Clinical trials: Focal Hand Dystonia
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 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
Occupational; Cramp(s)
Study of Arm and Putter Movement in Golfers With Golfer's Cramp
The investigators will investigate golfers with visual evidence of an involuntary movement while putting before and after treatment with a low dose of propranolol.
- Trial name
- NCT02032758
- Testing
- Propranolol, Opal Device, Science and Motion PuttLab (SAM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Isolated Focal Hand Dystonia
Accelerated TMS for Focal Hand Dystonia
This study aims to investigate the impact of accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on brain function and behavior in patients with focal hand dystonia.
- Trial name
- NCT06015672
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Isolated Focal Hand Dystonia
Neuromodulation Therapy for Task-Specific Dystonia
This study aims to apply a non-invasive brain stimulation technology called repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in patients with focal hand dystonia (FHD).
- Trial name
- NCT06422104
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Focal Dystonia
EEG and EMG Studies of Hand Dystonia
This study will examine how the brain operates during execution and control of voluntary movement and what goes wrong with these processes in disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00025701
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 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)
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)
Focal Dystonia, Healthy Volunteers
Depotentiation in People With Focal Hand Dystonia
Background: Focal hand dystonia (FHD) causes muscles to contract, leading to abnormal movements or postures. Musicians, writers, and athletes often get it.
- Trial name
- NCT02106936
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Focal Dystonia
Motor Training to Treat Hand Dystonia
This study will evaluate the effect of motor training on focal hand dystonia in people with writer's cramp and will examine whether this training affects excitability of the motor cortex of the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT00021853
- Testing
- constraint-induced movement therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dystonia
Incobotulinum Toxin A (Xeomin®) As A Treatment For Focal Task-Specific Dystonia Of The Musician's Hand
The investigational drug being studied in this protocol is Incobotulinumtoxin A (Xeomin®). Botulinum toxin (BoNT) prevents the release of the acetylcholine from peripheral nerves, inhibiting muscle contractions.
- Trial name
- NCT02107261
- Testing
- incobotulinumtoxin A
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Focal Hand Dystonia
Long-Term Motor Learning in Focal Hand Dystonia
This study will examine the effects of long-term practice of repeated finger movements in people with focal hand dystonia, as compared with healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00325091
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Parkinson Disease
Study of Motor Inhibition in Parkinson's Disease and Focal Hand Dystonia
The current research protocol aims at studying preparatory inhibition in two populations of patients suffering from movement disorders.
- Trial name
- PD-INHIB (NCT05209516)
- Testing
- Behavioral data, Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), Questionnaires
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Focal Dystonia
Neurophysiology of Task-Specificity of Focal Hand Dystonia
This study will examine how the brain coordinates movement in patients with focal hand dystonia. Patients with dystonia have muscle spasms that cause uncontrolled twisting and repetitive movement or abnormal postures.
- Trial name
- NCT00309010
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dystonia, Focal Hand Dystonia
Transcranial Electrical Polarization to Treat Focal Hand Dystonia
This study will evaluate the effect of transcranial electrical polarization (TEP), also called direct current (DC) stimulation, on focal hand dystonia in people with writer's cramp.
- Conditions
- Dystonia, Focal Hand Dystonia, FHD
- Trial name
- NCT00106782
- Testing
- Transcranial Electrical Polarization (TEP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dystonia
Validating a New Writer s Cramp Scale
Background: People with writer s cramp develop tightness in arm muscles and abnormal hand posture when writing, which makes writing difficult or impossible.
- Trial name
- NCT01579266
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 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
Dystonia
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Focal Hand Dystonia
Background: The brain has natural electrical rhythms of brain activities. These rhythms may be different in people with movement disorders, such as dystonia (involuntary muscle movement, cramps, or tremors).
- Trial name
- NCT01792336
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Writer's Cramp, Dystonias
VTS Sensorimotor Neuromodulation in WC
Writer's cramps (WC) is a focal task-specific upper limb dystonia that significantly impairs handwriting and other manual skills, affecting functionality.
- Trial name
- VTS in WC (NCT07894198)
- Testing
- Vibro-tactile stimulation
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Focal Dystonia
fMRI Studies of Task Specificity in Focal Hand Dystonia
This study will examine how the brain makes involuntary spasms and contractions in patients with focal hand dystonia (FHD). Patients with dystonia have muscle spasms that cause uncontrolled twisting and repetitive movement or…
- Trial name
- NCT00310414
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)