

New York University Langone

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Weill Cornell Medicine

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

🇨🇳

Lugang, Changhua County, Taiwan

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