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
Brief summary
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The goals of this study are to determine if simultaneous bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation or simultaneous bilateral globus pallidus stimulation is more effective in reducing symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and if deep brain stimulation or best medical therapy is more effective in improving Parkinson's disease symptoms
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00056563
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 255 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
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
- Apr 2002 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Oct 2008 (Actual)
- Completion
- Oct 2008 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- May 9, 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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- Last update posted May 9, 2014 · Synced Oct 25, 2026
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