Atlas Predicted DBS Settings in Essential Tremor

Vanderbilt University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Essential Tremor

Treatments: Device: Change DBS programming

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02678429

160155

Details and patient eligibility

About

Programming Deep Brain Stimulation for the treatment of Essential Tremor can be a time intensive process. Using an atlas created using functional tremor responses in the operating room to determine the optimal settings would lead to a faster response for the patient and improved quality of life.

Enrollment: 4 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Seleced for DBS of the VIM nucleus at Vanderbilt Medical center Diagnosis of essential tremor

Exclusion criteria

Unable to use the patient handheld programmer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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4 participants in 2 patient groups

DBS programming, standard of care

Active Comparator group

Description:

DBS settings determined from the standard Neurologist symptomatic response first then change to settings from Atlas

Treatment:

Device: Change DBS programming

DBS progamming from Atlas

Experimental group

Description:

DBS settings determined from the a functional atlas first then change to settings determined by standard of care

Treatment:

Device: Change DBS programming