Continuous Tremor Assessment During Daily Activities

Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies

Status: Completed

Conditions: Essential Tremor

Treatments: Device: Kinesia HomeView

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01978080

5R44AG034708 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

5R44AG034708-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The specific aim of this study is to evaluate if tremor severity and quality of life can be improved more using continuous home monitoring along with traditional assessments versus traditional assessments alone.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with essential tremor
• Currently taking medication to control tremor

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive limitations that prevent comprehension or execution of study protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Tremor reports provided

Experimental group

Description:

Kinesia HomeView utilized to monitor tremor at home and reports provided to treating clinician

Treatment:

Device: Kinesia HomeView

Tremor reports not provided

Active Comparator group

Description:

Kinesia HomeView utilized to monitor tremor at home and reports not provided to treating clinician

Treatment:

Device: Kinesia HomeView