A cohort study concerning the efficacy of chronic deep brain stimulation in treatment of back pain in advanced Parkinson's disease

A cohort study concerning the efficacy of chronic deep brain stimulation in treatment of back pain in advanced Parkinson's disease - Efficacy of deep brain stimulation on back pain in Parkinson's disease

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000005361

Enrollment

Registered

2011-04-01

Start date

2009-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Parkinson&#39

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Advanced idiopathic PD is diagnosed in all patients and refer to us by neurologists with an intimate knowledge of the pharmacological treatment of PD. Our surgical indication criteria for STN stimulation is clinically diagnosed advanced idiopathic PD which demonstrate evidence of a good response to levodopa, and a Hoehn and Yahr staging that is within the range of stages III-V during the off-period and stage III or less in the best on-condition despite treatment with optimal pharmacological therapies.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with major depression or cognitive dysfunction (Mini-Mental Status Examination score < 24) are excluded as candidates for surgery.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Visual analogue pain scale	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactHideki Oshima

Nihon University, School of Medicine Neurological Surgery

ooshima.hideki@nihon-u.ac.jp03-3972-8111

Outcome results