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NCT06403280Completed

The Effect of Alcohol on Common Tremor Syndromes

The Effect of Alcohol on Common Tremor Syndromes - A Prospective Double-blind Randomised Cross-over (Alcohol, Placebo) Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The aim of this interventional study is to compare the response to alcohol in patients with essential tremor (ET), essential tremor plus (ETplus), dystonic tremor (DT), tremor associated with dystonia (TaD) and tremor in Parkinson´s disease (PD). The main question to be answered is: • Is there a difference in the objective alcohol responsiveness of patients with ET, DT, TaD and PD? Participants will receive either vodka with rum-flavoured orange juice with a target blood alcohol of 0.4 ‰ or a non-alcoholic rum-flavoured orange juice (vice versa on the second study day). Before and 30, 60 an 120 minutes after the study drink the participants will undergo a clinical examination of the tremor and accelerometry will be performed. Researchers will compare alcohol and placebo in a randomized cross over way to see if the effect of alcohol on tremor exceeds the placebo effect.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
45 (actual)
First submitted
29 Apr 2024
Start date
May 2024
Primary completion date
Dec 2025
Lead sponsor
Medical University of Graz
NCT number
NCT06403280

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 45
  • From May 2024 to the primary completion date, Dec 2025
  • 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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Other illness

  • patients with diseases prohibiting alcohol ingestion
  • patients with a history of alcohol abuse

Other

  • persons that are not willing to abstain from driving at both study days
  • pregnancy

Who the study is looking for

  • diagnosis of PD, DT, TaD, ET or ETplus based on clinical diagnostic criteria
  • tremor in upper extremities
  • accompanying person for both study visits

Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Medical University of Graz
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