# Phase I Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) vs. Best Medical Therapy (BMT) Trial

> **NCT00056563** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · enrollment: 255 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Parkinson's Disease

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation
- **OTHER:** best medical therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00056563
- **Lead sponsor:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2002-04
- **Primary completion:** 2008-10
- **Final completion:** 2008-10
- **Target enrollment:** 255 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-05-09

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00056563

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00056563, "Phase I Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) vs. Best Medical Therapy (BMT) Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00056563. Licensed CC0.

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