{"id":19213,"date":"2023-03-29T14:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=19213"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:35:26","slug":"cerebral-palsy","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/cerebral-palsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerebral Palsy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology that could transform the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with cerebral palsy. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the brain without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound energy on target tissue, and results in thermal ablation (burning) of the target, with improvement of the symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary options for treatment of cerebral palsy include medication and physical therapy. Unfortunately, these can be ineffective in many cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a non-invasive, yet more effective alternative to conventional therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound is noninvasive, so it does not carry added concerns like surgical wound healing or infection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can be repeated, if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT06036199?cond=Cerebral%20Palsy&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a> is begun at Children\u2019s National in Washington, DC, that is treating patient with dyskinetic cerebral palsy with lesions in the globus pallidus (GPi) to lessen their symptoms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Cerebral%20Palsy&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-a-treatment-site\">Find a Treatment Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-technology\/treatment-sites\/?indication=Cerebral%20Palsy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search for a treatment center or clinical trial near you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for cerebral palsy is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vogt L, Quiroz V, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38655812\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Emerging therapies for childhood-onset movement disorders<\/strong><\/a>. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2024 Jun 1;36(3):331-341. doi: 10.1097\/MOP.0000000000001354. Epub 2024 Apr 4. PMID: 38655812&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jung NY, Park CK, Kim M, Lee PH, Sohn YH, Chang JW. <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30095337\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The&nbsp;efficacy&nbsp;and&nbsp;limits&nbsp;of&nbsp;magnetic&nbsp;resonance-guided&nbsp;focused&nbsp;ultrasound&nbsp;pallidotomy&nbsp;for&nbsp;Parkinson&#8217;s&nbsp;disease: a Phase I clinical trial<\/strong><\/a>. J Neurosurg. 2018 Aug 1:1-9. doi: 10.3171\/2018.2.JNS172514. Online ahead of print. PMID:&nbsp;30095337<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeelani NU, Jindahra P, Tamber MS, Poon TL, Kabasele P, James-Galton M, et al. <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20581412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>&#8216;Hemispherical asymmetry in the meyer&#8217;s loop&#8217;: A prospective study of visual-field deficits in 105 cases undergoing anterior temporal lobe resection for epilepsy<\/strong><\/a>. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 81:985-991, 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamani C, Dubiela FP, Soares JC, Shin D, Bittencourt S, Covolan L, et al: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20558163\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Anterior thalamus deep brain stimulation at high current impairs memory in rats<\/strong><\/a>. Exp Neurol 225:154-162, 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=%28%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU%29+and+%22cerebral+palsy%22&amp;sort=date\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;for additional references from PubMed.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[6],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[14],"class_list":["post-19213","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-neurological"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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