Movement Disorders Clinical Studies
| Various clinical studies are currently enrolling patients with Parkinson Disease/Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Tourette Syndrome or Tics, Huntington Disease, Tremor and other types of movement disorders. If you are interested in participating in clinical studies in our division, please contact the research coordinator for each study. |
| Control subjects without movement disorders are needed for various studies. if you are interested in being a control participant in our studies, please contact the appropriate contact person noted below for eligibility. |
| Study Title |
Principal Investigator |
Contact |
| Oculomotor Control and Gait in Parkinson Disease. (more details) |
Gammon Earhart |
John Michael Rotello
314-362-0420
|
Use of PIB PET imaging to evaluate dementia subtypes in patients with Parkinson Disease
(more details) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Johanna Hartlein
314-362-6026 |
| A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the safety and efficacy of SYN115 as adjunctive therapy in levodopa-treated Parkinson’s subjects with end of dose wearing off. (more details) |
Susan Criswell |
Mary Pecoraro 314-747-7017 |
| Understanding everyday cognitive functioning in Parkinson disease without dementia.(more details) |
Erin Foster |
Emily Bihun 362-2083 |
| Mapping Mood in the Subthalamic Nucleus in PD (more details) |
Tamara Hershey |
Samantha Blankenship
314-362-6514 |
| Effects of Dopamine on Functional Connectivity in Parkinson Disease (more details) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Johanna Hartlein
314-362-6026 |
| Multi-Center, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial to Examine the Safety and Efficacy of Pimavanserin the Treatment of Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease. (more details) |
Kevin Black |
Mary Creech 314-362-7651 |
| Molecular Genetic Studies of Parkinsonism (more details) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Stacy Pratt
314-747-5916
|
| Rehabilitation of everyday memory impairment in Parkinson disease: A Pilot Study (more details) |
Erin Foster |
Tasha Doty
314-362-7160 |
| A Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of Pioglitazone in Early Parkinson's Disease (FS-Zone) (more details) |
Brad Racette |
Melissa Ammel
314-747-3470 |
| Study Title |
Principal Investigator |
Contact |
| Neurobiological Predictors of Huntington Disease, Version 2.0 (PREDICT-HD v 2.0) (more details) (study brochure) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Stacey Barton
314-362-3471 |
| Creatine Safety, Tolerability & Efficacy in huntington's Disease. (more details) |
Brad Racette |
Pat Deppen
362-8548 |
| Study Title |
Principal Investigator |
Contact |
| Dystonia Coalition: Project 1: Natural History and Biorepository for Primary Dystonia. (Study Brochure) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Ling Yan 362-7148 |
| Dystonia Coalition: Project 2: Comprehensive Rating Tools for Cervical Dystonia. (Study Brochure) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Ling Yan 362-7148 |
| Dystonia Coalition: Project 3: Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic Methods and Measures of Spasmodic Dysphonia. (Study Brochure) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Ling Yan 362-7148 |
| Role of Dopamine Receptors in Primary Focal Dystonias (more details) |
Morvarid Karimi |
Stacy Pratt 314-747-5916 |
Tourette Syndrome or Tics
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| Study Title |
Principal Investigator |
Contact |
| Predictive Biomarkers of Conversion to Tourette Syndrome in Children with New-Onset Tics (more details) |
Kevin Black |
Mary Creech (314-362-7651) maryc@npg.wustl.edu |
| Tourette Syndrome Neuroimaging Consortium Pilot. (more details) |
Kevin Black,
Bradley Schlaggar |
Mary Creech (314-362-7651) maryc@npg.wustl.edu |
| Study Title |
Principal Investigator |
Contact |
| Biospecimen and Clinical Data Acquisition Neurological and Psychiatric Genetics Repository (more details) |
Joel Perlmutter |
Stacy Pratt (314-747-5916) pratts@npg.wustl.edu |
| Prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, multi-center study with an open-label extension period to investigate the efficacy and safety of NT 201 in the treatment of post-stroke spasticity of the lower limb (more details) |
Susan Criswell |
Karen McDonell (314-747-0514)
mcdonellk@neuro.wustl.edu |
