Clinical trials: Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
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
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, Autobiographical Memory
Capturing Autobiographical Memory Formation in Real World Spaces Using Multimodal Recordings
The goal of this observational study is to develop novel methods for integrating multimodal data streams with invasive neural recordings to study autobiographical memory (AM) formation in individuals with implanted…
- Trial name
- CAPTURE (NCT06883981)
- Testing
- Free and Cued Recall Memory. Temporal Sequence and Spatial Memory
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders
Integrating Metabolism, Connectivity, and Mesoscale Imaging at Ultra-high Field to Decipher Mechanisms of Resilience and Neurodegeneration in Neurological Diseases and Healthy Aging
The MESO7 study is a prospective observational research project designed to investigate the mechanisms of resilience and neurodegeneration in neurological diseases and healthy aging.
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease (MOGAD), Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- MESO7 (NCT07202494)
- Testing
- Imaging Techniques (MRI 3T & 7T, Functional, Structural, and Metabolic Imaging)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Enhanced MRI Imaging in Healthy Participants and Participants With Epilepsy
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a common type of epilepsy and one of the most likely to not be controlled by medication. For patients who do not respond to medication, surgery can result in a cure of seizures.
- Trial name
- NCT06483061
- Testing
- Ferumoxytol
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Temporal Lobe
Light Scattering Spectroscopy to Determine Brain Tumors
This study will use light scattering spectroscopy (LSS) to analyze brain tissue removed from patients during brain surgery to determine if this new technology can be used to differentiate between normal and cancerous cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00067418
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Partial Epilepsy
Serotonin Receptors in Seizure Disorders
Patients in this study will undergo PET scans (a type of nuclear imaging test) to look for abnormalities in certain brain proteins associated with seizures.
- Trial name
- NCT00001932
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Epilepsies, Partial
MRI in Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy With Auditory Features
This study will examine the possible structural and functional abnormalities in patients with an inherited form of epilepsy. It will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Trial name
- NCT00072813
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Epilepsy
SeizEAR Safety Study
Determine the safety and feasibility of an in-ear device to measure seizures or suspected seizures compared to the standard scalp-based electroencephalogram (EEG).
- Trial name
- NCT07088835
- Testing
- SeizEAR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Epilepsy, Seizures
Pharmacological Modulation of Brain Oscillations in Memory Processing
The goal of this study is to learn about the effects of scopolamine (an anticholinergic drug) on areas of the brain involved in memory, and changes it may have on brain activity.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Seizures, Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Memory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05594017
- Testing
- Scopolamine (0.4mg)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Psychogenic Seizure, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Self-modulation of the Sense of Agency by Means of Real-time Neurofeedback
This study investigates whether the sense of agency is sensitive to self-regulation by means of EEG-based neurofeedback. During neurofeedback, the brain activity in response to a motor task is recorded in real-time and displayed…
- Conditions
- Psychogenic Seizure, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Health, Subjective
- Trial name
- NF-Agency (NCT05214833)
- Testing
- Real Neurofeedback
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ETH Zurich
Rolandic Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
The Rolandic Epilepsy/ESES/Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Correlation With Language Impairment Study
In clinical practice language impairment is frequently reported in association with nocturnal epileptiform activity. There is a spectrum of epileptic conditions that are characterized by nocturnal epileptiform activity.
- Conditions
- Rolandic Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Electrical Status Epilepticus During Slow Wave Sleep
- Trial name
- REL (NCT01335425)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Language Mapping in Patients With Epilepsy
This study will examine how certain language skills, such as naming objects, understanding spoken language and reading are organized in the brain and how they are affected by seizures.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Partial Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT00706160
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Innovative MRI to Localize the Epileptic Zone
The goal of EPI-CATCHER is to outline the clinical potential of multiparametric quantitative MRI (mqMRI) and of GABA-edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy (GABA-MRS), combined with machine learning tools, as imaging biomarkers…
- Trial name
- EPI-CATCHER (NCT06057233)
- Testing
- mqMRI and GABA-MRS
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Epilepsy
Evaluation of Stress Sensitivity and Hyperemotivity in Epilepsy Compared to and a Group of Healthy Volunteers
Recently, a possible subtype of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has been proposed: this subtype presents ipsilateral amygdala enlargement (AE) without any other lesion.
- Trial name
- STELLA (NCT03464370)
- Testing
- Measure of emotional stressors
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)
MRI Volumetry and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
This works aims at evaluating the diagnostic performance of combined MRI Volumetry, Diffusion tensor imaging and Conventional MRI in lateralizing the epileptogenic focus in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and correlate these…
- Trial name
- NCT07384351
- Testing
- MRI
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
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, Epilepsy Intractable
Localizing Epileptic Networks Using MRI and iEEG
Upon successful completion of this study, the investigators expect the study's contribution to be the development of noninvasive imaging biomarkers to predict IEEG functional dynamics and epilepsy surgical outcomes.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Epilepsy Intractable, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
- Trial name
- NCT04649008
- Testing
- 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Intracranial electroencephalography recordings, 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 290 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Autonomic Dysfunction in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and SUDEP
The study aimed at detection of autonomic dysfunction among cases with temporal lobe epilepsy; using different electrophysiological techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT06269822
- Testing
- Sympathetic skin response, heart rate variability test, quantitative EEG
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Study of [11C]DPA-713 for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Background: Some people with epilepsy have an epileptic focus, a small part of the brain that is the starting point of the seizure. This focus is like an irritant or an inflammation, and helps cause the seizure.
- Trial name
- NCT01793532
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)