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Mesial Temporal Lobe EpilepsyNCT05608408

PRIME: PReservIng Memory in Epilepsy

A study testing Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system in people with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, run by Nitin Tandon at 2 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

In this study, participants will receive unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for treatment of epilepsy, with network-based stimulation targets specifically defined using a stereo-electro-encephalographic evaluation and chronic recordings using the Medtronic Percept™ primary cell (PC) Neurostimulator DBS System… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
What is being tested?
Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
8 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
16 Nov 2023to 31 Mar 2029
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with a presumptive diagnosis of EPH determined by the group of clinicians who participate in patient management conference.
  • Ability to comply with test directions and provide informed consent or assent to the study, i.e. cognitively able to participate in studies [typically intelligence quotient (IQ) of 65 or above].
  • Relatively preserved verbal memory - as determined via formal neuropsychological evaluation performed by the neuropsychologist. The values must within 1.5 standard deviation (SD) of the mean for verbal memory
  • Proficient in English, as all of our tasks and consent forms will be in English and the inclusion of non-English speakers will introduce another confound in this small sample size and preclude grouped analysis
  • Age 18 - 65 years (we expect the trial to take 5 years and wish to target patients with minimal medical co-morbidities)
  • Must have a minimum of 2 seizures of any type per month - this is essential to be able to detect the impact of neuromodulation on the epilepsy over relatively short intervals of time. Patients with secondary generalized seizures may also be enrolled so long as they have a maximum of 20 generalized seizures in the past 12 months (prior to enrollment), or an average of no more than 3 generalized seizures per month.

Who cannot join

  • Impaired reading and cognitive functions (more than 3 standard deviations below the mean, usually an IQ < 60), as determined by preoperative neuropsychological testing.
  • Patients with gross structural abnormalities (hamartomata, tumors, vascular malformations, diffuse malformations of cortical development) in the brain that raise the possibility of dual pathology resulting in the epilepsy and by derivation, a larger epilepsy network.
  • Patients with neurological conditions such as recent history (within past 5 years) of a stroke, encephalitis and meningitis. Any patient with a current diagnosis of these conditions will also be excluded.
  • Patients with any episodes of status epilepticus in the past 12 months prior to enrollment.
  • Patients with uncontrolled prominent psychiatric comorbidity that will preclude their meaningful participation.
  • Patients with a Beck Depression Inventory II score at baseline examination greater than or equal to 29 (i.e., severe depression).
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  • Patients who have attempted suicide in the past 12 months.
  • Patients with memory impairment due to other neurological conditions such as dementia and Parkinson's disease.
  • Patients who are unable to speak or comprehend English. The inclusion of multiple languages will make task development and grouped comparisons of neuro-psychology data difficult.
  • Patients with cardiac pacemakers, intracranial aneurysm clips, or other potentially mobile implanted metallic devices that are deemed MRI incompatible by the manufactures. The absence of high resolution structural imaging precludes appropriate targeting of the regions of interest.
  • Profound hippocampal sclerosis with prominent atrophy of the majority of the hippocampus (equivalent to ILAE type III).
  • Prior brain surgery for any reason or failed prior brain neuromodulation [prior vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy is acceptable so long as it is held constant for the duration of the trial].
  • History of or current non-epileptic spells (will confound accuracy of seizure detection with ANT Percept PC and the precision of the estimate of the neuromodulation effect).
  • Patients who are pregnant. All female participants of childbearing potential will be counselled prior to enrollment regarding the unknown risks of treatment on a fetus and the importance of using contraception while they are a subject in this study. If a female participant becomes pregnant during the study, they will returned to FDA-approved ANT stimulation parameters (standard of care).

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Nitin Tandon, MD contact

713-500-5443

Nitin.Tandon@uth.tmc.edu

Eliana M Klier, PhD contact

713-500-5442

Eliana.Klier@uth.tmc.edu

United States2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • The University of Texas Science Center at Houston

    Houston, Texas, 77030

    Jessica Johnson, MSN, NP-C, 713-500-5443, Jessica.A.Johnson@uth.tmc.edu

    Eliana Klier, PhD, 713-500-5442, Eliana.Klier@uth.tmc.edu

    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

    Gregory Worrell, MD, PhD, worrell.gregory@mayo.edu

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Network Neuro-modulation for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

In this study, participants will receive unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for treatment of epilepsy, with network-based stimulation targets specifically defined using a stereo-electro-encephalographic evaluation and chronic recordings using the Medtronic Percept™ primary cell (PC) Neurostimulator DBS System with BrainSense™ Technology. The hypothesis is that, compared to no stimulation or to standard duty cycle high frequency stimulation, epilepsy neuromodulation using low frequency stimulation and informed by network architecture in patients with epilepsy that arises in a hippocampus that also subserves memory - epilepsy in a precious hippocampus (EPH) - will result in a significant decrease in seizure frequency and severity, paralleled by a decrease in EEG spike counts and improved memory function.

Read the detailed description

Different stimulation types will be administered in a crossover fashion, as follows. There will be four four-month periods of low-frequency DBS stimulation, and in each of these four-month periods, stimulation will occur at one of four different sites [the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT), entorhinal cortex (ERC), piriform cortex (PiC), and hippocampal fornix (HCF)], with the order of receipt differing among study participants. There will be a 3-month washout period after each 4-month stimulation period, with the washout being standard of care (SOC) high-frequency DBS stimulation of the ANT. Finally, there will be a 7 to 12 month DBS stimulation period with the stimulation type that yielded the best results.

Being tested
Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system, Standard of Care (SOC) High Frequency Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus (ANT) with the Medtronic Percept PC system

What participants receive

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

  • Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC systemDevice

    Stimulation of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system using low frequency stimulation at 0.5 Hz.

  • Standard of Care (SOC) High Frequency Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus (ANT) with the Medtronic Percept PC systemDevice

    Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus (ANT) with the Medtronic Percept PC system using standard of care high frequency stimulation parameters.

Study groups in NCT05608408
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Site 1, then SOC, then site 2, then SOC, then site 3, then SOC, then site 4, then SOC, then site 1ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Device: Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system; Device: Standard of Care (SOC) High Frequency Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus (ANT) with the Medtronic Percept PC system
Site 1, then SOC, then site 2, then SOC, then site 3, then SOC, then site 4, then SOC, then site 2ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Device: Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system; Device: Standard of Care (SOC) High Frequency Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus (ANT) with the Medtronic Percept PC system
Site 1, then SOC, then site 2, then SOC, then site 3, then SOC, then site 4, then SOC, then site 3ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Device: Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system; Device: Standard of Care (SOC) High Frequency Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus (ANT) with the Medtronic Percept PC system
Site 1, then SOC, then site 2, then SOC, then site 3, then SOC, then site 4, then SOC, then site 4ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Device: Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system; Device: Standard of Care (SOC) High Frequency Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus (ANT) with the Medtronic Percept PC system

What is being measured

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

  1. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: baseline

  2. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 2 weeks

  3. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 4 weeks

  4. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 6 weeks

  5. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 8 weeks

  6. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 10 weeks

  7. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 12 weeks

  8. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 14 weeks

  9. Number of seizures as self-reported by participants

    Measured: 16 weeks

  10. Number of seizures as assessed by EEG

    Measured: baseline

  11. Number of seizures as assessed by EEG

    Measured: 4 months

  12. Number of seizures as assessed by the Percept PC

    Measured: baseline

  13. Number of seizures as assessed by the Percept PC

    Measured: 4 months

  14. Number of inter-ictal spikes as assessed by the Percept PC

    Measured: baseline

  15. Number of inter-ictal spikes as assessed by the Percept PC

    Measured: 4 months

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Verbal memory as assessed by score on the California Verbal Learning Test second edition

    Individuals read a list of 16 words and are asked to repeat them immediately for each of 5 trials.

    Measured: baseline

  2. Verbal memory as assessed by score on the California Verbal Learning Test second edition

    Individuals read a list of 16 words and are asked to repeat them immediately for each of 5 trials.

    Measured: 4 months

  3. Verbal memory as assessed by score on the Logical Memory I and II subtests from the Wechsler Memory Scale - IV

    Measured: baseline

  4. Verbal memory as assessed by score on the Logical Memory I and II subtests from the Wechsler Memory Scale - IV

    Measured: 4 months

  5. Wellness as assessed by score on the the Quality of Life in Epilepsy 31 (QOLIE-31) survey

    QOLIE-31 total score ranges from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating a more favorable quality of life.

    Measured: baseline

  6. Wellness as assessed by score on the Quality of Life in Epilepsy 31 (QOLIE-31) survey

    QOLIE-31 total score ranges from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating a more favorable quality of life.

    Measured: 4 months

  7. Wellness as assessed by score on the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    SF-36 total score ranges from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating a better health status.

    Measured: baseline

  8. Wellness as assessed by score on the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    SF-36 total score ranges from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating a better health status.

    Measured: 4 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted8 Nov 2022
  2. Study start16 Nov 2023
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Mar 2029 (estimated)

Resources

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
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
8 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05608408
Sponsor's protocol ID
HSC-MS-22-0136
Other IDs
1UH3NS119834
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
1 Nov 2022
Last updated
27 Apr 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) of site with the Medtronic Percept PC system in people with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, run by Nitin Tandon at 2 sites in United States.

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 6 inclusion and 14 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Nitin Tandon, MD (713-500-5443, Nitin.Tandon@uth.tmc.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of seizures as self-reported by participants (time frame: baseline). The study lists 15 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 27 Apr 2026.

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