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Controlling Parkinson's Disease With Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation
Published on: July 16, 2014
Clinically Implemented Sensing-Based Initial Programming of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: A
Bart E K S Swinnen1, Andrea Fuentes1, Monica M Volz1
1University of California San Francisco Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; University of California San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Centre, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Objectives:
Initial deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming using a monopolar review is time-consuming, subjective, and burdensome. Incorporating neurophysiology has the potential to expedite, objectify, and automatize initial DBS programming. We aimed to assess the feasibility and performance of clinically implemented sensing-based initial DBS programming for Parkinson's disease (PD).
Materials And Methods:
We conducted a single-center retrospective study in 15 patients with PD (25 hemispheres) implanted with a sensing-enabled neurostimulator in whom initial subthalamic nucleus/globus pallidus pars interna DBS programming was guided by beta power in real-time local field potential recordings, instead of a monopolar review.
Results:
The initial sensing-based programming visit lasted on average 42.2 minutes (SD 18) per hemisphere. During the DBS optimization phase, a conventional monopolar clinical review was not required in any patients. The initial stimulation contact level remained the same at the final follow-up visit in all hemispheres except three. The final amplitude was on average 0.8 mA (SD 0.9) higher than initially set after the original sensing-based programming visit. One year after surgery, off-medication International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) III total score, tremor subscore, MDS-UPDRS IV, and levodopa-equivalent dose improved by 47.0% (p < 0.001), 77.7% (p = 0.001), 51.1% (p = 0.006), and 44.8% (p = 0.011) compared with preoperatively using this approach.
Conclusions:
This study shows that sensing-based initial DBS programming for PD is feasible and rapid, and selected clinically effective contacts in most patients, including those with tremor. Technologic innovations and practical developments could improve sensing-based programming.
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