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Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Boston Scientific's Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system in the treatment of patients with with advanced, levodopa-responsive bilateral Parkinson's disease (PD) which is not adequately controlled with medication.

Start: May 2013

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Data Base Study

The primary goal of this study is to evaluate and compare outcomes, trends, and effectiveness of both awake and asleep Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgical treatments, target selection, targeting accuracy and outcomes in patients with Parkinson's disease and Essential tremor.

Start: April 2013

Characterization of Patients With Uncommon Presentations and/or Uncommon Diseases Associated With the Cardiovascular System

Background: - Researchers are interested in studying individuals who have known or suspected metabolic or genetic diseases that put them at a high risk for heart diseases or diseases of their blood vessels. To improve the results of the study, both affected and nonaffected individuals will be asked to provide blood and other samples and will undergo tests to evaluate heart and lung function. Nonaffected individuals will include relatives of affected individuals and healthy nonrelated volunteers. Objectives: - To study individuals who have or are at risk for cardiovascular diseases, as well as their unaffected relatives and healthy volunteers. Eligibility: - Individuals between 1 and 100 years of age. Participants may be healthy volunteers, individuals with cardiovascular diseases, or unaffected relatives of individuals with cardiovascular diseases. Design: Participants will have some or all of the following tests, as directed by the study researchers: Photography of the face and full body Body measurements Radiography, including chest or limb x-rays Metabolic stress testing to study heart and muscle function Echocardiography to study heart function Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, including cardiovascular MRI, angiography, and contrast MRI, to study heart function and performance Computed tomography (CT) angiogram to obtain images of the heart and lungs Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to study possible fat infiltration of the heart Six-minute walk test to study heart, lung, and muscle function and performance Vascular ultrasound to study blood vessel walls Blood, tissue, and other specimens will be collected for research and testing, and will be taken either as part of the clinical study or during surgical procedures. Follow-up studies may be performed under separate research protocols.

Start: July 2010

Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Movement Disorders

Background: - Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an approved surgery for certain movement disorders, like Parkinson's disease, that do not respond well to other treatments. DBS uses a battery-powered device called a neurostimulator (like a pacemaker) that is placed under the skin in the chest. It is used to stimulate the areas of the brain that affect movement. Stimulating these areas helps to block the nerve signals that cause abnormal movements. Researchers also want to record the brain function of people with movement disorders during the surgery. Objectives: To study how DBS surgery affects Parkinson s disease, dystonia, and tremor. To obtain information on brain and nerve cell function during DBS surgery. Eligibility: - People at least 18 years of age who have movement disorders, like Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. Design: Researchers will screen patients with physical and neurological exams to decide whether they can have the surgery. Patients will also have a medical history, blood tests, imaging studies, and other tests. Before the surgery, participants will practice movement and memory tests. During surgery, the stimulator will be placed to provide the right amount of stimulation for the brain. Patients will perform the movement and memory tests that they practiced earlier. After surgery, participants will recover in the hospital. They will have a followup visit within 4 weeks to turn on and adjust the stimulator. The stimulator has to be programmed and adjusted over weeks to months to find the best settings. Participants will return for followup visits at 1, 2, and 3 months after surgery. Researchers will test their movement, memory, and general quality of life. Each visit will last about 2 hours.

Start: August 2011

Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy in Movement Disorders

Background: - In deep brain stimulation (DBS), a device called a neurostimulator is placed in the chest. It is attached to wires in parts of the brain that affect movement. DBS might help people with movement disorders like Parkinson s disease (PD), dystonia, and essential tremor (ET). Objective: - To provide DBS treatment to people with some movement disorders. Eligibility: - Adults 18 years and older with PD, ET, or certain forms of dystonia. Design: Participants will be screened with medical history and physical exam. They will have blood and urine tests and: MRI brain scan. The participant will lie on a table that slides in and out of a metal cylinder with a magnetic field. They will be in the scanner about 60 minutes. They will get earplugs for the loud noises. During part of the MRI, a needle will guide a thin plastic tube into an arm vein and a dye will be injected. Electrocardiogram. Metal disks or sticky pads will be placed on the chest, arms, and legs. They record heart activity. Chest X-ray. Tests of memory, attention, concentration, thinking, and movement. Eligible participants will have DBS surgery. The surgery and hospital care afterward are NOT part of this protocol. Study doctors will see participants 3 4 weeks after surgery to turn on the neurostimulator. Participants will return every month for 3 months, then every 3 months during the first year, and every 6 months during the second year. Each time, participants will be examined and answer questions. DBS placement will be evaluated with MRI. The neurostimulator will be programmed. At two visits, participants will have tests of movements, thinking, and memory.

Start: April 2014

Gait Characteristics and Cognitive Evolution in Parkinson Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive nervous system disease with gradual motor impairment. Cognitive dysfunction is common in PD, even in the early stages, and it is characterized by impairments in executive, attention, memory, language and visuospatial function. Motor symptoms, in particular, alterations in gait, have been studied in clinical practice to assess disease progression, and its response to treatments, both farmacological and physiotherapeutic. Recent research on wearable technology in PD has shown that motor tests can be automated using wearable technology to eliminate human supervision and patient-reported data. Particularly, the quantitative gait analysis by using inertial devices has been proposed as a sensitive tool to longitudinally monitor gait worsening, response to dopaminergic treatment over time and cognitive dysfunction in PD patients. The aim of this prospective multicente observational study is to investigate whether the dysfunction of specific gait parameters may be correlated to cognitive impairment (Attention/Executive Function Domain) in a cohort of ambulatory PD patients followed for 3 years.

Start: November 2019

Registry of Deep Brain Stimulation With the VERCISE™ System: Vercise DBS Registry

The purpose of this registry is to compile characteristics of world-wide outcomes for the use of Boston Scientific's commercially available Vercise DBS system in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Additionally, the utilization of Guide XT (GXT) System when used as a planning tool for the programming of patients with the Boston Scientific's Vercise DBS Systems is also evaluated.

Start: March 2014

to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Four Formulations of LY03009 in Healthy Volunteers

The purpose of this study is to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Four Formulations of LY03009 in Healthy Volunteers.

Start: February 2021

A Clinical Trial Investigating the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Continuous Subcutaneous ND0612 Infusion in Comparison to Oral IR-LD/CD in Subjects With Parkinson's Disease Experiencing Motor Fluctuations (BouNDless).

This is a multi-center, randomized, double blind, active controlled clinical Study. Following a screening period, eligible subjects will be enrolled to an open-label oral IR LD/CD adjustment period; then an open-label ND0612 conversion period; then after optimization periods subjects will be randomized to receive either ND0612 or its matching Placebo with IR LD/CD. Subjects can continue to an optional open-label extension period for one year; To contact US site near you should go to: www.BouNDless-Study.com

Start: August 2019

Effects of Exenatide on Motor Function and the Brain

The purpose of this research study is to investigate how the brain and motor behavior changes Parkinson's Disease (PD) over time in response to Exenatide. In previous clinical trials, PD patients have experienced symptomatic improvement on Exenatide and literature suggests it may help slow the progression of Parkinson's. Both will be evaluated in this study.

Start: June 2018

An RCT of a Telemedicine Intervention for Hypokinetic Dysarthria in PD

Nearly 90% of people with Parkinson's disease have speech and voice disorders that negatively impact their ability to communicate effectively in daily life. This study will test the hypothesis that a combined speech and exercise intervention will improve speech intelligibility in people with Parkinson's disease and speech impairment. This approach would offer an affordable way to continue to both instruct and encourage training by Veterans virtually indefinitely through the remote access technology. These findings may help VA clinicians provide optimal care for the many Veterans with Parkinson's disease and speech impairment.

Start: July 2021

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of BIIB094 in Adults With Parkinson's Disease

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of single and multiple doses of BIIB094 administered via intrathecal (IT) injection to participants with Parkinson's Disease (PD). The secondary objective of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of BIIB094.The study is open for PD patients with verified presence or absence of variations in the leucine-rich repeated kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene, but also for patients without any verified PD-related genetic variant.

Start: August 2019

Phenylbutyrate Response as a Biomarker for Alpha-synuclein Clearance From the Brain

This is a Phase I clinical trial of the FDA approved drug Glycerol Phenylbutyrate to see if phenylbutyrate can increase the removal of alpha-synuclein from the brain into the bloodstream. Alpha-synuclein forms abnormal protein deposits in dopamine neurons and is believed to cause the death of brain cells, leading to Parkinson's Disease.

Start: January 2014

Multiple Ascending Dose Study of MEDI1341 in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of multiple ascending iv doses of MEDI341 in male and female subjects with Parkinson's Disease.

Start: August 2020

Adaptive Closed Loop Neuromodulation and Neural Signatures of Parkinson's Disease

Continuous deep brain stimulation (cDBS) is an established therapy for the major motor signs in Parkinson's disease. Currently, cDBS is limited to "open-loop" stimulation, without real-time adjustment to the patient's state of activity, fluctuations and types of motor symptoms, medication dosages, or neural markers of the disease. The purpose of this study is to determine if an adaptive DBS system,responding to patient specific, clinically relevant neural or kinematic feedback, is more effective than continuous DBS on the motor Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS III) and specific phenotypic measures in Parkinson's Disease.

Start: January 2015

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Prasinezumab in Participants With Early Parkinson's Disease

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that will evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous (IV) prasinezumab versus placebo in participants with Early Parkinson's Disease (PD) who are on stable symptomatic PD medication.

Start: May 2021

Cont. of a Study to Evaluate Implanting Peripheral Nerve Grafts Into Subjects With Parkinson's Disease (PD) During DBS

This pilot study is designed to follow up on a previous, preliminary study and test the long-term safety and feasibility of the implantation of autologous peripheral nerve grafts into the substantia nigra, basal forebrain, putamen, and/or STN of participants with PD undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. Peripheral nerve tissue contains Schwann cells which produce growth factors that have been demonstrated to support the survival and function of neurons. Participants will serve as their own donor for the tissue, which will be implanted at the time they undergo DBS surgery.

Start: February 2015

PET Imaging in Parkinson Disease Dementia

The purpose of this study is to use a brain imaging method called PIB PET to determine dementia subtypes in patients with Parkinson's disease. The ultimate goal of this project is to be able to identify individuals with PD who are at risk of developing dementia, and to distinguish the underlying cause of dementia.

Start: August 2006

Tandem DBS for Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study Utilizing STN/GPi + Hypothalamic Stimulation

Does dual hemispheric stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and fornix/hypothalamus potentially improve cognitive function in patients with Parkinsons disease.

Start: April 2012

Attentional Performance in Parkinson Disease

Background: Parkinson Disease (PD) is a nervous system disorder that affects movement. Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter in the brain. As PD progresses, there is less and less dopamine in the brain. Researchers think there may be a relationship between differences in attention and dopamine in people with PD. Objective: To learn if people with PD that is worse on one side also have differences in how much attention they pay to the two sides of space on their left and right. Eligibility: English-speaking, right-handed people age 35-80 with PD. Design: Participants will be screened with medical and neurological history and exam, and medicine review. Participants will have 1 study visit. It will last 7-8 hours. They will stop taking their Parkinson medicine 12 hours before the visit. Participants will complete questionnaires. Participants will do tasks on a computer screen. They will judge the middle of lines, react to stimuli, and search and identify items that appear on the screen. Participants may have functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to take pictures of the brain. During the MRI, participants will lie on a table that slides in and out of the MRI scanner. While inside the scanner, they will look at a cross on a screen, relax, and think about nothing. Participants will undergo prism adaptation. They will sit in front of a board while their chin rests on a support. They will point to 1 of 2 dots on the board while they wear prism glasses that shift their vision to the left or right....

Start: May 2022