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Essential Tremor: early-phase trial registry

24 of 42 indexed Essential Tremor trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #347 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

42 US clinical trials · 24 currently recruiting · #347 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Essential Tremor: 42 US clinical trials tracked, 24 recruiting.

Essential Tremor is the subject of 42 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 24 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of Florida, running 5 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition essential-tremor

OPEN 24 | RECR 57% | LATE 0 | EARLY 4 | RANK #347 | SPON 5

Nearest open-share peer: ACL (57% recruiting · 7 trials)

Gestational Diabetes64.3%Essential Tremor (this)57%Epithelial Ovarian Cancer42.9%Graft-Versus-Host Disease28.6%Dry Eye21.4%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Essential Tremor

Essential Tremor lists 24 open slots (57% of 42 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Essential Tremor on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Essential Tremor is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    24 of 42 indexed trials (57.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Essential Tremor trials is spread across many organizations.

    University of Florida accounts for 5 of 42 trials (11.9%). 29 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Essential Tremor trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 63 among the 42 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 27 of those (64.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Essential Tremor research is mostly interventional.

    31 interventional and 11 observational studies make up this index (73.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 12Phase 22

Open and recent trials

42 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 5,000 participants

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Retrospective Outcomes Study

Boston Scientific Corporation

NCT03664609

RECRUITING 5,000 participants

Physiological Brain Atlas Development

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT00575081

RECRUITING 1,000 participants

Abbott DBS Post-Market Study of Outcomes for Indications Over Time

Abbott Medical Devices

NCT04071847

RECRUITING 1,000 participants

Clinical Outcomes for Deep Brain Stimulation

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT03992625

RECRUITING NA 1,000 participants

Clinical Validation of DystoniaNet Deep Learning Platform for Diagnosis of Isolated Dystonia

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

NCT05317390

RECRUITING 300 participants

Analysis of Cutaneous Phosphorylated Alpha-Synuclein to Identify Patients at Risk of Progressing From Essential Tremor to Parkinson's Disease

CND Life Sciences

NCT07428447

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Movement Disorders

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

NCT01581580

RECRUITING NA 180 participants

Sensory-specific Peripheral Stimulation for Tremor Management

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

NCT04501133

RECRUITING NA 138 participants

Attention and Eye Movement in Parkinson's Disease

University of Nebraska

NCT06899022

RECRUITING NA 120 participants

Motor Network Physiology

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT04957095

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Investigating Subcortical Contributions to Speech Sequencing in Deep Brain Stimulator Recipients

Boston University Charles River Campus

NCT07455760

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Home Use Study of Targeted Mechanical Stimulation for Tremor Relief

Encora

NCT07078422

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Cortical-Basal Ganglia Speech Networks

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT04286308

RECRUITING NA 72 participants

Elucidating the Temporality of Structural and Functional Connectivity Changes in Essential Tremor After Successful Deep Brain Stimulation to the Dentato-rubro-thalamic Tract

Northwell Health

NCT04758624

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Ultrasound Neuromodulation in Essential Tremor

University of California, San Francisco

NCT06610877

RECRUITING 60 participants

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Essential Tremor and Parkinsonian Tremor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT01734122

RECRUITING 55 participants

Functional Brain Network Changes in Patients Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT06293638

RECRUITING NA 25 participants

Circadian Adaptive DBS in Essential Tremor

University of Florida

NCT06635811

RECRUITING NA 25 participants

Algorithms for Programming DBS Systems for ET

University of Minnesota

NCT03984643

RECRUITING NA 24 participants

3-D Tractography FUS Ablation for Essential Tremor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT06331052

RECRUITING NA 24 participants

Directional Versus Nondirectional DBS for ET

Oregon Health and Science University

NCT04828798

RECRUITING Phase 1 23 participants

Coordinated Reset Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor

University of Minnesota

NCT05897775

RECRUITING Phase 1 12 participants

Deep Brain Stimulation of the Deep Cerebellar Nuclei for Refractory Tremor

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT07049003

RECRUITING NA 10 participants

Dual Lead Thalamic Deep Brain Recording (DBR)-DBS Interface for Closed Loop Control of Severe Essential Tremor

University of Florida

NCT04212780

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 500 participants

Global Registry: ExAblate Neuro MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) of Neurological Disorders:

InSightec

NCT03100474

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 126 participants

Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of the Felix NeuroAI Wristband in Essential Tremor

Fasikl

NCT06235190

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 51 participants

Bilateral Treatment of Medication Refractory Essential Tremor

InSightec

NCT04112381

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 40 participants

RAD 1601: EDGE Radiosurgery for Intractable Essential Tremor and Tremor-Dominant Parkinson's Disease

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT03305588

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Impact of Sensory Electrical Stimulation on Sensation and Tremor

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

NCT06428526

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Functional Neuroimaging Feedback for Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy

Vibhor Krishna

NCT03560622

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Long-Term Transcutaneous Stimulation and Essential Tremor: A PET Study

Mayo Clinic

NCT03778060

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Responsive Deep Brain Stimulator for Essential Tremor

University of Florida

NCT02649166

COMPLETED Phase 2 420 participants

A Study To Assess the Safety and Efficacy of JZP385 in the Treatment of Adults With Moderate to Severe Essential Tremor (ET)

Jazz Pharmaceuticals

NCT05122650

COMPLETED NA 263 participants

Prospective Study for Symptomatic Relief of ET With Cala Therapy

Cala Health

NCT03597100

COMPLETED 204 participants

Compare Rates of Agreement Between Clinical Diagnosis and Visual Assessment of DaTscan™ Images in Non-Caucasian and Caucasian Subjects With Parkinson's Disease (PD) or Essential Tremor (ET)

GE Healthcare

NCT01952678

COMPLETED NA 76 participants

ExAblate Transcranial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Essential Tremors

InSightec

NCT01827904

COMPLETED 63 participants

Brain Networks and Consciousness

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT04502550

COMPLETED NA 22 participants

The Effectiveness of Alternating Stimulation in Preventing Tolerance in Essential Tremor Patients

Oregon Health and Science University

NCT02947841

COMPLETED Phase 2 21 participants

Clinical Trial Characterizing the Bioavailability of 1-Octanol in Adults With Ethanol-responsive Essential Tremor

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

NCT00102596

COMPLETED 21 participants

The Motor Network in Essential Tremor: Mechanisms of Therapy

University of Florida

NCT02712515

COMPLETED NA 12 participants

Physiology, Imaging and Modeling of Essential Tremor

University of Florida

NCT03811405

COMPLETED NA 12 participants

Analysis and Suppression of Tremor During Grasp Using Ultrasound Imaging and Electrical Stimulation

North Carolina State University

NCT05308368

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Essential Tremor records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Deep Brain Stimulation Device
4 trials
Deep brain stimulation Device
2 trials
Placebo Other
2 trials
DaTscan™ - Caucasian Participants Other
1 trials
DaTscan™ - Non-Caucasian Participants Other
1 trials
FHC Guideline 4000+ system and/or Medtronic RC+S Device
1 trials
Ad-Tech Medical Instrumentation Corp. electrodes/subdural strips Device
1 trials
Deep brain stimulation implantation surgery Procedure
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Essential Tremor trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Florida 10 trials
California 9 trials
Massachusetts 8 trials
Ohio 6 trials
New York 6 trials
Maryland 6 trials
Arizona 6 trials
Pennsylvania 4 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Essential Tremor page

42 registered trials, 24 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Essential Tremor condition card totals 42 registered trials; most-linked intervention Deep Brain Stimulation; top US site state Florida. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.