🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2023-07-20

Remote Optimization, Adjustment and Measurement for Deep Brain Stimulation (NCT05269862)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic ⚙️ Medical Device Protocol Sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The purpose of the ROAM-DBS study is to compare the time needed to achieve a 1 point improvement Patient's Global Impression of change (PGIC) relative to the subject's status at the end of the ADROIT initial programming visit in subjects who receive programming updates via in-clinic sessions and subjects who additionally have the option of receiving programming updates via Virtual Clinic sessions. The study intends to demonstrate shorter times to achieve benefit in the Virtual Clinic cohort.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (9 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (6 items).

Location: University of Arizona Health Sciences Center — Tucson, Arizona

Age range: 21 Years

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Subject is currently enrolled or plans to enroll in an investigational study that may confound the results of this study.
  • Subject has anatomic or comorbid conditions, or other medical, social, or psychological conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, could limit the subject's ability to participate in the study or to comply with follow-up requirements, or impact the scientific soundness of the study results.
  • As assessed by the treating physician, lead misplacement would prevent the DBS therapy from providing clinically meaningful benefit.
  • Subject is unable to use the Virtual Clinic feature.
  • Subject will not be able, in the investigator's opinion, to demonstrate or articulate symptoms during a Virtual Clinic visit.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (18 Sites)

  • University of Arizona Health Sciences Center — Tucson, Arizona
  • University of California at Davis — Sacramento, California
  • University of Miami Hospital — Miami, Florida
  • Rush University Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • Indiana University — Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire
  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio
  • Ohio State Medical — Columbus, Ohio
  • Thomas Jefferson Department of Neurosurgery — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Texas Movement Disorder Specialist — Georgetown, Texas
  • Universitäts Klinikum Tübingen — Tübingen, Bad-wur
  • Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Düsseldorf — Düsseldorf, N. RHIN
  • UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz — Mainz, Rhinela
  • Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol — Badalona,
  • Hospital Universitario de la Princesa — Madrid,
  • Hospital Virgen de Rocio — Seville,
  • Queen Elizabeth University Hospital — Glasgow, Wdbtshr

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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