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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02221544
Date of registration: 19/08/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Public title: The Effect of Low-frequency rTMS on Motor Function in PD Patients With Freezing of Gait
Scientific title: The Effect of Low-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Motor Function in Patients With Parkinson's Disease (PD) With Freezing of Gait (FOG).
Date of first enrolment: September 2014
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02221544
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Nir Giladi, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Name:     Nir Giladi, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 972-3-6974790
Email: nirg@tlvmc.gov.il
Affiliation: 
Name:     Nir Giladi, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 972-3-6974790
Email: nirg@tlvmc.gov.il
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), as diagnosed by a neurologist.

2. The mini-mental state examination questionnaire score above 24 points.

3. Suffer from a disabling phenomenon called Freezing of Gait (FoG) (Freezing Of Gait
questionnaire score> = 10)

4. Negative responses to the Preliminary Safety Magnetic Stimulation Treatment
questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Other neurological or psychiatric disorders.

2. Severe personality disorder.

3. High Blood Pressure.

4. History of epilepsy, seizures or convulsions.

5. History of epilepsy or convulsions in first-degree relatives.

6. History of head injury or stroke.

7. Metal remains of the skull or inside the brain (outside the oral cavity).

8. Surgeries including metallic implants or known history of metal particles in the eye,
pacemakers, hearing devices transplantation, or medical pumps.

9. Current history of migraines for the last six months.

10. A history of drug or alcohol abuse

11. Other medical research in the time to experiment or three months ahead. -



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: 89 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention(s)
Device: Low-frequency repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Device: rTMS maintenance
Device: Sham maintenance
Device: Sham
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in frequency and severity of the freezing of gait phenomenon [Time Frame: One week post intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Balance [Time Frame: One week post intervention]
Community ambulation [Time Frame: One week post intervention]
Immediate changes in blood pressure [Time Frame: Every session, immediately after receiving the treatment]
Changes in endurance [Time Frame: One week post intervention]
Immediate change in gait function [Time Frame: One week post intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
TASMC-13-NG-599-CTIL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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