A Phase 2 interventional study of Radiosurgical thalamotomy on GammaKnife in Essential Tremor and Parkinsonian Disorders, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice. Terminated at 1 site in Monaco. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-26.
Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
Radiosurgical thalamotomy on GammaKnife has been shown to be effective in the management of tremors. However, several teams describe a significant risk of severe neurological complications. In addition, fitting the invasive frame and the need to travel to GammKnife centers often limit access to treatment in this population of elderly patients.
Linear accelerators have greatly improved their precision, now reaching that of GammaKnife. A possible alternative is therefore to treat patients on linear accelerators, without an invasive frame.
The objective of the FRACTHAL study is to assess the feasibility and safety of treatment of essential and / or parkinsonian tremor by fractional radiosurgical thalamotomy on a linear accelerator.
The main hypothesis of the FRACTHAL study is based on the fact that dividing the dose into 3 sessions will both protect healthy tissue around the target while maintaining therapeutic efficacy on the treatment target.
272 studies on the registry are indexed under Essential Tremor; 75 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 9 is below the median of 25 across 189 interventional studies indexed under Essential Tremor.
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Radiation: Radiosurgical thalamotomy on GammaKnife
fractional radiosurgical thalamotomy on an accelerator (3 sessions of 50 Gy at the isocenter )
Treatment toxicity
The treatment will be considered toxic in the event of the appearance, within 12 months after treatment, of non-regressive toxicity of grade\> 1 according to the NCI-CTCAE V5.0 scale (symptomatic neurological deficit interfering with daily activities), and that this deficit is related to the treatment.
Time frame: 12 months
Treatment accuracy
Measurement of the shift between the position of the treatment isocenter and the position of the hypersignal center visible on the injected MRI
Time frame: At 6 and 12 months
Tremor improvement
It will be measured by decrease in FTM scale score for contralateral upper limb
Time frame: At 3, 6 and 12 months
Plan to share: No — no data sharing is planned
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