Researchers in NYU Langone’s Department of Neurosurgery conduct clinical trials on a variety of neurosurgical topics, such as brain and spine tumors, vagus nerve stimulation, stroke, and neuromodulation.

Current Clinical Trials

Our current clinical trials include the following.

Brain Tumor Specimen Acquisition for Research Purposes

Principal investigator: Dimitris G. Placantonakis, MD, PhD
Status: Active and enrolling patients

Pivotal Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the CereVasc eShunt System in the Treatment of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (STRIDE)

Investigator: Howard A. Riina, MD

Rehab with Electrical Stimulation Therapy to Optimize Rehabilitation Effect (RESTORE): A Pivotal Study

Investigator: Alon Mogilner, MD, PhD

Intravertebral Bone Graft in Spinal Fusion

Investigator: Darryl Lau, MD

Evoked Compound Action Potentials for Parkinson's Disease (eCAP-PD) Study

Investigator: Michael H. Pourfar, MD

The National Biorepository and Resource for Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor Translational Research (BioPitNeT)

Investigator: Donato R. Pacione, MD

Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Decision and Movement in Subthalamic Nucleus: A Prospective Study in Subjects Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

Investigator: Alon Mogilner, MD, PhD

Research on Effectiveness of surgery and radiotherapy in reLieving mechanIcal and radicular pain in patiEnts with VErtebral metastasis (RELIEVE)

Investigator: Ilya Laufer, MD