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NCT07409207Recruiting

Neurophysiology of Reward Signaling in Parkinson's Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this study is to learn more about the brain activity underlying Parkinson's disease risk taking and reward seeking behaviors. The investigators will utilize neural recordings from corticostriatal structures performed during deep brain stimulation surgery to measure neural activity underlying nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75 (estimated)
First submitted
6 Feb 2026
Start date
1 Sept 2024
Primary completion date
30 Sept 2029
Lead sponsor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
NCT number
NCT07409207

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 75
  • From 1 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2029
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Age

  • Age less than 40

Other

  • Not able to participate in intraoperative testing (for example unable to comprehend instructions or follow directions)

Who the study is looking for

  • Scheduled to undergo deep brain stimulation surgery under local anesthesia at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Planned clinical electrode trajectory that contacts caudate
  • Age greater than or equal to 40
  • Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease or other movement disorder
  • Able to participate in intraoperative testing
  • English speaking

Age in the registry: 40 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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NashvilleUnited StatesRecruiting

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