🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-04-30
Global Registry: ExAblate Neuro MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) of Neurological Disorders: (NCT03100474)
🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Interventional Protocol 📊 Observational Clinical Research Sponsor: InSightec
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
A global post approval study to collect safety and effectiveness data related to ExAblate Neuro for the treatment of certain disorders such as Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Movement Disorders, or Neuropathic Pain within the thalamus and/or pallidum.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (2 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (2 items).
Location: Stanford University — Stanford, California
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Do not agree to participate or who are unlikely to participate over an extended period of time
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (9 Sites)
- Stanford University — Stanford, California
- University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland
- University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University of Virginia — Charlottesville, Virginia
- Swedish Neuroscience Institute — Seattle, Washington
- Sunnybrook — Toronto, Ontario
- Rambam Healthcare Campus — Haifa,
- Sheba Medical Center — Ramat Gan,
- Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital — Chang-hua,
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.