Understanding balance and walking problems in Parkinson's disease
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study looks at how Parkinson's disease affects balance and walking, especially the freezing of gait. It uses a special brain implant (deep brain stimulation) to understand the brain signals and may help improve future treatments for movement problems.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
- You already have a specific type of deep brain stimulation (DBS) device (Medtronic Percept) implanted.
- Your DBS settings have been stable for at least 3 months.
- You experience freezing of gait, which is a sudden inability to move your feet when trying to walk.
- You can walk independently for at least 10 minutes without assistance.
- You are willing to temporarily stop your Parkinson's medications and allow DBS setting changes for testing.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
Similar studies
Other trials that look related to this one.
This study looks at how the brain controls walking and freezing of gait in people with Parkinson's disease who have deep brain stimulation (DBS). It aims to help understand why freezing happens and improve treatments.
This study uses virtual reality and brain recordings from your DBS device to understand why some people with Parkinson's experience freezing of gait (feeling like your feet are stuck to the ground). You'll be asked to walk in a safe VR environment while researchers monitor your brain activity.
This study looks at how the balance system and brain work together to cause freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease. By understanding these factors, researchers hope to find better ways to help people walk more steadily.
This early-phase study looks at whether adjusting deep brain stimulation (DBS) can improve posture, walking, and balance in people with Parkinson’s disease. If you already have DBS in place, the trial uses computer-based planning to try different DBS directions and settings to see what helps you most.
This study looks at how a special brain pacemaker (called the Medtronic Percept device) affects walking problems like freezing of gait in people with Parkinson's. It aims to help understand and improve treatment.
This trial tests an adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS) system designed to improve freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. It is for people who still have trouble walking despite medications and are already planning to have DBS surgery.
Hear when a new Freezing of Gait trial opens
We’ll email you when one opens — at most once a week, no account needed, unsubscribe anytime.