Clinical trials: Tremors
Parkinson Disease, Dystonia
Clinical and Physiological Studies of Tremor Syndromes
Background: Researchers have some data on how the brain controls movement and why some people have tremor. But the causes of tremor are not fully known.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Dystonia, Essential Tremor
- Trial name
- NCT03027310
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Movement Disorder, Tremor
Natural History Protocol for Movement Disorders
Background: A movement disorder is a condition that causes a person s body to move in ways that are not normal. There are different types. Some disorders cause movements people can t control, such as tics or shaking.
- Conditions
- Movement Disorder, Tremor, Parkinson's Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05413291
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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
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-specific Peripheral Stimulation for Tremor Management
The purpose of this study is to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms of peripheral electrical stimulation (PES) in modulating supraspinal tremorogenic input to motoneurons.
- Trial name
- NCT04501133
- Testing
- Peripheral electrical stimulation, Single pulse TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Essential Tremor, Healthy Individuals
Impact of Sensory Electrical Stimulation on Sensation and Tremor
The purpose of this study is to understand the acute, short-term and long-term impact of transcutaneous and/or percutaneous electrical stimulation with afferent-specific electrical stimulation (asES) on proprioception and fine…
- Trial name
- NCT06428526
- Testing
- Continuous stimulation strategy, Closed-loop stimulation strategy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Essential Tremor
Decision-making and Emotion Recognition in Essential Tremor
The present study aims at investigating cognitive functions requiring orbitofrontal control, namely decision-making and facial emotion recognition.
- Trial name
- EMOTREM (NCT01223144)
- Testing
- Iowa Gambling Task and Ekman facial recognition test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Essential Tremor
Functional Brain Network Changes in Patients Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor
The purpose of this study is to collect electrophysiological data related to functional brain network changes in patients undergoing deep brain stimulation for the treatment of essential tremor.
- Trial name
- TRaNCE (NCT06293638)
- Testing
- Alcohol, Alprazolam, Cold Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
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
Autistic Disorders Spectrum, Adhd
Studies of Brain and Body Interaction
The goal of this study is to characterize biophysiolgoical signals as a comprehensive profile of the nervous systems in order to understand interactions between the brain and body, while an individual performs naturalistic…
- Conditions
- Autistic Disorders Spectrum, Adhd, Asperger Syndrome, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03672266
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers University
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
Physiological Tremor, Exercise-Induced Neuromuscular Fatigue
Effect of Trigger Point Cryostimulation on Exercise-Induced Tremor in Adolescent Swimmers
This study examines whether local cryostimulation of myofascial trigger points can reduce physiological tremor that occurs after intense physical exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT07480200
- Testing
- Cryostimulation of Myofascial Trigger Points
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education
Older Adults Without Any Specific Clinical Condition, Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance
Effects of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Older Adults
The autonomic nervous system consists of two branches, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, which must work in balance. Its functioning can be measured indirectly by heart rate variability, which is the time between…
- Conditions
- Older Adults Without Any Specific Clinical Condition, Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance, Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Trial name
- tVNS_older (NCT07292623)
- Testing
- Active location tVNS
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade da Coruña
Parkinson Disease
Detection of Internal Tremors by Oscillometry in Parkinson's Patient
The goal of the present study is to objectively access the presence of an Internal Tremor in Parkinson's disease. Inertial sensors will be used to detect the presence of a rhythmic oscillation of 3-4 Hz.
- Trial name
- TREMOS-PD (NCT06885541)
- Testing
- Detection of objective internal tremors
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Essential Tremor
Dual Lead Thalamic Deep Brain Recording (DBR)-DBS Interface for Closed Loop Control of Severe Essential Tremor
This is a feasibility study based on physician-initiated Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) including intraoperative experiments and chronic testing of implanted dual thalamic DBS lead systems.
- Trial name
- NCT04212780
- Testing
- Medtronic Summit Rechargable (RC)+S, ipsilateral thalamic (VIM+VO) DBS, standard ET DBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Essential Tremor
Dual-Site Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Supplementary Motor Area and Cerebellum for the Treatment of Essential Tremor.
Essential tremor is a common movement disorder that causes involuntary shaking, mainly during voluntary actions such as writing or holding objects.
- Trial name
- NCT07344194
- Testing
- Dual-site repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the supplementary motor area and cerebellum
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- São Paulo State University
Laryngeal Dystonia, Spasmodic Dysphonia
Characterization of Clinical Phenotypes of Laryngeal Dystonia and Voice Tremor
The researchers will systematically evaluate current and novel clinical voice assessment tools and measures to elucidate distinct clinical phenotypes of those with laryngeal dystonia and voice tremor.
- Conditions
- Laryngeal Dystonia, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Tremor
- Trial name
- NCT05150106
- Testing
- Clinical assessments of laryngeal function
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Laryngeal Dystonia, Spasmodic Dysphonia
Understanding Disorder-specific Neural Pathophysiology in Laryngeal Dystonia and Voice Tremor
The researchers will examine functional neural correlates that differentiate between laryngeal dystonia and voice tremor and contribute to disorder-specific pathophysiology using a cross-disciplinary approach of multimodal brain…
- Conditions
- Laryngeal Dystonia, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Tremor
- Trial name
- NCT05216770
- Testing
- Brain imaging, Laryngeal sensory block with topical bupivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Dystonia, Drug Induced Dystonia
Clinical Validation of DystoniaNet Deep Learning Platform for Diagnosis of Isolated Dystonia
This research involves retrospective and prospective studies for clinical validation of a DystoniaNet deep learning platform for the diagnosis of isolated dystonia.
- Conditions
- Dystonia, Drug Induced Dystonia, Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor
- Trial name
- NCT05317390
- Testing
- DystoniaNet-based diagnosis of isolated dystonia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
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