Active clinical trials for "Parkinson Disease"

Most Parkinsonism related pain can be assigned to one or more of five categories: musculoskeletal pain, neuritic or radicular pain, dystonia associated pain, primary or central pain, and akathitic discomfort. In PD pain tends to affect the side of the body that was initially, or more severe affected by the motor symptoms. Botulinum toxins are an effective treatment modality for a growing number of neurological conditions. They have been studied for a variety of conditions associated with PD including dystonia, jaw tremor, apraxia of eyelid opening, camptocormia, dyskinesias, freezing of gait, sialhorrea, overactive bladder and constipation. There are no studies for the use of Botulinum Toxin for pain in PD. The investigators will perform a double-blind, randomized cross-over study evaluating the efficacy and safety of an individual pattern of BTXA injections targeted at painful muscles vs. placebo injection.

Tp determine the effect of IV amantadine on dopaminergic-drug-resistant freezing of gait(FOG)in patients with Parkinson's disease

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Past researches indicated that more than half of the individuals with PD demonstrated fatigue symptom. The severity of fatigue was also correlated to the quality of life in individuals with PD. Finding the contributions of the central and the peripheral factors to fatigue, building reliable fatigue indexes, and developing an effective training program for individuals with PD are very important. The purpose of this project is to develop non-invasive method to monitor central and peripheral fatigue, to establish Virtual Reality(VR) anti-fatigue ergo cycling training paradigm, and to evaluate the long term training effect in individuals with PD.

To evaluate the role of dietary modifications of 3 different diets on clinical outcomes in patients with PD treated with Duodopa®. This is in search for an optimal diet that will accompany Duodopa® treatment and will optimize effect on fluctuations and dyskinesias and thus improve motor function and quality of life.

Skin reactions as a result of continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion occur frequently and interfere with the absorption of apomorphine. The histopathology of apomorphine-induced skin reactions is poorly understood. Therefore treatment options are limited and suggestive. Objective: to investigate the efficacy of four treatments including massage, dilution of apomorphine, treatment with topical hydrocortisone and pre-treatment with subcutaneous administered hydrocortisone, in Parkinson's disease patients with apomorphine-induced skin reactions.

The purpose of clinical trials is to evaluate safety and tolerability of Fetal Mesencephalic Dopamine Neuronal Precursor Cells as a treatment for Patients with Parkinson's disease.

The aim of this study is to compare two physical therapy training consisting of gait training that are distinguished by one being associated with tasks that require handling of the main executive functions, performed by individuals with Parkinson's Disease. The investigators hypothesis is that the experimental group (EG), which hold gait training with higher cognitive demands (dual-task condition), will make improvements in the parameters measured (functionality of gait and cognitive ability) to a greater extent compared to the control group (CG), which hold gait training without executive tasks (single-task condition).

The specific aims of this study are to examine whether treatment with transdermal nicotine improves computer-based laboratory and clinical measures of impulsive and compulsive behaviors in Parkinson's Disease subjects who have recently experienced an impulse control disorder.

The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine-"Xiaoyao Pill" (Herb extracts)on depression, compared to placebo and "Bupleurum+Ginkgo" in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study is to investigate the Wii remote game control device for use in the study of Movement Disorders. The term "Movement Disorders" refers to a group of abnormal medical conditions characterized by involuntary body movements. Current treatment of these disorders is primarily geared to improve symptoms. Rating scales are usually used to grade response to treatment. These rating scales require special training, take a lot of time, and often present with great variability. Thus, the development of a simple device to perform efficacy measurements offers a great advantage over current methods and is less costly.