Clinical trials: Epilepsy Surgery
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
A Complex Contraception Registry
The investigators will conduct a prospective observational cohort study to investigate factors that influence contraceptive method utilization among women with medical conditions.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Epilepsy, Migraine
- Trial name
- NCT02219269
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Epilepsy
Effect of Music Therapy on Cognitive Recovery
Participation in music therapy will result in improvement in cognitive functioning, as measured by neuropsychological testing 9-12 months following surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01947088
- Testing
- Music Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Seton Healthcare Family
Epilepsy
Improving EPilepsy Surgery Management and progNOsis Using Virtual Epileptic Patient Software (VEP)
Every year, thousands of patients worldwide with drug resistant focal epilepsy (DRE) undergo resective brain surgery with the aim of achieving seizure freedom.
- Trial name
- EPINOV (NCT03643016)
- Testing
- Surgical strategy based on a software
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 356 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Epilepsy
Noninvasive Pre-surgical Evaluation of Patients With Focal Epilepsy and Establishment of a Normative Imaging Database
Objectives: The overall study objective is to compare the sensitivities and specificities of morphometric analysis techniques using structural MRI images based on pre- and postsurgical localization of epileptic foci in patients…
- Trial name
- NCT02107989
- Testing
- MRI, MEG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Primary Brain Tumor, Epilepsy
Trial of Levetiracetam in Patients With Primary Brain Tumors and Symptomatic Seizures Who Undergo Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility, efficacy and safety of intravenous and oral antiepileptic treatment with levetiracetam in patients with primary brain tumors and symptomatic epilepsy in the period of…
- Trial name
- NCT00571155
- Testing
- levetiracetam
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Refractory Localization-related Epilepsy
A New Method for Delineation of Epileptic Brian Tissue During Epilepsy Surgery (The HFO Study)
Epilepsy occurs in 0.5-0.7% of the population, of which 25% are children. 30% Of patients with focal epilepsy do not respond well to medication and half of them are eligible for epilepsy surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT02207673
- Testing
- Tailoring of the resection based on biomarker in aEcoG during epilepsy surgery
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Epilepsy
Investigating the Neuronal Bases of Epilepsy With Micro-electrode Arrays in Candidates for Epilepsy Surgery
This study aims to uncover the neuronal bases of epilepsy by recording the activity of single neurons in the brain of patients with epilepsy who are candidates for assessment with intracranial electroencephalography (EEG).
- Trial name
- IN-MAP (NCT02932839)
- Testing
- NeuroPort micro-electrode array
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering
Epilepsy
Conscious Sedation for Epilepsy Surgery
Sixty patients were randomly allocated into two groups, group PD and group PR, thirty patients in each group. Patients in PD group received propofol and dexmedetomidine intravenous infusion and patients in PR group received…
- Trial name
- NCT02988050
- Testing
- Remifentanil, Dexmedetomidine, Propofol
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Menoufia University
Focal Drug-resistant Epilepsy
Multimodal Study of the Human Brain Epilepsy Tissue
The TIPI2 study is a blood and tissue collection protocol to create an annotated biorepository to support research in drug-resistant epilepsy. The aim of the study will be to identify new pathophysiological pathways.
- Trial name
- TIPI² (NCT06022055)
- Testing
- Blood and tissue collection
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Postoperative Seizures After Brain Tumor Surgery
Levetiracetam for Seizure Prevention After Brain Tumor Surgery
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam for the prevention of postoperative seizures in adult patients undergoing supratentorial brain tumor surgery.
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT07239115)
- Testing
- Levetiracetam
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 558 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Focal Epilepsy, Intraoperative Monitoring
High-density Flexible μECoG for Epilepsy Surgery - A Single-Arm ECT
What's the clinical value of high-density flexible microelectrocorticography (μECoG) for guiding the resection of epileptogenic zone (EZ) in epilepsy surgery?
- Trial name
- Epi-PRECISE (NCT07656857)
- Testing
- Using High-density Flexible microElectrocorticography for intraoperative monitoring
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Abdominal Surgery, Hypertension
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nurses' Perceived Stress Burnout and Life Satisfaction During the Pandemic Period
This study aimed to determine the effects of laughter yoga on the perceived stress, burnout and life satisfaction of nurses working actively during the pandemic period.
- Conditions
- Abdominal Surgery, Hypertension, Done Laughter Yoga Before, Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT05317091
- Testing
- Laughter yoga practiced
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Epilepsy Surgery, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Cortical Resections in Drug Resistant Epilepsy
The aim of the study is to evaluate safety and efficacy of epilepsy surgery in the form of cortical resections in patients with refractory epilepsy and to review outcomes of resection procedures in focal epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT04553354
- Testing
- cortical resections
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
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
Epilepsy
First Add-on vs. Mono-therapy Study of Topiramate in Neuro-Surgical Patients
The purpose of this study is to examine seizure control and tolerability of Topiramate after either transitioning from previous antiepileptic drug (AED) or adding on to previous AED.
- Trial name
- TEAMS (NCT01627860)
- Testing
- Topiramate add-on therapy, Topiramate monotherapy
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Taiwan Ltd
Epilepsy
RESting-state Functional MRI for Prediction of Post-surgical Prognosis In Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Resting-state functional MRI (r-fMRI) has emerged in recent years to analyze resting networks. It allows, without active participation of the patients, to identify and analyze the different functional brain networks.
- Trial name
- RESPIRE (NCT04451278)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
Epilepsy
Study of Specimens Obtained During Epilepsy Surgery
This study will collect brain tissue samples for research purposes from patients undergoing surgery to treat epilepsy. The standard surgical procedure for medically intractable epilepsy i.e., epilepsy that cannot be controlled…
- Trial name
- NCT00025714
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
End Stage Cardiac Failure, Pulmonary Failure
Human Tissue Distribution of Orally Supplemented Natural Vitamin E Tocotrienol
Levels of tocotrienol in human tissues following supplementation is not currently known. The objective of this present study is to determine the levels of this form of vitamin E in the human tissues such as skin, heart, lung…
- Conditions
- End Stage Cardiac Failure, Pulmonary Failure, End Stage Liver Disease, Morbid Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00678834
- Testing
- To surgery patients, Tocopherol capsules., Tocotrienol to healthy subjects., To surgery patients, Tocotrienol capsules.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chandan K Sen
Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Early Surgical Intervention to Treat Epilepsy
The purpose of this trial is to compare the effectiveness of early surgical intervention for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy to continued treatment with antiepileptic drugs.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Seizures
- Trial name
- ERSET (NCT00040326)
- Testing
- anteromesial temporal resection, antiepileptic drugs
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles