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Parkinson #39;s patients receive focused ultrasound treatment at University of Virginia
Neurosurgeon W. Jeffrey Elias, MD and his team at the University of Virginia are once again charting new territory for focused ultrasound. As a follow-up to their ground-breaking and successful essential tremor pilot clinical trial, they have launched a new study using focused ultrasound to treat patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson #39;s disease. To be eligible for the study, patients must have symptoms that remain disabling despite optimal doses of medication. So far, the study has treated four patients and is expected to enroll 26 more. The trial is following a randomized double-blinded protocol, and patients do not immediately know if they are receiving an actual focused ultrasound treatment or a sham procedure. The randomization process will ultimately assign 20 patients to the study #39;s treatment arm and 10 to the sham group. Three months after-treatment, assignments will be "un-blinded" and sham arm patients will be eligible to crossover into the treatment group. More information about the clinical trial can be found here: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.eduFrom:FUSFoundationViews:19 0ratingsTime:02:34More inScience Technology

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