Clinical trials: Tics
Tics, Functional Tics
Distinguishing Tics and Functional Tics Using Clinical Neurophysiological Techniques
Background: Tics are involuntary movements and vocalizations. Some tics are organic: They are related to diagnosed disorders. Sometimes tics have other causes, such as problems with how the brain and body send and receive…
- Trial name
- NCT07137442
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, Tics
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Posterior Parietal Cortex in Patients Suffering From Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
Repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS) of the posterior parietal cortex will be applied daily over five days in adult Gilles de la Tourette patients.
- Trial name
- rTMSPPCGT (NCT01043549)
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Tics, Tic Disorders
Evaluation of an Online Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) Therapist Training Program
Tic disorders are a class of childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders that occur in 1-3% of the population. Studies have shown that a non-drug treatment known as Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is more…
- Conditions
- Tics, Tic Disorders, Tourette Syndrome
- Trial name
- CBIT-Trainer (NCT05547854)
- Testing
- Behavior Therapy Training Institute, CBIT-Trainer
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 284 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Tic Disorder
Teen and Adult Tic TMS Study
This project investigates safety, tolerability, and efficacy signals of accelerated continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), a form of inhibitory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), for patients with Tourette…
- Trial name
- NCT07839377
- Testing
- cTBS (accelerated continuous theta burst stimulation)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Tics, Tourette Syndrome
CBIT+TMS R33 Phase
Chronic tics are a disabling neuropsychiatric symptom associated with multiple child-onset mental disorders. Chronic tics affect 1-3% of youth 1 and are associated with impaired functioning, emotional and behavioral problems…
- Trial name
- NCT06678737
- Testing
- CBIT +cTBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Early Trauma Induced Coagulopathy, Tic
The Incidence of Early Trauma Induced Coagulopathy and Hyperfibrinolysis in Severely Injured Trauma Patients in the Emergency Room: a Retrospective Cohort Study
The aim of this study is to quantify the incidence of eTIC (defined as an elevated appt) and hyperfibrinolysis (defined as Ly30>7) in early trauma patients.
- Trial name
- eTIC (NCT07186712)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 263 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Tourette Syndrome, Sensory Disorders
Neural Correlates of Sensory Phenomena in Tourette Syndrome
The most pervasive sensory manifestation of TS is sensory over-responsivity (SOR). SOR is defined as excessive behavioral response to commonplace environmental stimuli.
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome, Sensory Disorders, Hypersensitivity, Tics
- Trial name
- NCT03914664
- Testing
- Electroencephalogram (EEG) testing procedure, Autonomic function testing procedure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tourette Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome in Children
Tourette Discrimination (TD) Stigma Scale
The goal of this qualitative study is to understand the challenges of stigmatization and discrimination in children and young adults with Chronic Tic Disorders (CTD), including Tourette Syndrome.
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome in Children, Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence, Tic Disorder, Childhood
- Trial name
- TD (NCT05696769)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Tourette Syndrome, Tics
Cognitive-psychophysiological Treatment for Tics in Young People With Tourette's Syndrome With or Without Biofeedback
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of CoPs therapy with or without the therapeutic component of biofeedback in treating tics in Tourette Syndrome with emerging young adults. Hypotheses: 1.
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome, Tics, Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence
- Trial name
- CoBRa (NCT06873841)
- Testing
- Cognitive psychophysiological, Cognitive psychophysiological and Biofeedback
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec a Montréal
Tics, Tourette Disorder
Investigating Changes in Premonitory Urges During Habit Reversal Training for Tics
The primary aim of this study is to learn more about premonitory urges (PU) when using Habit Reversal Training (HRT) to treat tics.
- Conditions
- Tics, Tourette Disorder, Tourette Syndrome in Children, Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence
- Trial name
- NCT06825520
- Testing
- Habit Reversal Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Tourette Syndrome, Deep Brain Stimulation
Multitarget Stereotactic Electrophysiological Recording and Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying Tourette syndrome (TS) and see if personalized deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help reduce tics in TS patients and improve related issues like…
- Trial name
- MASTERS-TS (NCT06889480)
- Testing
- New Target DBS, CM-DBS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Tourette's Disorder, Insomnia
Forehead Temperature-Regulating Therapy for Insomnia in Adults With Tourette's Disorder
The primary aim of the present research project is to investigate the preliminary effects of four weeks of forehead temperature-regulating therapy on insomnia in adults with Tourette's disorder and co-occurring insomnia disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT05499741
- Testing
- Forehead Temperature-Regulating Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Tic Disorders, Tics
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Augment Behavior Therapy for Tics
The study will examine whether combining Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) with inhibition of the supplementary motor area (SMA) using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) normalizes activity in the…
- Conditions
- Tic Disorders, Tics, Tic, Motor, Tic Disorder, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT04578912
- Testing
- Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT), Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation (cTBS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Tic Disorders
Mobile App-assisted Behavioral Treatment in Children and Adolescents With Tics
Chronic tic disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders affecting 0.5-1% of children and adolescents. Tics present as sudden, rapid, repetitive non-rhythmic movements or vocalizations or a combination.
- Trial name
- NCT05390268
- Testing
- Mobile app-assisted behavioral treatment, Mobile app-assisted psychoeducation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital
Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders
Investigating Distress Tolerance in Adults With Tourette Syndrome
Although behavior therapy is recognized as a first-line intervention for Tourette's Disorder (TD), less than 40% of adults with TD respond to this evidence-based treatment.
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders, Tics
- Trial name
- NCT05047705
- Testing
- Distress Tolerance Skills Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Tics, Tic Disorders
Clinical Characteristics and Temporal Properties of Individual Tics in Persistent Tic Disorder
The goal of this clinical study is to learn more about the timing of tics (sudden, fast movements and sounds that people do and make without meaning to) in people who have multiple tics that have been going on for more than one…
- Conditions
- Tics, Tic Disorders, Vocal Tic, Motor Tic
- Trial name
- PTD (NCT06385535)
- Testing
- Habit Reversal Training (HRT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Tourette's Disorder
Investigating Circadian Rhythms in Youth With Persistent Tic Disorders
This study examines circadian rhythms and morningness-eveningness preference in youth with Persistent Tic Disorders (PTDs), including Tourette's Disorder (TD); and assesses the effects of wearable short wavelength light therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT03508245
- Testing
- Wearable short wavelength light therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Tourette Syndrome, Habit Reversal Training
Extinction Learning in Adults With Tourette Syndrome
Aversive sensory phenomena such as premonitory urges play a central role in the behavioral treatment model of tics. Extinction learning and extinction recall are learning processes implicated within this model, but are still…
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome, Habit Reversal Training, Tic Disorders, Tics
- Trial name
- NCT04498364
- Testing
- Habit Reversal Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders
Median Nerve Stimulation Pilot
Results from the University of Nottingham suggested that rhythmic median nerve stimulation (MNS) improves tic symptoms in Tourette syndrome (TS).
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders, Tic Disorder, Chronic Motor or Vocal
- Trial name
- MNS (NCT04731714)
- Testing
- Rhythmic median nerve stimulation, Arrhythmic median nerve stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorder, Chronic Motor or Vocal
Open-label MNS for Tourette Syndrome
A recent report (Morera Maiquez et al 2020) described reduced tic severity in people with Tourette syndrome during 1-minute epochs of median nerve stimulation (MNS) at 10 Hz.
- Trial name
- NCT05016765
- Testing
- Active, self-directed electrical stimulation of the median nerve
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine