Phase I Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) vs. Best Medical Therapy (BMT) Trial
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Official title
CSP #468 Phase I - A Comparison of Best Medical Therapy and Deep Brain Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus and Globus Pallidus for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00056563
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Federal
- Enrollment
- 255 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation Device
- best medical therapy Other
Device · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 22 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2002
- Primary completion
- Sep 30, 2008
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2008
- Last update posted
- May 8, 2014
2002 – 2008
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 14
- U.S. states
- 7
- U.S. cities
- 9
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California at Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | — |
| VA Medical Center, San Francisco | San Francisco | California | 94121 | — |
| University of California at San Francisco | San Francisco | California | 94143 | — |
| VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West LA | West Los Angeles | California | 90073 | — |
| VA Medical Center, Iowa City | Iowa City | Iowa | 52246-2208 | — |
| VA Medical Center, Portland | Portland | Oregon | 97201 | — |
| Oregon Health Sciences University | Portland | Oregon | 97239 | — |
| VA Medical Center, Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| Pennsylvania Hospital | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19107 | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (152) | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center | Richmond | Virginia | 23249 | — |
| Medical College of Virginia | Richmond | Virginia | 23298 | — |
| VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle | Seattle | Washington | 98108 | — |
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00056563, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted May 8, 2014 · Synced Jul 23, 2026
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