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Filter by:The Transeuro Transplant study is a trial which will involve grafting foetal tissue into the brain of patients with Parkinson's disease, who are already been followed in the observational study. The tissue inserted in the brain is to help replace and rebuild lost dopamine from the brain due to Parkinson's disease. Update April 2019: A total of 11 PD patients were grafted in Cambridge, UK and Lund, Sweden. No further surgeries are planned. The final patient will complete the study's clinical endpoint (36 months post-graft) in 2021. We continue to assess these patients bi-annually alongside a control group which did not receive any intervention.
The objective of the study is to compare different deep brain stimulation (DBS) settings using the commercially approved Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Vercise system.
AFF008E is set-up to assess the long term effects of the 4 PD01A vaccinations that have been applied during AFF008 with regard to safety as well as immunological-, radiological and clinical activity. Accordingly, during AFF008E, no further vaccine dose will be applied. Instead, patients who were participating in AFF008 will be assessed for another 52 weeks at the occasion of 4 quarterly visits. This is offered to patients who received PD01A vaccinations but also to the patients who served as controls in AFF008. Thus, AFF008E will ensure standardized and controlled management of individuals who have received PD01A as part of AFF008, the Phase I study analyzing for the first time in humans this first in class candidate.
The gait symptoms are usually refractory to the dopaminergic agents and some other resolutions, i.e. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) should be searched for in this regard. To study the impact of rTMS, investigators will adopt a domestically developed ambulatory recorder (PK-16CH EXG) for the concomitant recording of the electroencephalographic and electromyographic signals for PD patients when walking in the gait laboratory or when conducting leg dorsiflexion movement on sitting.
This phase 2a randomized double blind placebo controlled, in 30 Parkinson's disease (PD) subjects who are treated with oral levodopa/carbidopa (LD/CD) and suffer from motor fluctuations. The aim of the study is to determine the safety, tolerability, the levodopa pharmacokinetics, the need for oral LD dose adjustment and the usability of the ambulatory drug delivery pump following repeated dosing of ND0612 in a conventional home setting in Parkinson's disease patients. Safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetic profile of levodopa and carbidopa, pump usability and the potential clinical effect of ND0612 will be explored in subjects with PD and motor fluctuations.
The purpose of this study is to determine if Leukine (sargramostim) can be safely administered to Parkinson's disease patients for an extended period of time (56 days) and restore immune deficits seen in Parkinson's patients compared to controls. The development of magnetoencephalography (MEG) as a monitoring tool for PD will also be explored. At enrollment and repeating again at two 4-week intervals, whole blood from PD patients and controls will be obtained for analyses and the results will be used to calculate immune response profiles as a baseline for comparison after drug treatment. Physical examinations and motor assessments will also be performed on PD patients. After the 8-week baseline data collection, control participation will end and drug treatment of PD patients will begin. PD patients will be randomized, and half will receive drug and half will receive placebo. Leukine at a dosage of 6 µg/kg or saline as placebo will be administered by subcutaneous injection daily for 56 days (8 weeks). During drug treatment, PD patients will be monitored every two weeks by physical examinations, motor assessments, and blood analyses. As follow-up, four weeks after drug administration has stopped, subjects will again have physical examinations, motor assessments, and blood analyses. MEG will be performed on PD patients and controls at the start of drug treatment, and on PD patients at the end of the drug treatment period and 4 weeks after drug is stopped. In addtion, at the second cohort of 8 PD subjects, we will evaluate the potential Leukine-induced motor control and mobility improvements. Also, levels of the neurotransmitters glutamate, glutamine, serotonin, acetylcholine, GABA, norepinephrine and epinephrine in serum/plasma will be analyzed to correlate with changes in motor function and drug treatment.
This study is designed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of rasagiline in healthy Japanese and Caucasian subjects after single and multiple doses of rasagiline.
AIM: To validate the tracer [11C]donepezil for use in the parasympathetic nervous system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Investigators will include 6 healthy males aged 45-75 in our study. The participants will receive a careful medical examination, including a neurological examination, as part of the inclusion process. The subjects also have an MRI scan of the brain. The PET/CT scans with [11C]donepezil are conducted - once for the upper abdominal region and once for the head region. PERSPECTIVES: The study will potentially result in the development of a PET ligand for imaging the parasympathetic nervous system. This will have applications for research in Parkinson's disease, diabetes, heart disease and other disorders, in which the autonomic nervous system is involved
Purpose: This is a prospective single-center, randomized, patient and evaluator-blind clinical trial to compare the neurocognitive outcomes of globus pallidus interna (GPi) versus subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
The aim of the study is to train patients with Parkinson's Disease to increase activity in a brain area that is involved in the control of motor functions with the use of a technique called real-time fMRI neurofeedback (NF) along with regular physical exercise. This will be a randomised and controlled clinical trial to evaluate the benefits of a novel treatment. The investigators expect NF training along with physical exercise practise to better improve motor functions compared to physical exercise alone.