View clinical trials related to Parkinson Disease.
Filter by:This clinical trial is designed to test the safety and tolerability of injecting ANPD001 cells that will mature into dopamine-producing cells into the brain of participants with Parkinson Disease. All participants will have ANPD001 cells manufactured from their own previously collected cells.
This is a prospective, observational, cohort pilot study of standardize volume of aerobic exercise on changes in BDNF concentration at 4-weeks of exercise training among Parkinson disease patients. Thirty (N=30) participants will be consecutively enrolled and assigned to 2 groups: 1) Extensive Rehabilitation Group (exercise volume: 180 METs-min/week) or 2) Intensive Rehabilitation Group (exercise volume: 1350 METs-min/week). The primary objective is to evaluate the dose-response effects of two different rehabilitation settings, characterized by different workload (measured as energy expenditure), on blood BDNF levels.
Our study was planned to analyze motor function, endurance and sleep attention information in Parkinson's patients with detailed and objective measurements.
Parkinson Disease (PD) patients experience a variety of motor issues such as walking difficulties, loss of balance, and freezing while walking, which impacts their quality of life. Some symptoms, like freezing of gait (FOG), do not respond to medications typically used to treat PD. Current surgical procedures used to alleviate PD symptoms also do not always improve FOG. Since many traditional therapies have failed for the treatment of FOG, researchers have proposed the use of newer treatments. Recent research in animal models and clinical human data using Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) has produced promising results, specifically showing improvement in FOG with the use of SCS in patients with PD. The purpose of this study is to explore the long-term motor and non-motor effects of SCS in PD patients after completing participation on H-49023. The investigators hypothesize that SCS significantly decreases FOG episodes in patients with PD. 1. Assess the long-term safety, tolerability and preliminary evidence of effectiveness of upper thoracic spinal cord stimulation for freezing of gait in Parkinson's (PD) patients. 2. Allowing patients to choose between the two SCS programming paradigms based on their motor, nonmotor and quality of life measures in PD patients with freezing of gait.
The purpose of this study is to examine a) the longer-term effects of ketamine for treating depression in Parkinson's disease (PD) and b) the effects of CBT on maintaining the effects of ketamine.
Our primary aim is to compare the change in blood dopamine levels with a single dose of these two drugs in patients with unilateral findings or axial involvement. Our study aims to obtain guiding data to make dose adjustments when giving treatment to patients. Although a linear dose curve of levodopa is observed in healthy volunteers, our study will provide the first data in this field, as there is no comparative study between the two drugs on patients with unilateral and axial involvement.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about exercise and physical activity people with Parkinson's Disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) learn about the physical activity and exercise behaviors of people with Parkinson's Disease over the course of a year and 2) compare 3 exercise guidance strategies aimed to impact exercise behavior: standard care, written exercise guidance from neurologist and/or physical therapy. During the course of the study: 1. Participants will use activity trackers and a mobile phone application to monitor their exercise participation. 2. At the same time, the research team will be working with the participant's medical teams at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital and University of Chicago Medical Center to improve the way that they deliver exercise guidance using verbal instructions and encouragement, written exercise guidance, and/or physical therapy.
This study will examine the effects of lithium aspartate 30-45mg/day on MRI biomarkers and blood-based therapeutic targets among 15 early-stage Parkinson's disease patients.
Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder strongly linked to advancing age that results in decline in mobility and thinking. Based on prior research, the investigators think that small amounts of inflammation in the brain may contribute to the mobility and thinking problems in people with PD. They are trying to measure inflammation in the brain in order to understand how this inflammation could be contributing to the symptoms of PD. This study involves a brain positron emission tomography (PET) scan with a new, investigational radioactive tracer called [11C]-CS1P1 to identify inflammation in the brain.The goal of this project is to quantify neuroinflammation with [11C]-CS1P1 PET and compare to motor and cognitive function in participants with various stages of severity of PD compared to controls.
The purpose of this study is to test the ability of a newly-designed electrode to measure the activity of individual nerve cells (neurons), and collections of nerve cells (local field potentials) in the brain. The study's main goals are to see how well this electrode works compared to standard electrodes and to validate its safety.