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Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2016
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2018
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2018
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of Globus Pallidus internus (GPi) and Best medical treatment (BMT)
"Patients in the GPi group will be implanted with DBS-electrodes within 6 weeks after randomisation. The stimulation parameters and the medical treatment are adjusted for optimal control of motor and non-motor signs and symptoms according to published guidelines using a specified algorithm. The stimulation parameters are recorded at the beginning and at the end of each post-surgical assessment.~Best medical treatment is applied in combination with GPi-DBS."
Best medical treatment
Patients will receive optimized medical treatment according to published evidence based guidelines.
Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern
Collaborators (1)
Boston Scientific Corporation
INDUSTRY
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
OTHER