Active clinical trials for "Parkinson Disease"

Only one study has evaluated the effect of TENS in LUTD in Parkinson's syndromes. It was reported at the congress of the "Société Interdisciplinaire Francophone d'UroDynamique et de Pelvi-Perinéologie" (SIFUD-PP) in 2011 by Ohanessian et al., and comprised 6 female patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) or multisystem atrophy (MSA), with overactive bladder. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, 20 minutes daily for 6 weeks, was associated with subjective improvement of LUTD assessed with the Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) in 5 of the 6 patients. In view of the encouraging results of this pilot study, we hypothesize that TENS treatment may improve LUTD in patients with a Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinson's disease (PD) and multisystem atrophy (MSA).

This open label trial is conducted to investigate the efficacy and safety of the combination therapy of allogeneic umbilical cord blood (UCB) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) for patients with brain injury or neurodegenerative disorders.

This is a 105-week open-label study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ADS-5102 oral capsules, an extended release formulation of amantadine, in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients with Levodopa Induced Dyskinesia (LID).

This study will compare the effects of placebo and donepezil, a drug that helps conserve concentrations of the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, on measures of balance and gait in subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study is a double-blind, placebo controlled, cross-over randomized clinical trial. Short-latency afferent inhibition (SAI), a physiological index of cholinergic function will be measured to determine if the deficits in balance and gait correlate with abnormalities of the SAI and if SAI is altered by donepezil as a measure of drug efficacy. Cognitive tests like the Attention Network Test (ANT) will be administered to determine if changes in gait and balance are mediated by changes in attention. The results of this study will be the most direct test of the hypothesized role of cholinergic neurons and the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine in terms of gait and balance. The study is exploratory because it is not known whether donepezil will affect gait, balance or attention, nor which measures of gait, balance or attention will be sensitive to drug manipulation. The study's immediate goal is to determine the potential utility of cholinergic manipulation as a strategy for preventing or treating balance and gait dysfunction in PD. The findings of this trial are intended to lead to more sharply focused questions about the role of cholinergic neurons in balance and gait and eventually to Phase II B trials to determine clinical utility of cholinergic manipulation to prevent falls and improve mobility.

This is a randomized, open-label, rater-blinded, multicenter, 3-treatment, 3 period, single-dose crossover study. Approximately 51 qualified immediate-release (IR) CD-LD-experienced advanced Parkinson's disease patients will be randomized to 1 of 3 dosing sequences. Objectives: Assess the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics (PK) of IPX203 (carbidopa and levodopa) in subjects with advanced Parkinson's disease. Characterize the safety of IPX203 in subjects with advanced Parkinson's disease.

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on brain activity and fine motor skills in patients with Parkinson's disease compared to healthy controls.

The purpose of this study is to generate long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy data for AFQ056 in patients who have participated in and completed any AFQ056 phase II study in PD-LID (Parkinson's disease, L-dopa induced dyskinesias).

The goal of our trial is to evaluate the tolerance and efficacy of the STN radiosurgery in Parkinsonian patients presenting with the inclusion criteria for the STN stimulation but presenting also with clear contraindications to the implantation of the deep brain electrodes.

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between attention and quality of life and how rivastigmine and atomoxetine alter attention in non-demented persons with Parkinson's disease (PD).

The purpose of this study is to determine if varenicline is effective in improving gait and balance impairment in patients with Parkinson disease.