Image-guided brain stimulation settings for essential tremor
Compares scan-guided and usual device programming for tremor and satisfaction in essential tremor.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Pennsylvania
- Where
- Philadelphia, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Image-Guided DBS Programming
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Sept 2026
- Expected to end
- 30 Aug 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- programming a
- programming b
- Record updated
- 6 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with essential tremor who already have Boston Scientific deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes in the VIM area of the thalamus. It compares image-guided DBS settings with standard settings.
- Age
- 21 to 85 years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- Essential tremor (ET)
- Earlier treatment
- Must already have Boston Scientific DBS electrodes implanted in the VIM thalamus, a part of the brain.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Children
- Pregnant women
- Prisoners
- Unwilling or unable to give consent
- Not proficient in English
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- • Patients from 21-85 years of age; ET patients implanted with Boston Scientific DBS electrodes in the VIM thalamus; Proficiency with the English Language; Participant is able to comply with all testing and follow-up requirements as defined by the study protocol; Participant is able to provide voluntary decisionally capable, and appropriately informed consent
Who cannot take part
- -
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 21 and 85 years old?
Where in United States
- Neurosurgery Department Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, United StatesContact: Gabriella R Maze, BSNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The objective of this study is to compare the effects of image-guided programming algorithm using various image segmentations vs standard clinical programming on reduction of tremor and patient satisfaction.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Program AOther group
clinical-based standard settings
Treatment: programming a
- Program BTreatment being tested
Image-guided programming
Treatment: programming b
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Image-Guided DBS Programming
- Plain-language title
- Image-guided brain stimulation settings for essential tremorGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07433699, who can take part
- Record updated
- 6 August 2026