NCT01734122Recruiting
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Essential Tremor and Parkinsonian Tremor
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 20 Nov 2012
- Start date
- 21 Feb 2013
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT01734122
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 60
- From 21 Feb 2013 to the primary completion date, Sept 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Contraindications to cranial radiation (such as prior radiation to the thalamus)
- Prior surgical thalamotomy treatment (but contralateral deep brain stimulator \[DBS\] is permitted)
Other
- Inability to have a MRI of the brain
- Estimated life expectancy less than 1 year
Who the study is looking for
- 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
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
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