Clinical trials: Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy
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
Assessment of MRI-guided HIFU for Patients With Drug-resistant Focal Epilepsy
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the feasibility, safety, and tolerance of MRI-guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of drug-resistant focal epilepsy in adult patients with MRI-visible…
- Trial name
- EPIFUS (NCT07591350)
- Testing
- MR-guided HIFU thermoablation, EEG, MRI
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, Focal-Onset Seizures
Study to Test the Safety and Efficacy of Padsevonil as Adjunctive Treatment of Focal-onset Seizures in Adult Subjects With Drug-resistant Epilepsy
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of Padsevonil administered at individualized doses as adjunctive treatment for subjects with drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT03370120
- Testing
- Padsevonil
- Where
- 156 sites in United States, Australia and 25 more
- Volunteers
- 406 people
- Sponsor
- UCB Biopharma SRL
Seizures
An Open-label Extension Trial of CVL-865 as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Focal Onset Seizures
The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of CVL-865 as adjunctive therapy in participants with focal onset seizures.
- Trial name
- NCT04686786
- Testing
- CVL-865
- Where
- 56 sites in United States, Australia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- AbbVie
Patients With Drug-resistant Focal Epilepsy, SEEG as Part of Presurgical Evaluation
Links Between Epileptic Activity, Sleep Disruption and Mental Content During Sleep
Interactions between epilepsy and sleep are numerous and bidirectional. Sleep can facilitate epileptic activity and seizures in several syndromes, while sleep deprivation increases cortical excitability and seizure…
- Trial name
- EPIDREAM 3 (NCT07605858)
- Testing
- Direct Electric Stimulation (DES)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Refractory Epilepsy
Study to Assess Intracerebroventricular (ICV) Delivery of CT-010 in Subjects With Focal Seizures, With Temporal Lobe Onset With or Without Secondary Generalization
This is a Phase 2 double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of ICV delivery of CT-010 via an implantable pump and a cranial port and dual lumen catheter (CIC) in subjects with focal…
- Trial name
- NCT04153175
- Testing
- ICV delivery of CT-010 via an implantable pump and a cranial port and dual lumen catheter (CIC)
- Where
- 11 sites in Australia, Israel
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Cerebral Therapeutics LLC
Focused Ultrasound, MR-guided FUS
Focused Ultrasound for Drug-resistant Epilepsy
Focused ultrasound (FUS) has been shown to differentially lesion or modulate (excite and inhibit) brain circuit and neural activity across a broad range of acoustic stimulus parameters (intensity, duty cycle, pulse repetition…
- Conditions
- Focused Ultrasound, MR-guided FUS, Drug Refractory Epilepsy, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT06292494
- Testing
- Exablate 4000 Transcranial MRgfUS System
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Epilepsy, Partial Seizure
RNS System RESPONSE Study
To demonstrate that the RNS System is safe and effective as an adjunctive therapy in individuals age 12 through 17 years with medically refractory partial onset epilepsy.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Partial Seizure, Neurostimulator; Complications, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
- Trial name
- RESPONSE (NCT04839601)
- Testing
- RNS System
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- NeuroPace
Focal Epilepsy
Study to Determine if BHV-7000 is Effective and Safe in Adults With Refractory Focal Onset Epilepsy
The purpose of this study is to determine whether BHV-7000 is effective in the treatment of refractory focal epilepsy.
- Trial name
- RISE 3 (NCT06309966)
- Testing
- BHV-7000
- Where
- 150 sites in United States, Australia and 14 more
- Volunteers
- 390 people
- Sponsor
- Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd.
Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Epilepsy
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of NaviFUS™ System Neuromodulating Treatment for Patients With Drug Resistant Epilepsy
This will be a prospective, pilot, open-label, two-arm, parallel-group, randomized study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) neuromodulation using NaviFUS System in patients with…
- Conditions
- Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Seizures, Focal
- Trial name
- NCT06492720
- Testing
- Focused ultrasound (FUS) treatment
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- NaviFUS Corporation
Epilepsy, Focal Epilepsy
Assessment of Patients With Drug-resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy With EEG Extended With Intra-auricular Electrodes
The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of long-term video EEG monitoring using 10-20 electrodes extended with intra-auricular electrodes in locating the seizure onset zone and interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Focal Epilepsy, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT06366009
- Testing
- NaoX in-ear EEG system
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Przemyslaw Kunert
Epilepsy
Recording "Fast Ripples" Using Microelectrodes During Stereo-encephalography in Patients With Drug-resistant Partial Epilepsy
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of recording fast-ripples, a potential new biomarker of epilepsy, using the new micro-macroelectrodes developed by Dixi-Medical.
- Trial name
- Epi-FaR (NCT02491476)
- Testing
- intracerebral micro-macroelectrodes
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Epilepsy, Focal Seizures, Partial Seizures
Phase 2 Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability Study of Natalizumab in Focal Epilepsy
The primary efficacy objective of the study is to determine if adjunctive therapy of natalizumab 300 mg intravenous (IV) every 4 weeks reduces the frequency of seizures in adult participants with drug-resistant focal epilepsy.
- Trial name
- OPUS (NCT03283371)
- Testing
- Natalizumab
- Where
- 31 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Biogen
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
Drug-resistant Focal Epilepsies in Pediatric Population
Genetic and Electrophysiologic Study in Focal Drug-resistant Epilepsies
Brain somatic mutations are increasingly recognized as a major cause of focal epilepsies. These include mTOR pathway mutations underlying cortical malformations such as focal cortical dysplasia and hemimegalencephaly, and SLC35A2…
- Trial name
- GENEPHY (NCT02890641)
- Testing
- Sampling of blood, frozen resected tissues, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
Refractory Epilepsy
Safety and Therapeutic Measures of Tdcs in Patients With Refractory Focal Epilepsy
This is a single site, non-randomized, prospective, open-label, interventional pilot/feasibility study. Patients recruited will have medically-refractory focal neocortical epilepsy, defined on the basis of presence of focal…
- Trial name
- NCT02866240
- Testing
- Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Neuroelectrics Corporation
Epilepsy, Drug Resistant
Propranolol Adjuvant Treatment of Focal Refractory Epilepsy (PATFRE)
The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of propranolol as an adjunctive treatment for refractory epilepsy. The significance of this research lies in exploring whether propranolol, as an inhibitor of the…
- Trial name
- NCT06719804
- Testing
- Propranolol
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Focal Epilepsy, Intractable Epilepsy
Long-term Cardiac Monitoring in Epilepsy
The purpose of this research study to investigate, classify, and quantify chronic cardiac rhythm disorders in three groups of patients with epilepsy (intractable focal epilepsy, controlled focal epilepsy and symptomatic…
- Conditions
- Focal Epilepsy, Intractable Epilepsy, Epileptic Encephalopathy, Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
- Trial name
- LOOP (NCT03955432)
- Testing
- Reveal LINQ ICM System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Focal Epilepsy
Long-term Safety and Tolerability of BHV-7000
A study to determine if BHV- 7000 is safe and tolerable in adults with refractory focal onset epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT06443463
- Testing
- BHV-7000
- Where
- 283 sites in United States, Argentina and 25 more
- Volunteers
- 660 people
- Sponsor
- Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd.
Epilepsy in Children, Focal Epilepsy
Novel Network Analysis of Intracranial Stereoelectroencephalography
Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain which is associated with disabling seizures and affects 100,000 people under 25. Many children with epilepsy also have a learning disability or problems with development.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy in Children, Focal Epilepsy, Epilepsy Intractable, Epilepsy, Focal
- Trial name
- NNAIS (NCT03916848)
- Testing
- Combined Micro-Macro SEEG Electrodes
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust