Recording brain activity linked to speech in people with movement disorders
Records brain activity during speech in adults with Parkinson disease, essential tremor or dystonia.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Where
- Boston, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Cortical-Basal Ganglia Speech Networks
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 80 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Oct 2020
- Expected to end
- Feb 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- electrophysiological data collection
- Record updated
- 25 March 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults who are scheduled to have deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor or dystonia. It studies brain activity during speech.
- Age
- 18 to 85 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- A definite diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor or dystonia, with DBS implantation planned as decided by the clinical movement disorders board.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Reported hearing loss
- Does not speak English
- Cannot give informed consent or follow task instructions
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Subjects scheduled for DBS implantation, as determined by the clinical multidisciplinary movement disorders board with definitive diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor or dystonia
- Subjects able to provide informed consent and comply with task instructions
- Subjects 18-85 years old
Who cannot take part
- Subjects with reported hearing loss
- Non-English-speaking subjects
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 85 years old?
Where in United States
- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, United StatesContact: Robert M Richardson, MD PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
In this research study the researchers want to learn more about brain activity related to speech perception and production.
The group in the trial
- Brain signal data collectionTreatment being tested
Brain signal data collection at the time of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery.
Treatment: electrophysiological data collection
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Cortical-Basal Ganglia Speech Networks
- Plain-language title
- Recording brain activity linked to speech in people with movement disordersGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT04286308, who can take part
- Record updated
- 25 March 2026