Neuropsychiatric Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

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Conditions studied: Parkinson's Disease

In brief

Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus will have effects on various aspects of neuropsychiatric function.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01306539

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

20

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease that meet criteria for treatment of their disease with STN-DBS. Participants will be selected for this study without regard for age (provided they are older than 18), gender or ethnic background.
• Participants must have undergone subthalamic nucleus DBS surgery and be receiving treatment at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA

You may not qualify if…

• Patients under 18 years old.
• Patients with mini-mental status scores below 26/30.
• Patients with known psychiatric disease.
• Patients who are too infirm, demented or dysarthric to clearly understand the consenting process, task instructions, or to communicate verbally regarding participation or non-participation.

Where it is running

• Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines — La Jolla, California, United States

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