A feasibility Study to Evaluate Safety and Initial Effectiveness of ExAblate Transcranial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Unilateral Thalamotomy in the Treatment of Essential Tremor

A feasibility Study to Evaluate Safety and Initial Effectiveness of ExAblate Transcranial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Unilateral Thalamotomy in the Treatment of Essential Tremor - Treatment of essential tremor with focused ultrasound

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000009613

Enrollment

Registered

2012-12-27

Start date

2013-01-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

essential tremor

Interventions

Focused untrasound

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: intractable to medical treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: not suitable for surgical intervention due to bleeding tendency etc previous intracranial operation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
tremor improvement and evaluation of advers effect 3 months after treatment	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTakaomi Taira

Tokyo Women's Medical University Department of Neurosurgery

ttaira@nij.twmu.ac.jp0333538111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026