Taking people in ItalyNo phase
Tracking how frameless deep brain stimulation affects people with Parkinson's disease
Studies quality of life in adults with Parkinson's disease before and after brain stimulation surgery.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
- Where
- Rome, ItalySee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Short- and Long-term Behavioral, Cognitive and Motor Outcomes of Frameless Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: a Prospective Observational Study
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Started
- 12 Jan 2022
- Expected to end
- 1 Jan 2034
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- Clinical examinations
- Record updated
- 3 March 2023
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 with idiopathic Parkinson's disease who are candidates for deep brain stimulation surgery.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- Men and women
- Disease stage
- Idiopathic Parkinson's disease, diagnosed by Movement Disorder Society (MDS) criteria, and a candidate for deep brain stimulation according to the CAPSIT-PD criteria.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Unable to give informed consent
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to Movement Disorder Society (MDS) criteria
- patients who are candidates for deep brain stimulation intervention, according to the international criteria of the "Core assessment program for surgical interventional therapies in Parkinson's disease" (CAPSIT-PD)
Who cannot take part
- patients unable to give informed consent
Where in Italy
- Flavia TorlizziRome, ItalyContact: Flavia TorlizziTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The main objective of the study is to evaluate the improvement in quality of life after deep brain stimulation surgery with frameless technique by comparing the PDQ-39 scale score at baseline (before surgery) and one year after surgery.
Treatments tested
- Clinical examinations
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
- Short- and Long-term Behavioral, Cognitive and Motor Outcomes of Frameless Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: a Prospective Observational Study
- Plain-language title
- Tracking how frameless deep brain stimulation affects people with Parkinson's diseaseGenerated 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.
- Record updated
- 3 March 2023