Cortico-striatal Contributions to Parkinson's Disease Cognitive Impairment

This study aims to understand how brain activity in people with Parkinson's disease affects thinking and memory. Researchers will record brain activity (neurophysiology recordings) during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. They will also use neural stimulation during a gambling task to see how it impacts performance. The goal is to see how these interventions affect brain signals (changes in caudate DLPFC beta coherence) and performance on the gambling task. You may be able to join if you are at least 40 years old, have Parkinson's disease, are scheduled for DBS surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and can speak English. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 75 participants. It will involve neurophysiology recordings and neural stimulation.
What's involved
You would undergo neurophysiology recordings and neural stimulation during deep brain stimulation surgery, which is expected to last approximately 3-4 hours.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary endpoints are measured from baseline to the end of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery, approximately 3-4 hours.

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NCT04715984

Corticostriatal Contributions to Parkinson's Disease Cognitive Impairment

Recruiting
NAAges 40+InterventionalBasic science
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
~75 participants
Updated 2026-06-12 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Neurophysiology recordingsNeural stimulation

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Changes in caudate DLPFC beta coherence
Measured over Baseline to end of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), approximately 3-4 hours
+1 more outcome measured
Parkinson Disease

NCT04715984

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennesseestudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Sarah Bick, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Scheduled to undergo deep brain stimulation surgery under local anesthesia at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Planned clinical electrode trajectory that contacts caudate
Age greater than or equal to 40
Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
Able to participate in intraoperative testing
English speaking

Exclusion

Age less than 40
Not able to participate in intraoperative testing (for example unable to comprehend instructions or follow directions)
Movement disorder other than Parkinson's disease
  • Changes in caudate DLPFC beta coherenceBaseline to end of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), approximately 3-4 hours

    Caudate DLPFC coherence will be computed at rest and during the gambling task and correlated with cognitive metrics

  • Changes in gambling task performance with neural stimulationBaseline to end of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), approximately 3-4 hours

    The gambling task will involve seeing a series of cards presented on the screen and pressing a button to respond with a bet. Gambling task performance will be compared between stimulated and non stimulated blocks and between stimulation targets