Spastic Cerebral Palsy clinical trials at UCSF
1 research study open to eligible people
Spastic cerebral palsy is a condition that limits muscle movement due to stiffness. UCSF is conducting a study on the safety of deep brain stimulation in children and young adults. Devices are being placed in the brain to explore potential management of movement disorders.
Cerebellar Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders in Cerebral Palsy in Children and Young Adults
open to eligible people ages 7-25
The purpose of this study is to test the safety of placing Deep Brain Stimulators (DBS) in a part of the brain called the cerebellum and using electrical stimulation of that part of the brain to treat movement symptoms related to cerebral palsy. Ten children and young adults with dyskinetic cerebral palsy will be implanted with a Medtronic Percept Primary Cell Neurostimulator. We will pilot videotaped automated movement recognition techniques and formal gait analysis, as well as collect and characterize each subject's physiological and neuroimaging markers that may predict hyperkinetic pathological states and their response to therapeutic DBS.
San Francisco, California
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