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Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Nucleus Basalis of Meynert (NbM) in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Nucleus Basalis of Meynert (NbM) in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
13 (estimated)
Sponsor
University Medical Center Groningen · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The existing DBS setting in patients with DBS of the globus pallidus interna (GPi), which aims to treat motor symptoms by a high-frequency stimulation, will be temporarily reprogramed to stimulate the NbM at a low frequency using the distal electrodes positioned in the vicinity of the NBM. This study aims to investigate the neuropsychological effect of low frequency stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, who were previously treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus interna (GPi).

Detailed description

The existing DBS setting in patients with GPi DBS, which aims to treat motor symptoms by a high-frequency stimulation, will be temporarily reprogramed to stimulate the NBM at a low frequency using the distal electrodes positioned in the vicinity of the NBM.This study consists of a three-day screening study of the NbM stimulation followed by a two-week, randomized, single-blind, crossover trial. Between the screening study and the crossover trial, one week of washout period will be applied to eliminate potential carryover effect from the previous stimulation. This study aims to investigate the neuropsychological effect of low frequency stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, who were previously treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus interna (GPi).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICENBM-DBSDBS which has already been implanted aiming initially to stimulate the GPi will be reprogrammed in order to stimulate more distal structure, the NBM.
DEVICEDBSDBS will be switched off

Timeline

Start date
2016-05-01
Primary completion
2016-12-01
First posted
2016-05-05
Last updated
2016-05-05

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02763397. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.