Battery-preserving Stimulation Patterns for Deep Brain Stimulation

Completed

Conditions studied: Parkinsons Disease, Essential Tremor

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to test effectiveness of different deep brain stimulation (DBS) stimulation patterns on symptoms that may also improve the life of the battery. If these patterns are effective, the implanted batteries will be drained more slowly and last longer than currently expected. An increase in battery life may reduce the number of surgeries needed to replace them.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02569021

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

30

Starts

2014-05-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease or Essential Tremor by strict criteria
• Deep brain stimulation (DBS) already implanted
• Optimized Deep brain stimulation (DBS) settings (or at least 4 months of DBS programming)

You may not qualify if…

• Other neurological diagnoses (co-existent Alzheimer's or ALS)
• No Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
• less than 4 Deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming

Where it is running

• Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration — Gainesville, Florida, United States

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