NCT02255929

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Treatment of Essential Tremor

Gamma Knife Thalamotomy for Treatment of Essential Tremor

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 183 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Swedish Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine effects (good and bad) of gamma knife radiosurgery for essential tremor. The gamma knife places a small lesion in the brain to suppress tremors.

Detailed description

This research is being done because although multiple studies evaluating gamma knife for essential tremor show good results, few studies evaluating patients prospectively have been done. Prior studies have looked at patient outcomes following treatment - also known as retrospective studies. In this study, data collection will initiate before treatment, to obtain consistent baseline evaluations from all study participants undergoing the gamma knife treatment and at specific intervals following treatment.

Conditions

• Essential Tremor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2014-10-03
• Last updated: 2023-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study