Effects of deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens on the dopaminergic activity in patients with Gilles-de-la-Tourette-syndrome

niversity of Aachen0 sitesJuly 19, 2007

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: The participants under study are recruited from a sample of patients suffering from a severe form of the Gilles-de-la-Tourette-syndrome who are waiting to receive deep-brain stimulation of the ncl. accumbens as therapeutic treatment.
Sponsor: niversity of Aachen
Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Updated: 14 years ago

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

July 19, 2007

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Sex

All

Sponsor

niversity of Aachen

•1\. only patients will be included who hav acceded to undergo deep brain stimulation for treatment of their Tourette\-syndrome;
•2\. as a consequence of 1\. patients will
•\-be over 18 years of age
•\-have a certain diagnosis of GTS
•\-have a severe, chronic and medically refractory form of GTS
•Are the trial subjects under 18? no
•Number of subjects for this age range:
•F.1\.2 Adults (18\-64 years) yes
•F.1\.2\.1 Number of subjects for this age range
•F.1\.3 Elderly (\>\=65 years) no

•1\. existence of other physical or neurological indispositions that might interfere with the study parameters or provide a risk to the patient in the course of the study
•2\. pregnancy
•3\. propofol hypersensitivity
•4\. incapability of giving consent personally