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Electroconvulsive therapy alongside Parkinson's medicine

This study investigates a supervised treatment that uses electrical stimulation to produce a brief seizure.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: IRCT20130812014333N95

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Start (reported date)
2016-06-19

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Ages 40 years to 75 years · Ask the team who can join

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: both

Inclusion criteria: Parkinson's patients with motor and psychiatric symptoms resistant to drug therapy Age between 40 and 75 years Exclusion criteria: Cardiovascular patients; Patients with cognitive impairment; Patients with the history of seizure, stroke
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Effect of electroconvulsive therapy on motor and psychiatric symptoms of drug-resistant Parkinson's patients

Short title used by the registry

Electroconvulsive therapy and Parkinson

Original description

Intervention: The intervention group in addition to dopaminergic medications, will receive a 25-julestwo-sided frontotemporal ectoplasmic twice a week.If the person does not get seizure, the next stimulus is performed at 50, 75, 100 jules.During this stage of anesthesia we can induce seizures up to 4 times. Primary outcome: Motor symptoms. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, the end of the sixth week and one month after the end of the study. Method of measurement: Using the Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS).;Psychiatric symptoms. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, the end of the sixth week and one month after the end of the study. Method of measurement: Using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS).

Conditions reported: Parkinson. Parkinson's disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
The intervention group in addition to dopaminergic medications, will receive a 25-julestwo-sided frontotemporal ectoplasmic twice a week.If the person does not get seizure, the next stimulus is performed at 50, 75, 100 jules.During this stage of anesthesia we can induce seizures up to 4 times.
Phases
2-3
Sponsor
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Start date reported by registry
2016-06-19 (reported)

Registry updated: Not reported · Status last verified by the registry submitter: Not reported

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Jaza Rahkan · +98 83 3826 1046 · pjsrahkan@yahoo.com

Study locations

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Facility not reported

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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