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MER Versus MRI Guidance DBS in Parkinson's Disease

NCT01883973 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 7

Last updated 2020-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Most leading academic centers including Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) perform deep brain stimulation surgery in the awake patient using microelectrode recording to guide final electrode placement. Microelectrode recording is a means of analyzing the electrical activity of the brain, and assessing whether we have found the target for the deep brain stimulator electrode. However, no evidence exists that microelectrode recording improves patient outcomes. The use of microelectrode recording does extend the duration of surgery and there is evidence to suggest that microelectrode recording may increase the risk of bleeding in the brain during surgery.

Conditions

  • Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (PD)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ashwin Viswanathan, MD · Baylor College of Medicine

  • Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, MD · Baylor College of Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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