Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:08 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:08 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03836950
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Veterans who seek services at Hines VA Hospital or Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
* Diagnosis of PD or atypical parkinsonism as determined by a neurologist
* Meet criteria for having mild cognitive impairment
* Receiving stable (i.e., no changes in medication and medication dose) medication and who are expected to remain on stable medication for the duration of the RCT
* Speak and read English
* 50 years or older
Exclusion Criteria:
* Dementia
* Failure to demonstrate decision making capacity
* History of deep brain stimulation surgery
* Severe depression
* Resting head tremor
* Dyskinesia that will interfere with collecting imaging data
* Has congestive heart failure
* Implanted cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator
* Cochlear implant, nerve stimulator, or intracranial metal clips
* Implanted medical pump
* Increased intracranial pressure
* History of claustrophobia
* Metal in eyes/face, shrapnel/bullet remnants in brain
* Participants at potential increased risk of seizure including those who have the following:
* history (or family history) of seizure or epilepsy
* history of stroke, head injury, or unexplained seizures
* presence of other neurological disease that may be associated with an altered seizure threshold
* such as CVA, cerebral aneurysm, dementia, increased intracranial pressure
* Concurrent medication use such as tricyclic antidepressants, neuroleptic medications, any other drug known to lower seizure threshold
* Secondary conditions that may significantly alter electrolyte balance or lower seizure threshold
* No quantifiable motor threshold such that rTMS dosage cannot be accurately deter-mined
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Study:
NCT03836950
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03836950