Studying brain stimulation in people with impulse-control problems
Researchers examine implanted brain stimulation in people with Parkinson’s who also experience difficult-to-control behaviours.
Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: NCT06498349
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- Start (reported actual date)
- 2024-09-05
- Main measurements finished (planned)
- 2027-07-15
- Study finished (planned)
- 2028-07-15
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Changes we have recorded
- 2026-10-11 — recruiting
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Papers connected to this study
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Who can join?
Ages 18 years to 70 years · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all
Full study name & original research details
Official study title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Bilateral Subthalamic Stimulation in Patients With Parkinson's Disease and Impulse Control Disorders
Short title used by the registry
Bilateral Subthalamic Stimulation in PD Patients With Impulse Control Disorders - STIMPulseControl
Original description
Conditions reported: Parkinson Disease; Impulse Control Disorders
Registry records for this study
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- ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT06498349 ↗ — RECRUITING; checked 2026-10-13
- ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT06498349 ↗ — Recruiting; WHO ICTRP processed 2026-01-12; checked 2026-10-13
- Study type
- Interventional
- Interventions
- bilateral high frequency deep brainstimulation of the subthalamic nucleus combined with best medical treatment; best medical treatment (BMT): Adjustment of the dopaminergic medication and non-dopaminergic therapy customized for each patient according to the latest published Consensus Group Recommendations
- Phases
- NA
- Sponsor
- University of Kiel
- Start date reported by registry
- 2024-09-05 (actual)
Registry updated: 2026-01-05 · Status last verified by the registry submitter: 2025-12
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.
Steffen Paschen, MD · +49 (0)431 500 · steffen.paschen@uksh.de
Guenther Deuschl, Prof. · g.deuschl@neurologie.uni-kiel.de
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 Hospital Cologne
Cologne, Germany
RecruitingMichael Barbe, MD
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Prof.
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Germany
RecruitingBjoern Falkenburger, Prof.
University Hospital Duesseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
RecruitingAlfons Schnitzler, Prof.
Jan Vesper, Prof.
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
RecruitingMonika Poetter-Nerger, MD
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Kiel
Kiel, Germany
RecruitingSteffen Paschen, MD
Guenter Deuschl, Prof.
University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Campus Marburg
Marburg, Germany
RecruitingDavid Pedrosa, MD
Charité Campus Mitte
Mitte, Germany
RecruitingPatricia Krause, MD
Andrea Kühn, Prof.
University Hospital Tuebingen
Tübingen, Germany
RecruitingDaniel Weiss, Prof.
University Hospital Wuerzburg
Würzburg, Germany
RecruitingPhilipp Carpetian, MD
Jens Volkmann, Prof.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands
RecruitingRob MA De Bie, Prof.
Annabel von der Weide, MD
University Hospital of Bern (Inselspital)
Bern, Switzerland
RecruitingInes Deboves, MD
Paul Krack, Prof.
University Hospital Zuerich (USZ)
Zurich, Switzerland
RecruitingLennart Stieglitz, Prof.
Fabian Buechele, MD
Sujitha Mahendran, MD
Facility not reported
Germany
Status not reportedFacility not reported
Netherlands
Status not reportedFacility not reported
Switzerland
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