Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Parkinson's disease Année : 2024

Subthalamic and nigral stimulation for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: Randomized pilot trial

Silvia Gallo

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Background: Freezing of gait (FoG) is a debilitating symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) with limited response to dopaminergic medication and subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS). Substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) stimulation could improve FoG. Objective: To analyze the effect of combined STN-SNr stimulation at different frequencies on FoG. Methods: We performed a double-blind, cross-over, randomized pilot trial involving STN-DBS treated PD patients with FoG. Participants received: high-frequency (HF) STN-DBS (S), combined HF-STN and SNr stimulation (C1), and combined HF-STN and low-frequency (LF) SNr stimulation (C2), for one month each. The primary endpoint was the score change in the New-Freezing-of-Gait-Questionnaire (NFOG-Q). Secondary analyses were performed on motor complications, axial symptoms, daily living activities, psychiatric symptoms, sleep, and patient preference. Results: Fifteen patients received at least one combined stimulation. No significant difference in NFOG-Q scores was found between S, C1, and C2; one-third of patients showed a clinically significant improvement (≥8 points) with combined stimulations. Motor complications improved significantly with C1 and C2 (C1-S: 3.6 ± 3.8 vs. 4.9 ± 3.8, p = 0.046; C2-S: 2.7 ± 3.1 vs. 4.9 ± 3.8, p = 0.005). 80% of patients preferred the combined STN-SNr stimulation while blinded. All adverse events were manageable.

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hal-05122246 , version 1 (20-06-2025)

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Carlo Alberto Artusi, Claudia Ledda, Silvia Gallo, Domiziana Rinaldi, Corrado Campisi, et al.. Subthalamic and nigral stimulation for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: Randomized pilot trial. Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2024, 14, pp.1602 - 1613. ⟨10.1177/1877718x241292315⟩. ⟨hal-05122246⟩
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