Clinical trials: Dystonia, Focal
Focal Dystonia, Healthy Volunteers
Loss of Depotentiation in Focal Dystonia
Background Focal dystonia is a brain disorder. It affects a muscle or muscles in a specific part of the body. Researchers think it may be related to excessive training or practice.
- Trial name
- NCT03206112
- Testing
- PAS25, PAS10, PAS25-cTBS150
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dystonic Disorder
Sensory Training to Treat Focal Dystonia
This study will examine the effectiveness of Braille reading as a sensory training program for improving symptoms of focal (localized) dystonia, a movement disorder caused by sustained muscle contractions.
- Trial name
- NCT00006336
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Focal Dystonia
Brain Changes in Patients With Focal Hand Dystonia
This study will examine how chemical changes in the brain produce symptoms of hand dystonia. Patients with dystonia have muscle spasms that cause uncontrolled twisting and repetitive movement or abnormal postures.
- Trial name
- NCT00306865
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Cervical Dystonia
Assessment of Long-term Clinical Response to BoNT in Cervical Dystonia
The goal of this retrospective, international, multi-center chart abstraction is to learn about the long-term impact of product-specific immunogenicity-related factors in different botulinum neurotoxin type A formulations in…
- Trial name
- RELY-CD (NCT05884528)
- Testing
- CC BoNT/A, CF BoNT/A, CF to CC BoNT/A
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Merz Therapeutics GmbH
Dystonia, Focal
Motor and Non-motor Symptoms in Cervical Dystonia
In this monocenter, observational, non-interventional, prospective, open label study investigators will enrol 43 CD patients from the outpatient Movement Disorders Clinic of the Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza…
- Trial name
- Royal (NCT04560101)
- Testing
- botulinum toxin A
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza
Cervical Dystonia
Theta Burst Transcranial Focused Ultrasound as a Novel Treatment for Cervical Dystonia
This study is a single-blinded, randomized control study that aims to recruit 48 participants. Participants will be "randomized" into one of the study arms of the study: active stimulation to GPi, active stimulation to DN, or…
- Trial name
- NCT07690514
- Testing
- LIFUS - GPi Active, LIFUS - DN Active
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Robert Chen
Focal Dystonia
rTMS and Retraining in Focal Hand Dystonia
This study is exploring a new experimental procedure in dystonia called repetitive transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS) combined with rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- DSS (NCT01738581)
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Sensorimotor Retraining, Non-specific Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Spasmodic Dysphonia, Singer's Dystonia
Brain Networks in Dystonia
To date, there is only limited knowledge about the distinct neural abnormalities that lead to the development of different forms of focal dystonia.
- Conditions
- Spasmodic Dysphonia, Singer's Dystonia, Writer's Cramp, Musician's Focal Hand Dystonia
- Trial name
- NCT03042962
- Testing
- MRI, Blood draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 141 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Dystonia, Healthy
Brain Anatomy in Dystonia
This study will use high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to look for subtle differences in brain anatomy between patients with focal hand dystonia (also called writer s cramp) and healthy normal volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00031369
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 189 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Cerebral Palsy, Dyskinetic, Secondary Dystonia
Focused Ultrasound Pallidotomy for Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy in Pediatric and Young Adult Subjects
The primary objective of the proposed study is to evaluate the safety of ExAblate Transcranial MRgFUS as a tool for creating bilateral or unilateral lesions in the globus pallidus (GPi) in patients with treatment-refractory…
- Trial name
- NCT06036199
- Testing
- Focused Ultrasound Pallidotomy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Spasmodic Dysphonia, Focal Dystonia
Role of Neurotransmission and Functional CNS Networks in Spasmodic Dysphonia
This study will examine how the brain controls speech in patients with spasmodic dysphonia, a voice disorder that involves involuntary spasms of muscles in the larynx (voice box), causing breaks in speech.
- Trial name
- NCT00713414
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Blepharospasm, Dystonia
Mexiletine for the Treatment of Focal Dystonia
Dystonia refers to a condition characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that may cause pain, abnormal posture, or abnormal movements.
- Conditions
- Blepharospasm, Dystonia, Spasm
- Trial name
- NCT00001784
- Testing
- Mexiletine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Focal Hand Dystonia, Musician's Dystonia
Somatosensory Processing in Focal Hand Dystonia
Patients with focal dystonia experience uncontrollable movements of the hand during certain types of skilled movements. Though the origin of the disorder is not fully understood, it is thought that brain areas involved in moving…
- Conditions
- Focal Hand Dystonia, Musician's Dystonia, Writer's Cramp, Dystonic Cramp
- Trial name
- NCT00579033
- Testing
- Tactile training + rTMS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Focal Hand Dystonia
IncobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin) to Treat Focal Hand Dystonia
This study is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized placebo controlled, parallel group, superiority trial in order to test the superiority of intramuscular injections of IncobotulinumtoxinA against placebo using a 1:1…
- Trial name
- NCT03977493
- Testing
- Xeomin
- Where
- 5 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Alain Kaelin
Focal Dystonia
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 for Blepharospasm
Background: Blepharospasm is caused by excessive contraction of the muscles that close the eye. One treatment is botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), which works by weakening those muscles.
- Trial name
- NCT01750346
- Testing
- Topical acetyl hexapeptide-8
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dystonia
Pathophysiology of Focal Hand Dystonia
Background: Little is known about the problems in brain function in focal hand dystonia (FHD) or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) dystonia. It is unclear why some CRPS patients develop dystonia but others do not.
- Trial name
- NCT03223623
- Testing
- TMS, MRI, VASO Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Focal Dystonia, Peripheral Nervous System Disease
Association Between Focal Dystonia and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
This study will investigate differences among people with focal dystonia (FD), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and people who have both conditions to learn more about the cause of both disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT00595439
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dystonia, Focal, Task-specific
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Focal Hand Dystonia
This study investigated the short term effects of repeated administrations of repetitive-transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on clinical changes and investigate neurophysiologic responses to rTMS of the activated motor…
- Trial name
- NCT01884064
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Focal Dystonia
A Study of Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 (AH8) in Treatment of Blepharospasm
Background: Blepharospasm is caused by excessive contraction of the muscles that close the eye. It can be treated with injections of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), which works by weakening those muscles.
- Trial name
- NCT00942851
- Testing
- Acetyl-Hexapeptide Topical Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dystonia
Brain Function in Focal Dystonia
Objectives The main objectives of this proposal are (1) to characterize motor learning abnormalities in patients with focal dystonia; (2) to show, using transcranial magnetic stimulation, that this abnormal motor learning went…
- Trial name
- NCT00102999
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)