Eligibility Module

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


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NCT ID: NCT01590056
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Clinically definite PD treated / candidates for treatment with DBS (patients with advanced idiopathic PD who are deemed appropriate for DBS surgery). * Patients will be included in the study irrespective of whether a diagnosis of major depression (mild to moderate but not severe MDD) is fulfilled at baseline. Patients without depression will be monitored in the study for evidence of treatment emergent depression. Patients with depression will be monitored for antidepressant effects of stimulation change. * Age 40-75 years * Male or female. * Competent and willing to give written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Significant suicidal risk \[Hamilton Depression scale item 3 (suicide) \>2\]. * Comorbidity with any Psychotic Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Eating Disorder. * Lifetime history of substance or alcohol dependence or of abuse in the preceding 12 months * Significant cognitive decline, as measured by Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE) and the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB).
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 40 Years
Maximum Age: 75 Years
Study: NCT01590056
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT01590056