Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) During Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to Treat Parkinson's Disease

August 1, 2017 updated by: Kendall H. Lee, Mayo Clinic
This study is investigating the usefulness of using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to monitor brain activation during deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's Disease, Essential tremor, dystonia, OCD, depression, pain, Tourette's syndrome, and epilepsy. The study may determine the relationship between patterns of brain activation and therapeutic outcome and/or side effects.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective neurosurgical approach for treating motor disorders including Parkinson's disease (PD), Essential Tremor (ET), and dystonia. Its therapeutic benefit has led to the application of DBS to a wide spectrum of disorders including psychiatric conditions, epilepsy, Alzeimer's disease, headache, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome, depression and intractable pain. However, because the nature of its underlying mechanisms and clinical effects are not fully understood, precision targeting, decreasing adverse effects, and improving clinical outcomes represent major clinical and scientific challenges in PD and other disorders treated by DBS. Our goal is to investigate the inter-relationships between site-specific neural activation and clinical outcomes during DBS. To do so, we will perform non-invasive functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to investigate DBS-mediated activation of neural network circuitry. Our proposed protocol involves the addition of intraoperative fMRI to the standard DBS or battery change protocol in order to determine the major sites of activation during application of clinically effective DBS to the subthalamic nucleus (STN), ventral intermediate thalamus (VIM), globus pallidus interna (GPi), fornix, nucleus accumbens (NAc), anterior thalamus and periaqueductal gray matter. Patients will undergo clinical assessment to determine the relative efficacy of DBS stimulation parameters, applied during the fMRI and at regularly scheduled post-operative programming visits up to 6 months of follow-up. Our Specific Aims are to: (1) Identify fMRI-activated brain regions by DBS in patients who undergo DBS surgery (Patients diagnosed with PD, ET, dystonia, OCD, depression, pain, Tourette's syndrome, and epilepsy. (2) Correlate fMRI activation with clinical outcomes and side effects. With the goal of improving DBS electrode targeting for optimal and reproducible clinical outcomes, these experiments will be the first attempt to relate site-specific DBS with functional in vivo imaging data and quantitative longitudinal clinical outcome measures in DBS patients.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

88

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 90 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients approved and scheduled to undergo the clinical procedure of Deep Brain stimulation.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult Patients with medically intractable Parkinson's Disease who have been approved for DBS surgery by the interdisciplinary Mayo DBS committee.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant patients, prisoners, children (age less than 18), and any patients identified as unsuitable for this protocol by the Mayo DBS committee.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Deep Brain Stimulation
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) will be performed to determine the areas of BOLD signal modulation with DBS.
Procedure: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
During the deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery of the subthalamic nucleus within the thalamocortical basal ganglion, an additional lead extendor will be connected to the DBS electrode to allow externalization of the lead. Following confirmation of electrode location with MRI, a series of fMRI scans will be run. Total scanning time will be limited to 35 minutes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mean Score on Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)
Time Frame: 6 months after Deep Brain Stimulation
The UPDRS is a rating scale used to follow the longitudinal course of Parkinson's disease. The version of the scale used in this study has a total of 14 items; each of these item has a scale of 0-4, with 0 being no impairment, and 4 being severe impairment. All of the parts are combined to give a numeric score: 0 indicating no sign of disease, and 56, the highest score indicating severely incapacitated.
6 months after Deep Brain Stimulation

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2013

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

July 27, 2017

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

July 27, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 11, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2013

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 13, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

August 3, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 1, 2017

Last Verified

August 1, 2017

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 12-009020

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