Clinical trials: Localization-related Epilepsy
Focal Epilepsy
Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Perampanel Monotherapy in the Treatment of Children With Focal Epilepsy
This project is a multicenter prospective study. By retrieving outpatient medical records and collecting clinical data of epilepsy patients, the efficacy and safety of single-drug perampanel in patients with focal epilepsy were…
- Trial name
- NCT05497193
- Testing
- perampanel
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yang Xinwei
Epilepsy
Genetic Basis of Idiopathic Focal Epilepsies With Cognitif Deficits
Epilepsy is a frequent neurological disease in childhood, characterized by recurrent seizures and sometimes with major effects on social, behavioral and cognitive development.
- Trial name
- NCT00851331
- Testing
- genome analyzes (genetic defects and pathophysiological mechanisms )
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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)
Epilepsy Syndrome
Cognitive Impairments in Children With Epilepsy
Since the proportion of language and attentional difficulties in patients with epilepsy is recognized, both in the literature and in the clinical experience of practitioners, it is appropriate to propose a complete…
- Trial name
- NCT05097742
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
BECTS, Epilepsy, Rolandic
Emotion Recognition in Benign Epilepsy of Childhood With Centro-Temporal Spikes (BECTS)
The social processes depend on complex cognitive mechanisms, which involve mainly the frontal and temporal lobe regions. Patients with early onset frontal and temporal lobe lesions might later develop important deficits in social…
- Trial name
- BECTS (NCT03465566)
- Testing
- IDS;MMSPE;CDI 2;CBCL;tests of facial expression evaluation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS
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, Partial Epilepsy
Study Comparing Best Medical Practice With or Without VNS Therapy in Pharmacoresistant Partial Epilepsy Patients
This is a post-market medical device study. This study will compare best medical practice with or without adjunctive VNS Therapy in patients who are 16 years and older with pharmacoresistant partial epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT00522418
- Testing
- Vagal Nerve Simulation (VNS) Therapy, Best Medical Practive
- Where
- 48 sites in Belgium, Canada and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cyberonics, Inc.
Partial Epilepsy
Study to Evaluate Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability of Multiple Doses of Eslicarbazepine Acetate and Oxcarbazepine
This purpose of this study is to measure the concentrations of two anti-epileptic drugs (Eslicarbazepine acetate and oxcarbazepine) and their metabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood plasma of healthy subjects and also to…
- Trial name
- NCT00900237
- Testing
- Eslicarbazepine acetate, Oxcarbazepine
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bial - Portela C S.A.
Epilepsy, Drug-resistant Focal Epilepsy
Impact of Epilepsy on the Brainstem Adenosine Pathway and Its Relation With Arousal and Respiratory Reactivity
Despite the continuous development of new antiseizure medications over the past 25 years, 30% of patients with epilepsy suffer from drug-resistant seizures and are at risk of epilepsy-related complications, like cognitive…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Drug-resistant Focal Epilepsy, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- BRAVE (NCT07249034)
- Testing
- 1 Hypercapnic challenge while participant is awake, PET/MRI acquisition
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 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
Localization-related Epilepsy, Partial Epilepsy
Improving Lesion Detection in Children With Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-Negative Partial Epilepsy Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Focal cortical dysplasia is one of the most common lesions responsible for medically refractory epilepsy in the pediatric population.
- Trial name
- NCT00894478
- Testing
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
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)
Localization-Related (Focal) (Partial) Idiopathic Epilepsy and Epileptic Syndromes With Seizures of Localized Onset, TRAIL: Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand MCP-2
Inflammatory Biomarkers in Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizure
1. Evaluation of the role of TRAIL and MCP-2 in differentiation between epileptic seizure and psychogenic non-epileptic seizure. 2. Possible role to predict the prognosis of patients with epileptic seizure.
- Conditions
- Localization-Related (Focal) (Partial) Idiopathic Epilepsy and Epileptic Syndromes With Seizures of Localized Onset, TRAIL: Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand MCP-2, MCP-2: Monocyte Chemo-attractant Protein-2
- Trial name
- seizure (NCT05571371)
- Testing
- Measuring inflammatory serum biomarkers
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Esraa Mostafa Ahmed Abdel Aal
Epilepsy, Seizures
Mapping the Areas of the Brain Associated With Language in Children With Epilepsy
Researchers are interested in studying if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is practical for locating the areas of the brain associated with language in children with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT00001366
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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
Epilepsies
Structural and Functional Connectivity in Partial Epilepsies Studied with MRI and MEG
Surgery may be an effective therapy for refractory focal epilepsies with a clear delineated focus but surgical benefits are less clear for patients with a poorly defined focus such as non lesional refractory partial epilepsies.
- Trial name
- NCT01313260
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
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)
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
Benign Childhood Epilepsy With Centro-temporal Spikes (BCECTS), Focal Cryptogenic Epilepsy of Childhood
Brain Maturation in Children With Localization Related Epilepsy
This project intends to investigate children with idiopathic and cryptogenic localization related epilepsies, using a longitudinal assessment of structural and functional MRI data, in relation to neuropsychological evaluation.
- Conditions
- Benign Childhood Epilepsy With Centro-temporal Spikes (BCECTS), Focal Cryptogenic Epilepsy of Childhood, Cryptogenic Epilepsy of Childhood
- Trial name
- DYNAMAT (NCT02648529)
- Testing
- MRI, functional MRI (fMRI), neuropsychological assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome
A PET-MRI Study of Serotoninergic Brainstem Pathway in Patients With Dravet Syndrome
Dravet Syndrome (DS) is a severe neurodevelopmental disease, which is predominantly caused by mutations of SCN1A, the gene coding for Nav1.1 voltage-gated sodium channels.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome, Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- DRAPETONINE (NCT07013331)
- Testing
- [18F]MPPF PET-MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon