Experimental Therapeutics in Essential Tremor Using Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (ELECTRE2)

April 21, 2026 updated by: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Thérapeutique expérimentale du Tremblement Essentiel Par la Stimulation Transcranienne Par Courant Direct (tDCS) du Cortex Cerebelleux

The purpose of this study is to determine whether transcranial cathodal direct current stimulation (tDCS) delivered over the cerebellum can improve essential tremor.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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16

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • France
      • Paris, France, 75651
        • Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 65 years
  • Important essential tremor (bilateral postural and/or action tremor since more than one year)
  • Normal physical and neurological examination, except for essential tremor
  • Insufficient efficiency of usual essential tremor's treatment
  • No treatment altering the cortical excitability
  • Agreement to use a medically acceptable method of contraception throughout the study for female of childbearing potential
  • mini-mental status score >24

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age < 18 years and > 65 years
  • Current neurological or psychiatric illness other than essential tremor
  • Individual who is on medication which is known to lower seizure threshold
  • Previous history of seizure, loss of conciousness or current active epilepsy
  • Contraindication for MRI or TMS study
  • Intake of antiepileptic medications for essential tremor (barbiturates, gabapentine, topiramate, clonazepam), within the 7 days preceeding the first visit
  • alcohol intake within the 24 hours preceeding the first visit
  • Pregnancy, breast feeding women and women who are of childbearing age and not practicing adequate birth control
  • Individual who have MMS ≤ 24/30 or patients legally protected or inability to provide an informed consent
  • Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial
  • Patients who are not enrolled at social security

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Essential tremor
cerebellar stimulation
Device: Cathodal cerebellar transcranial direct current active stimulation
Active stimulation: duration: 20 mn, intensity: 2 mA; localisation cerebellum;
Placebo Comparator: Placebo arm
placebo stimulation
Device: Cathodal cerebellar transcranial direct current placebo stimulation
Placebo stimulation: duration: 9 seconds, intensity: 2 mA; localisation cerebellum;

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on clinical rating scale
Time Frame: 10 minutes after the end of tDCS
10 minutes after the end of tDCS

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on accelerometric recording
Time Frame: During tDCS, 10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
During tDCS, 10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on electromyographic recordings
Time Frame: During tDCS, 10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
During tDCS, 10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on digitized tablet
Time Frame: During tDCS, 10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
During tDCS, 10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on clinical rating scale
Time Frame: During tDCS, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
During tDCS, 60 mn and 90 mn after the end of tDCS
Change from baseline of amplitude of motor evoked potentials elicited by TMS
Time Frame: 10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after tDCS
10 mn, 60 mn and 90 mn after tDCS

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Emmanuel Flamand-Roze, MD, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle et Fédération de Neurologie de l'Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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June 3, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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March 27, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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March 27, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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January 28, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 30, 2014

First Posted (Estimated)

First Posted

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February 3, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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April 24, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 21, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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February 1, 2020

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • C13-24
  • 2013-A01404-41 (Registry Identifier: IDRCB)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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