Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Essential Tremor

NCT ID: NCT06821906

Last Updated: 2025-02-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-12-16

Study Completion Date

2030-05-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment using stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of essential tremor in adult patients

Detailed Description

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The study will include patients diagnosed with essential tremor who have insufficient tremor control despite the use of available pharmacotherapy methods. The study will include patients who have been disqualified from the Deeply Brain Stimulation procedure or who do not consent to its performance. Additional conditions for the examination are age over 50 and the duration of the disease over 5 years.

After qualifying and giving written informed consent, the patient will be randomly assigned to one of two study arms:

1. control arm: patients irradiated with the CyberKnife with a dose of 130 Gy
2. test arm: patients irradiated with the CyberKnife with a dose of 80 Gy

The primary aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of radiosurgery in patients with essential tremor. Secondary objectives will be to determine the impact of treatment on the quality of life of, as well as to assess the safety and possible complications of radiosurgery.

Conditions

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Essential Tremor

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomised, open label, interventional research experiment
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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A

Patients irradiated with the CyberKnife with a dose of 130 Gy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Intervention Type RADIATION

Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery- CyberKnife with a dose of 130 Gy

B

Patients irradiated with the CyberKnife with a dose of 80 Gy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Intervention Type RADIATION

Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery- CyberKnife with a dose of 80 Gy

Interventions

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Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery- CyberKnife with a dose of 80 Gy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery- CyberKnife with a dose of 130 Gy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Essential tremor diagnosed, Parkinson's disease and other causes of tremor excluded.
* Insufficient tremor control despite the use of available pharmacotherapy methods.
* Disqualification from the Deeply Brain Stimualtion procedure/lack of consent to perform it on the side qualified for Stereotactic Radiosurgery
* Consent to participate in a clinical trial.

Exclusion Criteria

* Age under 50
* Pregnancy
* Duration of the disease less than 5 years
* Dementia, psychosis or other condition that prevents giving informed consent to participate in the study
* Poor general condition, serious comorbidities
* Structural changes in the basal ganglia or major atrophic changes
* Previous radiotherapy to the brain covering the potential treatment area
* Medical contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Aleksandra Napieralska

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch

Locations

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Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch

Gliwice, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Poland

Central Contacts

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Aleksandra Napieralska

Role: CONTACT

48322788056

Agnieszka Szczyrba

Role: CONTACT

48322788001

Facility Contacts

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Aleksandra Napieralska

Role: primary

48322788056

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Other Identifiers

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EASIER

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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