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Directional Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease

Not Applicable
Conditions
G20
Parkinson disease
Registration Number
DRKS00010783
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum FreiburgKlinik für NeurochirurgieAbteilung für Steroetaktische und Funktionelle Neurochirurgie
Brief Summary

The study was terminated prematurely and will not be evaluated. The reason is that the measurements to be carried out within the local surgical routine have proven to be too complex and therefore not feasible. In this respect, the feasibility of the approach to be tested in the validation phase has not been confirmed and the second, randomized phase of the study could not be started. Five patients were included in the study. Evaluable electrophysiological data could only be obtained from one of the five patients. A final report will not be created due to the early termination and the small amount of analyzable data.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting stopped after recruiting started
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5
Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female patients aged =35 and = 75 years
2. Patients with the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease according to the criteria of the British PD Brain Bank. Parkinson patients are included with a prominent hypokinetic-rigid component of their disease and beginning or severe motor fluctuations
3. Disease duration = 4 years
4. Written informed consent
5. UPDRS part III (off) 30-50

Exclusion Criteria

1. Major Depression with suicidal thoughts or suicidal thoughts in history
2. Signs of dementia in neuropsychological testing (part of clinical routine assessment)
3. Acute psychosis stated by a psychiatric physician
4. Nursing care at home
5. Unable to give written informed consent
6. Surgical contraindications
7. Medications that are likely to cause interactions in the opinion of the investigator
8. Known or persistent abuse of medication, drugs or alcohol
9. Current or planned pregnancy, nursing period

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Therapeutic width of a directed current paradigm compared to a conventional (spherical”) stimulation
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
-Therapeutic widths of directed current paradigms (conventional (spherical”) mode stimulation, stimulation based on a computational model of an optimal electric field, electrophysiology-based stimulation paradigm).<br>-Unified Parkinson’s Disease rating scale (UPDRS) Part III (Stim On, Med Off) immediately after programming of the DBS-System. For this assessment, an amplitude will be selected that is just below the threshold of side effects (including On-state dyskinesia).<br>-UPDRS Part III (Stim On, Med. On) after 4 weeks for each paradigm (spherical mode stimulation, modulation of the electric field based on a computational model, modulation of the electric field based on intraoperative electrophysiological measurements) <br>-Description of side effects
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