New device peers into brain during Parkinson's stimulation
NCT ID NCT07213999
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study tested a new device that can record brain activity even while deep brain stimulation (DBS) is turned on. Current recorders only work after stimulation stops. The study involved one person with Parkinson's disease undergoing DBS surgery. The goal was to better understand how DBS affects the brain, which could help improve future treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- novel neural recorder (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors improve deep brain stimulation therapy for Parkinson's disease by understanding brain changes during stimulation.
- What could go wrong
- This was a very small study with only one participant, so results may not apply to others. It was designed to gather knowledge, not to test a treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1 person
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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22 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Has unilateral STN or GPi DBS and is approved to undergo second or contralateral side implantation; * Diagnosis of idiopathic PD; * A history of a good response to levodopa (carbidopa/levodopa) defined as at least a 30% improvement in motor unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) score; * DBS surgery at UMN is planned as part of routine clinical care. Exclusion Criteria: * Other significant neurological disorder * History of dementia * Patients with post-operative complications or adverse effects (e.g. ON stimulation dystonias) that affect patient safety or confound the experiment will be excluded from further study * Pregnant women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Minnesota Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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