Clinical trials: Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Epilepsy, Healthy Subjects
Mindfulness Meditation for Epilepsy
In one-third of epileptic patients treated in France, seizures persist despite drug treatment. These so-called "refractory" epilepsies are among the most severe.
- Trial name
- MIME (NCT04687904)
- Testing
- Mindfulness meditation training, Therapeutic education
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Epilepsy
Assessment of Effect of Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS) on Electrocorticograms Recorded by Responsive Neurostimulator (RNS) in Patients With Drug Resistant Epilepsy
This study will investigate whether a Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS) causes measurable desynchronization and reduces epileptiform activity, such as spikes and seizures, in electrocorticograms (ECOGs) recorded by a Responsive…
- Trial name
- NCT03595072
- Testing
- observation of VNS stimulation effects
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Epilepsy, Alzheimer Disease
Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of NPT 2042 Soft-gelatin Capsules Administered Orally to Healthy Adult Subjects
Study NPT 2042 CL 101 is a first in human (FIH) study to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of single and repeated ascending doses of NPT 2042 in healthy adult male and female subjects.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Alzheimer Disease, Epilepsy Intractable
- Trial name
- NCT05503511
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NeuroPro Therapeutics, Inc.
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Cognitive Decline
Pre-operative Mapping of the Anterior Temporal Lobe Using Functional MRI Innovative Techniques in in Drug-resistant Epileptic Patients
Anterior temporal epilepsy is the most frequent form of focal epilepsy (more than 50% of focal epilepsies). The epilepsy is drug-resistant when epileptic seizures persist despite antiepileptic treatment (25% of cases).
- Trial name
- CARTA (NCT05339438)
- Testing
- functional MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Epilepsy, Drug Resistant
Drug Resistant Epilepsy: Clinical and Genetic Study
This study is to identify the clinical criteria of drug resistant epilepsy and to explore whether SCN1A c.3184 A/G (rs2298771) and ccl2(rs1024611) polymorphisms could serve as genetic based biomarkers to predict drug resistance…
- Trial name
- NCT04166305
- Testing
- Genetic study for SCN1A c.3184 A/G and CCL2-2518G>A polymorphism:
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University Hospital
Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Circulating microRNAs as Biomarkers of RESPIratory Dysfunction in Patients With Refractory epilePSY
Sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has become a major issue for patients with epilepsy and their physicians. SUDEP is a nontraumatic and non-drowning death in patients with epilepsy, unrelated to a documented status…
- Trial name
- MIRESPILEPSY (NCT03419000)
- Testing
- blood sample
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Epilepsy
Evaluation of Memory and Forgetting in Patients With Epilepsy
Drug-resistant focal epilepsy (DRFE) is frequently associated with complications of varying severity that impair patient's quality of life.
- Trial name
- EPIMNESIE (NCT04924933)
- Testing
- Computerised associative memory task using abstract words and landscape photographs
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Epilepsy, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Neurofeedback Technique Based on EEG Desynchronization in Epileptic Patients
A large proportion of patients (approximately 30%) with drug-resistant epilepsy are not eligible for surgical treatment. The alternatives that can be offered to reduce the frequency of seizures are neuromodulation (vagus nerve…
- Trial name
- EPIFEED (NCT07356661)
- Testing
- Neurofeedback
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Epilepsy, Unspecified, Pharmacologically Resistant, Memory Impairment
Episodic Memory Before and After Surgery in Drug-resistant Partial Epilepsies
This study has two purposes: firstly, a better understanding of the neurobiological processes underlying episodic memory and, secondly, the development of useful clinical applications for epileptic patients, in particular the…
- Trial name
- MemO-Epi (NCT01919957)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Spatial Scene Recognition Memory in Epilepsy Surgery
This study investigates the anatomical and physiological basis of spatial scene recognition memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and temporal lobe lesions.
- Conditions
- Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Medically Refractory Epilepsy, Memory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07580183
- Testing
- Virtual Tour Recognition Memory Task, Intracranial EEG Recording with Research Electrodes (Aim III only), MRI Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Assessment (Aim I)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Epilepsy
Caracterization of the Combined Alterations in Respiration and aROUSal in Patients With Drug-resistant EpiLepsy
30% of patients with epilepsy suffer from drug-resistant seizures and are at risk of epilepsy-related complications, from cognitive dysfunctions to premature mortality.
- Trial name
- CARROUSEL (NCT06545214)
- Testing
- Video-EEG monitoring, Respiratory monitoring and polysomnography, 1 Hypercapnic challenge while participant is awake
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Epilepsy, PET / MR
Multimodal PET Imaging With 18F-FDG/SV2A/TSPO for Resection Planning in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
This study focuses on the application value of 18F-FDG, SV2A, and TSPO PET imaging in the preoperative localization of epileptogenic foci in epilepsy.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, PET / MR, Synaptic Vesicle Proteins, Microglial Activation
- Trial name
- NCT07147309
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weibing Miao, PhD
No Condition, Study Mental State in Healthy Populations and Drug-resistant Epilepsy Patients With Existing iEEG
Novel Multimodal Neural, Physiological, and Behavioral Sensing and Machine Learning for Mental States
In this program, the investigators will develop novel multimodal neural-behavioral-physiological monitoring tools (software and hardware), and machine learning models for mental states within social processes and beyond.
- Trial name
- NCT07110688
- Testing
- Virtual human social interaction, Cold pressor test
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Epilepsy, Sleep
Prospective Longitudinal Study of Sleep, Brain Activity, and Plasma Analyses in Patients Undergoing Epilepsy Surgery
The goal of this observational study is to understand how sleep and brain activity change after epilepsy surgery in adults with drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Sleep, Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Epilepsy Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT07885826
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Region Skane