Clinical trials: Essential Tremor
Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor
Imaging in the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor
Parkinson´s disease (PD) diagnosis is based upon clinical examination. Although imaging has helped doctors to identify many diseases, it still does not add too much information for the diagnosis of Parkinson´s disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01446939
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Healthy, Epilepsy
Bridging Gaps in the Neuroimaging Puzzle: New Ways to Image Brain Anatomy and Function in Health and Disease Using Electroencephalography and 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The human brain presents outstanding challenges to science and medicine. Brain function and structure span broad spatial scales (from single neurons to brain-wide networks) as well as temporal scales (from milliseconds to years).
- Conditions
- Healthy, Epilepsy, Psychosis, Essential Tremor
- Trial name
- NCT05769933
- Testing
- Simultaneous EEG-fMRI at 7 Tesla, Structural MRI at 7 Tesla
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et Developpement
Essential Tremor
Cerebellar Research in Ultrasound Stimulation
Experiment 1: Modulation of Physiological Tremor in Healthy Volunteers Thirty healthy volunteers will undergo TUS targeting the dentate nucleus in a randomized, double-blinded crossover design.
- Trial name
- CERBERUS (NCT07508696)
- Testing
- Transcranial focused ultrasound delivered to the dentate nucleus using the NeuroFUS Pro by Brainbox, Transcranial focused ultrasound delivered to the ventricles (control) using the NeuroFUS Pro by Brainbox
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease (PD)
Attention and Eye Movement in Parkinson's Disease
The goal of this observational and interventional study is to understand how therapeutic deep brain stimulation (DBS) affects attention, perception and cognition in participants with Parkinson's disease (PD) and non-PD movement…
- Conditions
- Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease (PD), Dystonias
- Trial name
- NCT06899022
- Testing
- Normal therapeutic DBS, Reduced current DBS, Reduced frequency DBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Essential Tremor, Dystonia
The Development of a System for Measurement of Tremor
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop a system which can be used to measure movements in people with Essential Tremor (with or without dystonia).
- Trial name
- NCT05956223
- Testing
- Virtual Reality measurement of essential tremor and dystonia
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Bionics Institute of Australia
Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke
Long-term Brain Stimulation of the Motor Ventral Thalamus (VOP/VIM) to Improve Motor Function
This study aims to recruit patients already implanted with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders to complete tasks assessing parameters of motor output, speech, and swallowing functions, both with and without…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Brain Disease, Movement Disorders (Incl Parkinsonism)
- Trial name
- NCT07056348
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Motor Thalamus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez
Tremor
The Effect of Lesion Characteristics in MRgFUS on Tremor in Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease
The study will investigate Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease patients who underwent Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS).
- Trial name
- MRgFUS (NCT03300193)
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Parkinson Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
Complex Eye Movements in Parkinson's Disease and Related Movement Disorders
Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD) depends on the clinical history of the patient and the patient's response to specific treatments such as levodopa.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT04925622
- Testing
- Complex eye movement exam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saccadous, Inc.
Tremor
Electrophysiological Study of the Effects of Limb Cooling on Essential Tremor
To determine the effects of upper limb forearm cooling on Essential Tremor upper limb tremor using a more practical method of limb cooling through a forearm cold pack.
- Trial name
- NCT01093027
- Testing
- 15 - 30, 30 - 15
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Essential Tremor
Functional Outcomes of Awake vs. Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Essential Tremor
Recently, there has been increasing interest in performing DBS under general anesthesia, where the stimulated targets are located anatomically (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT02418858
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Essential Tremor
LIFUS For Neurological Disorders
Low intensity focused ultrasound (LIFUS) has the potential to be used as a means of non-invasive neuro-modulation. To this day, the use of LIFUS is under investigation.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease (PD), Essential Tremor, Orthostatic Tremor, Dystonia
- Trial name
- NCT07417280
- Testing
- LIFUS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor
Sensory Gating Measured With Microelectrode Recording (MER) During Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an FDA approved, and widely used method for treating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), Essential Tremor (ET), Dystonia and Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD).
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02320266
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor
Movement Disorder Quantification Algorithm Development
The purpose of this study is to collect kinematic motion data from subjects with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) to develop and validate algorithms for quantifying motor symptoms such…
- Trial name
- NCT01534650
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc.
Essential Tremor
Functional Neuroimaging Feedback for Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy
Focused ultrasound for Essential Tremor is an FDA approved treatment performed by neurosurgeons at the Ohio State Center for Neuromodulation that utilizes ultrasound technology to create a lesion in the thalamus of Essential…
- Trial name
- NCT03560622
- Testing
- multi-modality neuroimaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vibhor Krishna
Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor
Analysis and Suppression of Tremor During Grasp Using Ultrasound Imaging and Electrical Stimulation
Individuals experiencing tremors face difficulty performing activities of daily living caused by involuntary oscillation of the muscles in the hands and arms.
- Trial name
- Tremor (NCT05308368)
- Testing
- Ultrasound Imaging, Electromyography, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Essential Tremor, Tremor
Functional Imaging of Tremor Circuits and Mechanisms of Treatment Response
Essential Tremor (ET) is the most common tremor disorder, currently affecting an estimated 2.9 million Americans and leading to disability and decreased quality of life in 75% of cases.
- Trial name
- NCT02495883
- Testing
- Ethanol, Propranolol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Essential Tremor
Transcranial Stimulation for Essential Tremor
The main purpose of this study is to see if transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be used to help study brain function in healthy people and in those with neurological diseases like essential tremor.
- Trial name
- NCT03025529
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Essential Tremor
Ventrointermediate Nucleus (VIM DBS) and Working Memory
This is part of a larger study for which participants have already completed memory and thinking tests. In this study, investigators are trying to learn how deep-brain stimulation affects memory skills in essential tremor (ET)…
- Trial name
- WMVIM (NCT00906412)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor
Utilizing Smart Devices to Identify New Phenotypical Characteristics in Movement Disorders
This observational and experimental study seeks to establish a Smart Device System (SDS) to monitor high-resolution handtremor-based data using Smartphones, SmartWatches and Tablets.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor, Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03638479
- Testing
- Data Capture
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 513 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universität Münster
Essential Tremor
An Efficacy/Safety Study of Perampanel for Reducing Essential Tremor
Obtain information on whether the medication Perampanel reduces tremor in people with essential tremor and is well-tolerated.
- Trial name
- NCT02668146
- Testing
- Perampanel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System