Neurosciences Clinical Trials

Category: Parkinson's and Movement Disorders

Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin are members of the Parkinson Study Group and the Huntington Study Group, both funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The Parkinson Study Group is a nonprofit group of Parkinson’s disease experts from medical centers in the United States and Canada who are dedicated to improving treatment for persons affected by Parkinson’s disease.
The Huntington Study Group is a nonprofit group of physicians and other healthcare providers from medical centers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia, experienced in the care of Huntington patients and dedicated to clinical research of Huntington’s disease.

Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin also participate in other clinical trials and surgical trials concerning Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. Members of the Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Program collaborate with Medical College of Wisconsin researchers who are conducting basic science research into the cause of Parkinson’s disease.

Learn more about the Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Program.

The most recent listing of current clinical trials for Parkinson's and movement disorders appears below. Should you be interested in learning more about any of these clinical trials, please use our Contact Us form.

Title
Pre-lemniscal radiation deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: comparison to thalamic deep brain stimulation.

Keywords
Deep Brain Stimulation, DBS, Tremor, Parkinson's disease

Title
Effects of Coenzyme Q10 in Parkinson disease

Keywords
Parkinson's Disease, Coenzyme Q10, CoQ10

Title
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Safety and Efficacy Study of Dimebon in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Huntington Disease

Keywords
Dimebon, Huntington Disease

Title
Movement Disorders Databank: an open-ended databank that wil be used to study clinical outcomes from movement disorders over a multi-year period

Keywords
Parkinson's disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia, Deep Brain Stimulation, Databank

Title
An Open-Label, 12-Month Safety and Efficacy Study of Levodopa – Carbidopa Intestinal Gel in Levodopa-Responsive Subjects with Advanced Parkinson's Disease and Severe Motor-Fluctuations Despite Optimized Treatment with Available Parkinson’s Disease Medications

Keywords
Parkinson's Disease, Intestinal Gel, Surgery, Levodopa-Carbidopa

Title
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability Study of Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel in Levodopa-Responsive Parkinson's Subjects Receiving Optimized Treatments with Parkinson Medicinal Products, who Continue to Experience Persistent Motor Fluctuations

Keywords
Parkinson's Disease, Intestinal Gel, Surgery, Levodopa-Carbidopa

Title
Patient and Caregiver Perceptions Regarding the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Experience

Keywords
DBS, perception, caregiver

Last Review Date: July 7, 2010

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