Stimulus-Evoked Directional Field Potentials to Guide Subthalamic and Pallidal DBS for PD
NCT ID: NCT06169852
Last Updated: 2025-10-15
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
36 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-01-12
2028-11-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
CROSSOVER
TREATMENT
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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Arm 1 (0-4 months)
In this arm we will stimulate from either STN alone, GPi alone, or a combination of both STN and GPi.
Unilateral dual-target (STN/GPi) DBS
Participants will be randomly assigned either DBS stimulation in the STN alone, GPi alone, or a combination of stimulation in the STN and GPi.
Arm 2 (4-8 months)
In this arm we will stimulate from either STN alone, GPi alone, or a combination of both STN and GPi, whichever was not used in Arm 1.
Unilateral dual-target (STN/GPi) DBS
Participants will be randomly assigned either DBS stimulation in the STN alone, GPi alone, or a combination of stimulation in the STN and GPi.
Arm 3 (8-12 months)
In this arm we will stimulate from either STN alone, GPi alone, or a combination of both STN and GPi, whichever was not used in Arms 1 and 2.
Unilateral dual-target (STN/GPi) DBS
Participants will be randomly assigned either DBS stimulation in the STN alone, GPi alone, or a combination of stimulation in the STN and GPi.
Interventions
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Unilateral dual-target (STN/GPi) DBS
Participants will be randomly assigned either DBS stimulation in the STN alone, GPi alone, or a combination of stimulation in the STN and GPi.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Clinically definite, advanced idiopathic PD based on at least 2 of 3 cardinal PD features (tremor, rigidity, and/or bradykinesia).
3. Disease duration of 4 years or more.
4. Participant has elected to undergo awake DBS surgery as part of routine care, and the subthalamic nucleus (STN) or globus pallidus interna (GPi) are recommended by the multidisciplinary DBS committee as the surgical target.
5. For participants who opt for the dual-target strategy, neurosurgery judges that dual-target STN and GPi implant is an appropriate option with acceptable safety profile.
6. Participant is healthy enough to undergo surgery and the research protocol.
7. Normal, or essentially normal, preoperative brain MRI, except for expected mild abnormalities associated with advanced PD.
8. Willingness and ability to cooperate during awake DBS surgery, as well as during post-operative evaluations, adjustments of medications and stimulator settings.
9. Participant's health insurance and/or Medicare covers DBS surgery as part of routine care.
10. Refractory motor symptoms such as dyskinesias, wearing off, and/or motor fluctuations, causing significant disability or occupational dysfunction, despite reasonable attempts at medical management, as determined by our consensus DBS committee.
11. Stable doses of PD medications for at least 28 days prior to baseline assessments.
12. Improvement of motor signs ≥30% with dopaminergic medication as assessed with the use of the Movement Disorders - Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, part III (MDS-UPDRS III; scores range from 0 to 108, with higher scores indicating worse functioning). One exception to this 30% threshold is patients who have typical features of PD but cannot take levodopa because of unacceptable side effects.19
13. Disease severity ratings above Hoehn and Yahr stage 2.5, defined as unilateral involvement only with minimal or no functional disability, with scores ranging from 0 to 5 and higher scores indicating more severe disease.
14. Score of more than 6 for activities of daily living in the worst "off" medication condition despite medical treatment, as assessed with the use of the MDS-UPDRS II (scores range from 0 to 52, with higher scores indicating worse functioning), or mild-to-moderate impairment in social and occupational functioning (score of 51 to 80% on the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale with scores ranging from 1 to 100 and lower scores indicating worse functioning).
15. Dementia Rating Scale-2 (DRS-2) score of ≥130 on medications.
16. Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) score of ≤25 on medications.
17. No indication of suicidal ideation or active suicidal thoughts as assessed by the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRC).
18. Participant expresses understanding of the consent process, terms of the study protocol, is available for follow-up over the length of the study, and signs informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Participant's insurance will not cover the costs of surgery with an investigational device (Aims 2 and 3 only).
3. Medical contraindications such as current uncontrolled hypertension, heart disease, coagulopathy, or other conditions contraindicating DBS surgery or stimulation.
4. Duration of disease of \<4 years
5. Clinical team suspects patient will need staged contralateral DBS for clinical symptoms within 1 year of unilateral DBS surgery.
6. Diagnosis or suspicion of atypical parkinsonism (progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal syndrome) or drug-induced parkinsonism, or significant neurological disease other than Parkinson's disease.
7. Diagnosis of psychogenic movement disorder based on consensus criteria.
8. Dual-target implant cannot be performed safely from a single burr hole because of anatomic constraints or cortical vascular anatomy, based upon the pre-operative neurosurgery plan.
9. Patient is undergoing DBS electrode placement under general anesthesia without awake electrophysiological and clinical testing during implant.
10. Score of \>25 on the Beck Depression Inventory II, with scores ranging from 0 to 63 and higher scores indicating worse functioning), or history of suicide attempt.
11. An indication of suicidal ideation or active suicide planning as assessed on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
12. Any current acute psychosis, alcohol abuse or drug abuse.
13. Clinical dementia (score of ≤130 on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale with scores ranging from 0 to 144 and higher scores indicating better functioning).
14. Ongoing or pervasive impulse control disorder not resolved by reduction of dopaminergic medications.
15. Use of anticoagulant medications that cannot be discontinued during perioperative period.
16. History of hemorrhagic stroke.
17. Current or future risk of immunocompromise that might increase infection risk.
18. History of recurrent of unprovoked seizures.
19. Lack of clear levodopa responsiveness.
20. The presence of an implanted device (e.g., cochlear implant, pacemaker, neurostimulators), whether turned on or off.
21. Prior DBS surgery or ablation within the affected basal ganglion.
22. Prior DBS surgery on the opposite side of the brain (Aims 2 and 3 only). This may allow us to study some participants twice (i.e., in Aim 1 or 2-3, and again in Aim 1 if they return for DBS on the opposite side of the brain as part of routine care).
23. A condition requiring or likely to require the use of diathermy.
24. Structural lesions such as basal ganglionic stroke, tumor, or vascular malformation as etiology of the movement disorder.
25. Any medical or psychological problem that would interfere with completing the study protocol, as determined by the research team.
26. A female who is breastfeeding or of child-bearing potential with a positive urine pregnancy test or not using adequate contraception.
18 Years
89 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NIH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Harrison Walker, MD
Professor of Neurology
Principal Investigators
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Harrison Walker, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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IRB-300011568
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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