The Swedish Essential Tremor (SWEET) Trial

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Conditions studied: Essential Tremor

In brief

To evaluate the effect of deep brain stimulation (DBS) vs best medical treatment in essential tremor (ET) in a randomized, single-blinded controlled trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03832712

Run by

Karolinska Institutet

People needed

100

Starts

2018-06-30

Expected to finish

2027-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2022-05-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of ET, as decided by the movement disorder specialist; Substantial incapacity; Duration of symptoms > 5 years; Age 18 - 75; unsatisfying effect from β-blockers, or be unable to tolerate the medical therapy.

You may not qualify if…

• Cognitive impairment; Co-morbidity or non-compliance likely to jeopardize the result or to confuse the evaluation; Normal surgical exclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• Linköping University Hospital — Linköping, Sweden (enrolling)
• Lund University Hospital — Lund, Sweden (enrolling)
• Karolinska University Hospital — Stockholm, Sweden (enrolling)
• Umeå University Hospital — Umeå, Sweden (enrolling)
• Akademiska Sjukhuset — Uppsala, Sweden (enrolling)
• Sahlgrenska University Hospital — Gothenburg, Sweden

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