New device zaps brain in sync with tremors to quiet shaking hands
NCT ID NCT06993571
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a non-invasive device that delivers mild electrical stimulation to the cerebellum, timed precisely to each patient's hand tremor rhythm. Ten people with Parkinson's and moderate-to-severe hand tremor will receive both real and sham stimulation to see if the real treatment reduces shaking. The goal is to find a new, drug-free way to ease one of Parkinson's most stubborn symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- closed-loop transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a drug-free, on-demand way to calm Parkinson's tremors without surgery or medication side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 10 people. The effect may be weak, temporary, or not work at all outside the lab.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease based on UK Brain Bank criteria * Patient exhibiting moderate to severe hand tremor * Provision written informed consent by the patient Exclusion Criteria: * History of other neurological disorders such as vascular malformations, ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke, cerebral neoplasia, epilepsy, or major psychiatric illness * Existence of heart pacemaker or metal implants in the body * Pregnancy
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
RECRUITINGHamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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