Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Essential Tremor and Parkinsonian Tremor
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Conditions studied: Tremor, Essential Tremor, Parkinson Disease, Radiosurgery, Quality of Life
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine the changes in quality of life and degree of tremor for patients with essential tremor or Parkinsonian tremor who are treated by stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). This is a questionnaire-based study. Please see Detailed Description below for more information.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01734122
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2013-02-21
- Expected to finish
- 2028-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-09-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must be certified by a neurologist as having essential tremor or Parkinsonian tremor that is insufficiently controlled by medication alone.
- Preference to receive radiation treatment for tremor treatment, rather than surgical DBS implantation or surgical thalamotomy
- At least 18 years old
You may not qualify if…
- Contraindications to cranial radiation (such as prior radiation to the thalamus)
- Inability to have a MRI of the brain
- Prior surgical thalamotomy treatment (but contralateral deep brain stimulator [DBS] is permitted)
- Estimated life expectancy less than 1 year
Where it is running
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States (enrolling)
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