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STN-Stimulation Versus Best Medical Treatment in Advanced PD

NCT00196911 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 156

Last updated 2006-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Assessment of the therapeutic effect of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus compared with drug treatment alone in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Implantation of stimulation electrodes in the STN

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Parkinson Study Group (GPS)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guenther Deuschl, Prof. · Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-01-31
Completion
2005-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Diseases

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