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Intractable EpilepsyEXPRESON-INNCT04810832

EXPRESON-IN : Intracerebral Recordings of P3a Responses to Expressive Own-names

A study testing Evoked related potentials in people with Intractable Epilepsy, run by Centre Hospitalier St Anne at 1 site in France.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

Neurophysiologic evaluation of disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients in intensive care unit include late auditory evoked potentials. It allows the physicians to record cerebral responses of patients to auditory stimuli and in particularly to their own name (as the P3a response). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Intractable Epilepsy
What is being tested?
Evoked related potentials
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
20 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
9 Sep 2020to 9 Sep 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Intractable focal epilepsy with undergoing pre-surgical evaluation
  • intracerebral electrodes implantation in auditory cortices, temporal lobe, superior temporal gyrus, limbic areas, frontal lobe
  • Given Consent to inclusion

Who cannot join

  • Deafness
  • Pregnancy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • GHU Paris - Sainte Anne

    Paris, 75014

Other trials in France

About this study

Official title: EXPRESON-INTRA : Intracerebral Recordings of P3a Responses to Own-names Uttered by Expressive and Neutral Voices in Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy Adult Patients

Neurophysiologic evaluation of disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients in intensive care unit include late auditory evoked potentials. It allows the physicians to record cerebral responses of patients to auditory stimuli and in particularly to their own name (as the P3a response). Numerous studies try to improve the relevance of the auditory stimuli used in this paradigm and notably using more expressive stimuli.

Here the investigators investigate the intracerebral correlates of the P3a responses recorded on the scalp with neutral and more expressive stimuli.

Read the detailed description

Late auditory evoked potentials (as P3 wave) are used in neurophysiology to assess the level of consciousness in DOC (disorder of consciousness) patients. The P3 wave, elicited by listening standard and deviant stimuli, corresponds to the activation of a frontoparietal network and is considered to reflect a cognitive attention task. Using the own name of the patient as deviant stimuli improve the ability to detect the P3 wave because of the particularly relevance of this stimulus for the patient.

In human cognition, to identify the expressivity valence of a voice is essential. Neural processing of expressive voices should involves more widespread brain areas than neutral voices processing.

Here the investigators investigate the intracerebral correlates of the P3a responses recorded on the scalp to own-name stimuli uttered by neutral and more expressive voices (positive : smiling voice or negative : rough voice) in adult pharmacoresistant epilepsy patients.

Being tested
Evoked related potentials
Keywords
Event-related Potentials (ERP), Intracerebral recordings, Presurgical evaluation
Medical subject headings
Drug Resistant Epilepsy

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Evoked related potentialsOther

    Evoked related potentials are performed for each patient during each paradigm (neutral voice and expressive voices):

    • with scalp electrodes in the department of neurophysiology
    • with intracranial electrodes in the department of neurosurgery.
Study groups in NCT04810832
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Whole groupExperimentalThe whole group undergo the two phases of the study: * 1/ They listen successively the 3 oddball paradigms in the department of neurophysiology : P3 own-name recorded by listening to a smiling voice P3 own-name recorded by listening to a neutral voice P3 own-name recorded by listening to a rough voice * 2/ They listen successively the same 3 oddball paradigms in the neurosurgical department, during their intractable epilepsy presurgical evaluation : P3 own-name recorded by listening to a smiling voice P3 own-name recorded by listening to a neutral voice P3 own-name recorded by listening to a rough voice
Receives: Other: Evoked related potentials

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Latencies cartography of intracranial responses to own-name uttered by neutral voice

    Analyse of latencies of intracranial responses recorded to own-name uttered by neutral voice to build a map of the brain process of this responses

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Latencies cartography of intracranial responses to own-name uttered by expressive voices

    Analyse of latencies of intracranial responses recorded to own-name uttered by expressive voices to build a map of the brain process of this responses

    Measured: 1 year

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Comparison between brain responses to own-name uttered by expressive voices recorded with intracerebral electrodes versus scalp electrodes

    Qualitative comparison between scalp and intracranial recordings with the expressive voices paradigms (comparison of the latencies of the recorded responses)

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Comparison between brain responses to own-name uttered by neutral voices recorded with intracerebral electrodes versus scalp electrodes

    Qualitative comparison between scalp and intracranial recordings with the neutral voices paradigms (comparison of the latencies of the recorded responses)

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 Mar 2021
  2. Study start9 Sep 2020
  3. Primary completion9 Sep 2022 (estimated)
  4. Study completion9 Sep 2023 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Sequential
Model description
Open and prospective study. Evoked related potentials are recorded on the scalp and with intracranial electrodes for each participant while they listen 3 paradigms successively and in a random order: i) their own name uttered by a smiling voice ii) their own name uttered by a neutral voice iii) their own name uttered by a rough voice
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
20 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04810832
Sponsor's protocol ID
2020-A01340-39
Acronym
EXPRESON-IN
Status last verified
Jan 2021
First submitted
18 Mar 2021
Last updated
9 Jul 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Evoked related potentials in people with Intractable Epilepsy, run by Centre Hospitalier St Anne at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Jul 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Latencies cartography of intracranial responses to own-name uttered by neutral voice (time frame: 1 year). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Jul 2021.

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