Tic Disorders Clinical Trials

Dr. Kevin Black is conducting a study that looks at children between the ages of 5 and 10 who are experiencing a recent onset of tics. Tics are repetitive, involuntary sounds or movements like eye blinking, sniffing, abdominal tensing or making small noises. The purpose of this research is to ...

Pediatric Subjects are asked to participate in a research study to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of an investigational study drug for the treatment of Tourette Syndrome.  This research study is being conducted by Montefiore Medical Center.

We invite boys and girls aged 6 to 17 who have a diagnosis of Tourette syndrome to see if they may qualify for the T-Force Gold Study. The primary purpose of this research study is to determine the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of an investigational medication for Tourette syndrome.Visit TForceGold.com to learn ...

Do you or someone you love have trigeminal neuralgia (TN)? Also called tic douloureux, trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve, one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head. For more information, or to find out if you qualify, please ...

Dr. Kevin Black is conducting a study that looks at children between the ages of 5 and 12 who are experiencing a recent onset of tics. Tics are repetitive, involuntary sounds or movements like eye blinking, sniffing, abdominal tensing or making small noises. The purpose of this research is to ...

We are conducting a treatment study to examine the use of Comprehensive Behavior Intervention for Tics (CBIT). CBIT is the current gold standard first-line behavioral treatment for children and adolescents with tic disorders.  The treatment includes three main components: (1) it helps patients become more aware of their tics, (2) ...

The intervention for this pilot study will be the injection of Dysport (Abobotulinum toxin A) into the affected vocal cords for all patients with the diagnosis of Primary Tourette's syndrome. A total of 5 units of Dysport (on each side) will be administered to patients diagnosed with TS to determine ...

The efficacy of botulinum toxin (BTX) has now been demonstrated for a variety of diseases associated with involuntary muscle spasms or movement. The application of botulinum toxin therapy to movement disorders requires treatment tailored to the individual patient and specific techniques of injection. This protocol 1) provides for training of ...

Objective The objective of this study is to see if healthy volunteers and patients with hyperkinetic movement disorders such as Tic Disorders (TD) including Tourette Syndrome (TS) are able to learn how to alter their brain activity using feedback during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and whether such feedback training ...

Normal clinical care for TS includes cognitive behavior therapy, medication, supportive psychotherapy, and/or a combination of the two. To meet entry criteria for this study, you must have already tried these methods and they did not help your symptoms. DBS is considered experimental for the treatment of TS and would ...