NCT02703844

Vestibular Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease

Caloric Vestibular Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Kent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether caloric vestibular stimulation improves symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.

Detailed description

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a nationwide public health problem, inflicting a complex constellation of physical and neuropsychiatric symptoms which are shown to progress with time. This research will investigate the potential of caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS), a non-invasive form of brain stimulation, as a treatment for individuals who suffer from Parkinson's Disease. Investigators will investigate whether core cognitive and physiological deficits are responsive to stimulation by comparing participants' performance on behavioral and physiological measures after baseline and either active or placebo stimulation phases with the aim of drawing initial insights into the application of CVS within this population. The study design is based on a single-case study that recently demonstrated durable, clinically meaningful gains in the motor and nonmotor symptoms of PD.

Conditions

• Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Caloric Vestibular Stimulation	Stimulation of the vestibular nerves
DEVICE	Sham Caloric Vestibular Stimulation	Sham stimulation of the vestibular nerves

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2017-10-09
• Completion: 2018-07-21
• First posted: 2016-03-09
• Last updated: 2022-10-31
• Results posted: 2022-10-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study