Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Globus Pallidus (GP) in Huntington's Disease (HD)

NCT ID: NCT02535884

Last Updated: 2022-01-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-07-31

Study Completion Date

2021-12-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to prove the efficacy and safety of pallidal DBS in HD patients and to show superiority of DBS on motor function in the stimulation group compared to stimulation-off group

Detailed Description

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In this study the efficacy and safety of pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in HD patients shall be investigated and superiority of DBS on motor function in the stimulation group compared to the stimulation-off group shall be shown. This study is a prospective, randomised, double blind, parallel group, sham-controlled, multi-centre trial. Patients in the stimulation group will be stimulated for three months while the stimulator in the sham-group will be turned off for three months. After three months the primary endpoint will be assessed. Afterwards the stimulator will be turned on in all patients.

Conditions

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Huntington Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

During the first 3 month the one group will be stimulated (pallidal DBS), thereafter 12 weeks open follow up, where patients in both groups are stimulated.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Stimulation group

Patients in the stimulation group will be stimulated immediately after implantation of the Stimulator (ACTIVA® PC neurostimulator (Model 37601))

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ACTIVA® PC neurostimulator (Model 37601)

Intervention Type DEVICE

the stimulator in the stimulation group will be turned on after implantation of the device

Non-stimulation group

Patients in the non-stimulation group will not be stimulated for the first three months after implantation of the Stimulator (ACTIVA® PC neurostimulator (Model 37601))

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

ACTIVA® PC neurostimulator (Model 37601)

Intervention Type DEVICE

the stimulator in the stimulation group will be turned on after implantation of the device

Interventions

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ACTIVA® PC neurostimulator (Model 37601)

the stimulator in the stimulation group will be turned on after implantation of the device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clinically symptomatic and genetically confirmed HD (number of CAG repeats ≥ 36)
* Age ≥18 years
* Moderate stage of the disease (UHDRS motor score ≥ 30)
* Chorea despite best medical treatment (UHDRS chorea subscore ≥ 10)
* Mattis Dementia Rating Scale ≥ 120 (or \> 80% of items testable independently from motor impairment)
* Patient has stable medication prior six weeks before inclusion
* Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Juvenile HD (Westphal variant) or predominant bradykinesia
* Postural instability with UHDRS retropulsion score \> 2
* Severe comorbidity compromising operability and/or life expectancy and/or quality of life during the trial duration (e.g. cancer with life expectancy \< 6 months, NYHA 3 and 4 rising the anaesthetic risk according to the anaesthesiologist)
* Acute suicidality
* Acute psychosis (symptoms within previous 6 months)
* Participation in any interventional clinical trial within 2 months before screening
* Cortical atrophy grade 3
* Patients with risk of coagulopathies and/or increased risk of haemorrhage
* Patients with an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator
* Pregnancy
* lactation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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KKS Netzwerk

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medtronic

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

The George Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

CHDI Foundation, Inc.

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jan Vesper, Prof Dr.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Dept. of Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotaxy

Alfons Schnitzler, Prof Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dept.of Neurology

Locations

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Medizinische Universität Innsbruck

Innsbruck, , Austria

Site Status

CHU Amiens Hôpital nord, Department of neurosurgery and Department of neurology

Amiens, , France

Site Status

Hôpital Roger Salengro, Service de Neurologie et Pathologie du mouvement

Lille, , France

Site Status

Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

University hospital Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, , Germany

Site Status

University Hospital Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau, , Germany

Site Status

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel, , Germany

Site Status

Universität zu Lübeck

Lübeck, , Germany

Site Status

University hospital Munich LMU

Munich, , Germany

Site Status

kbo-Isar-Amper-Clinic Taufkirchen

Taufkirchen, , Germany

Site Status

Center for Neurology

Bern, Gümlingen, Switzerland

Site Status

Inselspital, Department of Neurology

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Austria France Germany Switzerland

References

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Moro E, Lang AE, Strafella AP, Poon YY, Arango PM, Dagher A, Hutchison WD, Lozano AM. Bilateral globus pallidus stimulation for Huntington's disease. Ann Neurol. 2004 Aug;56(2):290-4. doi: 10.1002/ana.20183.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15293283 (View on PubMed)

Groiss SJ WL, Suedmeyer, M, Ploner M, Reck C, Voges J, SturmV, Timmermann L, Schnitzler A. Effect of bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation in Huntington's disease: A case report. Mov Disord, Volume 21, Issue S15. Tenth International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Kyoto 2006.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Fasano A, Cadeddu F, Guidubaldi A, Piano C, Soleti F, Zinzi P, Bentivoglio AR. The long-term effect of tetrabenazine in the management of Huntington disease. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2008 Nov-Dec;31(6):313-8. doi: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e318166da60.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19050408 (View on PubMed)

Wojtecki L, Groiss SJ, Ferrea S, Elben S, Hartmann CJ, Dunnett SB, Rosser A, Saft C, Sudmeyer M, Ohmann C, Schnitzler A, Vesper J; Surgical Approaches Working Group of the European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN). A Prospective Pilot Trial for Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation in Huntington's Disease. Front Neurol. 2015 Aug 18;6:177. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00177. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26347707 (View on PubMed)

Wojtecki L, Groiss SJ, Hartmann CJ, Elben S, Omlor S, Schnitzler A, Vesper J. Deep Brain Stimulation in Huntington's Disease-Preliminary Evidence on Pathophysiology, Efficacy and Safety. Brain Sci. 2016 Aug 30;6(3):38. doi: 10.3390/brainsci6030038.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27589813 (View on PubMed)

Kinfe T, Del Vecchio A, Nussel M, Zhao Y, Stadlbauer A, Buchfelder M. Deep brain stimulation and stereotactic-assisted brain graft injection targeting fronto-striatal circuits for Huntington's disease: an update. Expert Rev Neurother. 2022 Sep;22(9):781-788. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2022.2091988. Epub 2022 Jun 29.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35766355 (View on PubMed)

Rodrigues FB, Ferreira JJ, Wild EJ. Huntington's Disease Clinical Trials Corner: June 2019. J Huntingtons Dis. 2019;8(3):363-371. doi: 10.3233/JHD-199003.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31381524 (View on PubMed)

Hartmann CJ, Groiss SJ, Vesper J, Schnitzler A, Wojtecki L. Brain stimulation in Huntington's disease. Neurodegener Dis Manag. 2016 Jun;6(3):223-36. doi: 10.2217/nmt-2016-0007. Epub 2016 May 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27230813 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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DRKS00006785

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

KKS-198

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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