NCT07725315Recruiting
Investigating the Increased Risk of Falls in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease Treated With Deep Brain Stimulation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this pilot study is to assess changes in thinking and movement after deep brain stimulator implantation. The study will also examine whether these changes are related to the risk of falls.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Jul 2026
- Start date
- 1 Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Nov 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT07725315
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 20
- From 1 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Nov 2027
- 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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Who the study is looking for
- Age between 30-80, patient has elected to undergo DBS surgery as part of routine care, cleared for deep brain stimulation surgery as part of routine care by the movement disorders committee. Refractory motor symptoms such as dyskinesias, wearing off, and/or motor fluctuations, causing significant disability, despite reasonable attempts at medical management, as determined by the consensus DBS committee, able to walk, Patient is available for follow-up over the length of the study
Age in the registry: 30 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UAB WHARF at Lakeshore Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Homewood | United States | Recruiting |
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