Alternating Current Stimulation for Essential Tremor
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Essential Tremor
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
This investigation will collect preliminary data on the efficacy of real vs. sham, as well as unlocked vs. phase-locked, modalities of tACS and transcutaneous ACS on tremor amplitude in 25 patients with ET. Comparing transcranial and transcutaneous, as well as unlocked and phase-locked, modalities r...
This investigation will collect preliminary data on the efficacy of real vs. sham, as well as unlocked vs. phase-locked, modalities of tACS and transcutaneous ACS on tremor amplitude in 25 patients with ET. Comparing transcranial and transcutaneous, as well as unlocked and phase-locked, modalities represents the novelty of our approach. This has the potential to generate a wealth of preliminary data forming the basis of a large, randomized controlled trial of multiple sessions of this intervention, hence potentially capable of producing long-lasting effects, in this common and disabling disorder. Given its non-invasiveness and relatively low cost, this approach has, if effective, a huge therapeutic potential in ET.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04509349
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Davide Martino, MD, PhD Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary
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