Recruiting · registry status

Following implanted brain stimulation over the long term

Researchers collect international safety and treatment outcomes for Abbott brain stimulation systems, including their use in Parkinson’s.

Learning by observing or collecting information · Study reference: NCT04071847

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Start (reported actual date): 2019-11-26
Main measurements finished (planned): 2029-09
Study finished (planned): 2030-09

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No results summary has been confirmed in the registry records we imported. See connected papers below; we keep checking after recruitment ends.

Changes we have recorded

2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Papers connected to this study

Real-world multicenter assessment of sustained clinical outcomes after digital deep brain stimulation.
Listed by the registry as research derived from the study · 2026

Who can join?

Age range not listed · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subject is scheduled for a new implant or IPG device replacement surgery with a market-released Abbott DBS system within 180 days. 2. Subject, or a legally acceptable representative, must provide written informed consent prior to any study-related procedure. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subject is currently enrolled or plans to enroll in an investigational study that may confound the results of this study. 2. Subject has anatomic or comorbid conditions, or other medical, social, or psychological conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, could limit the subject's ability to participate in the study or to comply with follow-up requirements, or impact the scientific soundness of the study results. 3. Study center is located in the United States, and indication for DBS implant is not Parkinson's disease or disabling tremor. 4. Study center is located in the United States, and the intended lead implant location is not at, or in close proximity to, the STN, GPi, or VIM thalamus.

Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Abbott DBS Post-Market Study of Outcomes for Indications Over Time

Original description

The purpose of this international study is to evaluate long-term safety and effectiveness of Abbott deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems for all indications, including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor or other disabling tremor and dystonia.

Further description from the registry

ADROIT is an international, prospective, multicenter, observational, post-market study intended to collect worldwide long-term safety and effectiveness data on subjects implanted with market-released Abbott DBS systems in routine clinical practice. Subjects will be followed for 5 years after the initial programming visit.

Conditions reported: Movement Disorders; Parkinson Disease; Essential Tremor; Tremor; Dystonia; Primary Dystonia; Secondary Dystonia

Registry records for this study

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ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT04071847 ↗ — RECRUITING; checked 2026-10-13
ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT04071847 ↗ — Recruiting; WHO ICTRP processed 2026-01-26; checked 2026-10-13

Study type: Observational
Interventions: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Phases: Not reported
Sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices
Start date reported by registry: 2019-11-26 (actual)

Registry updated: 2026-01-08 · Status last verified by the registry submitter: 2026-01

Registry records retrieved 2026-10-13 (UTC). Individual records may have older updates. Recruitment and eligibility must be confirmed with the study team.

Contact the research team

Public study contacts supplied to the registry. Ask whether recruitment is still open and what participation involves.

Claudia Salazar, PhD · +1-650-647-3396 · claudia.salazar4@abbott.com

Shirisha Chiluka · 972-526-4820 · Shirisha.Chiluka@abbott.com

Study locations

Site status can differ from overall study status. “Status not reported” means local availability needs confirmation. Remote participation and travel arrangements must be checked with the team.

University of Aizona Health Sciences

Tucson, Arizona, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

University of California at Davis

Sacramento, California, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

Colorado Neurodiagnostics

Littleton, Colorado, United States

Stopped early

Neurosurgery One

Littleton, Colorado, United States

Withdrawn

University of Miami Hospital

Miami, Florida, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

University of South Florida - Department of Neurology

Tampa, Florida, United States

Recruiting

Konrad Bach · 727-798-3789 · kbach@health.usf.edu

Yarema Bezchlibnyk, MD

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Recruiting

Neepa Patel · 312-563-2900 · Neepa_Patel@rush.edu

Kristy Urquhart · Kristy_M_Urquhart@rush.edu

Neepa Patel, MD

Indiana University

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Recruiting

Elizabeth Zauber, MD · szauber@iupui.edu

Andrea Hurt, RC · andhurt@iu.edu

Kansas University Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Recruiting

Anna Williford · 502-852-7402 · anna.williford@louisville.edu

Joseph Neimat, MD

Willis-Knighton Medical Center

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Stopped early

Beth Israe Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

Albany Medical Center

Albany, New York, United States

Recruiting

Adam Octavian, MD · 518-262-6611 · adamo1@mail.amc.edu

Margaret Czerwinski, RN · 518 262 0034 · czerwim@mail.amc.edu

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Recruiting

Sean Nagel, MD · 216-444-2200

Ohio State Medical

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Recruiting

Barbara Changizi, MD · 614-366-2420

Wright State University & Premier Health

Fairborn, Ohio, United States

Withdrawn

Center for Interventional Pain & Spine

Exton, Pennsylvania, United States

Withdrawn

Thomas Jefferson Department or Neurosurgery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

Allegheny General Hospital Department of Neurosurgery

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Stopped early

Texas Movement Disorder Specialist

Georgetown, Texas, United States

In progress; recruitment closed

University of Utah Hospital

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Recruiting

Julianna Dorsch · 801-587-8804 · julianna.dorsch@hsc.utah.edu

Paolo Moretti, MD

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia

Recruiting

Annette Denny · Annette.Denny@health.qld.gov.au

Anna Nolan · anna.nolan2@health.qld.gov.au

Alexander Lehn

Royal Melbourne Hospital - City Campus

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Recruiting

Rebecca Ravenhill · 61393428182 · Rebecca.Ravenhill@mh.org.au

Andrew Evans, MD

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Recruiting

Tanja Nojonen · tanja.nojonen@hus.fi

Eero Pekkonen

CHU Gabriel Montpied

Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France

Withdrawn

CHU de St Etienne

Saint-Etienne, Auvergne, France

In progress; recruitment closed

Fondation Rothchild

Paris, ILE, France

Withdrawn

CHU Hopital Pasteur

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Azur, France

Recruiting

Vanessa Ferrier · 00334920375 · ferrier.v@chu-nice.fr

Caroline Giordana

Universitäts Klinikum Tübingen

Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Recruiting

Siegmar Raidt · Siegmar.Raidt@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Alireza Gharabaghi

Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Recruiting

Alfons Schnitzler

Universitätsklinikum Münster

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Recruiting

Tobias Warnecke

UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Recruiting

Julia Isabell Schiffer, Prof

Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes

Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Recruiting

Sergiu Groppa, Prof. · +4968411624103 · Sergiu.Groppa@uks.eu

UKE Hamburg (Universitatsklinik Eppendorf)

Hamburg, Germany

In progress; recruitment closed

Az.Osp. Universitaria di Ferrara

Cona, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Stopped early

Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Recruiting

Francesco Bove · francescobove86@gmail.com

Carla Piano

Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

In progress; recruitment closed

Hospital Virgen de Rocio

Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Recruiting

Rocio Escuela · 955923039 · rocioescuelamartin@gmail.com

Pablo Mir Rivera

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol

Badalona, Catalonia, Spain

Recruiting

Lucia Munoz · 0034934978737 · luciamunozn@gmail.com

Ramiro Alvarez

Hospital Universitario de la Princesa

Madrid, Spain

Recruiting

Martha Navas Garcia

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Linkou District, Ntaiwan, Taiwan

In progress; recruitment closed

Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital

Hualien City, Taiwan

Recruiting

Shin-Yuan Chen, MD · 0935025340 · william.sychen@msa.hinet.net

The Walton Centre

Liverpool, North West England, United Kingdom

In progress; recruitment closed

Southmead Hospita

Bristol, South West England, United Kingdom

Withdrawn

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Glasgow, Wdbtshr, United Kingdom

Recruiting

Catriona Mcneil · Catriona.mcneill@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

Victoria Marshall

King's College Hospital

London, United Kingdom