Deep Brain Stimulation in HD

In December of this year, the last patient recruited into the European multi-centre deep brain stimulation study (HD-DBS) will reach the secondary endpoint (6 month follow-up). Recruitment was finished in 05/21. Perseverance pays off! The DBS team led by Professor Jan Vesper in Düsseldorf, Germany, expects data from the study to be available in 2022. This may tell us whether DBS, which currently is not licensed (CE approved) for HD, could in the future become an additional treatment option for selected patients with HD.