Clinical trials: Temporal Lobe
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, Temporal Lobe
Brain Network Activation Analysis in Epilepsy
This is a prospective study investigating the utility of Brain Network Activation (BNA) analysis in patients with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT03265925
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ElMindA Ltd
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
Amnesia, Memory Disorder
How do Patients With Amnesia Acquire New Knowledge?
THE STUDY AIMS to constitute the largest group of patients with major memory impairment resulting from various etiology and specific lesions of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and use a combined psychometric and neuroimaging…
- Trial name
- ASSAM (NCT07191197)
- Testing
- MRI, Psychometric
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
The GABAergic Inhibitory System in Drug Resistant Epilepsy
This study aims to investigate the effect of lovastatin on neurotransmission and neuroinflammation in patients with temporal lobe onset drug resistant epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT06789497
- Testing
- Lovastatin 60 MG
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
Low Intensity Ultrasound Pulsarions
Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
The aim of the proposed study is to assess the feasibility of using the BrainSonix BX Pulsar 1002 low-frequency and Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsations (LIFUP) in human subjects suffering from intractable temporal lobe…
- Trial name
- LIFUP (NCT03657056)
- Testing
- BX Pulsar 1002
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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
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)
Neural Bases of Speech Perception
Left and Right Hemisphere Contributions to Speech Perception
Left and right temporal brain areas are thought to contribute to speech perception, but the division of labor between left and right hemisphere regions is still unclear.
- Trial name
- NCT04989309
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Alzheimer's Disease
Memory Imaging of Normal Aging
The purpose of this study is to develop imaging techniques that can distinguish functional brain changes in people at high risk for dementia years prior to onset of clinical memory problems from those with normal changes of aging.
- Trial name
- NCT00315575
- Testing
- BOLD and Perfusion brain MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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
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
Feasibility Study on LITT for Medical Refractory Epilepsy
Multicenter, open-label, prospective designed study to characterize the performance of brain laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) ablation using the Monteris NeuroBlate System for the treatment of drug-refractory medial…
- Trial name
- NCT02820740
- Testing
- NeuroBlate System
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Monteris Medical
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
Stroke
Troponin Elevation in Acute Ischemic Stroke (TRELAS)
The primary objective of the prospective observational trial TRELAS (TRoponin ELevation in Acute ischemic Stroke) is to elucidate the underlying pathomechanism of cTnT elevation in acute ischemic stroke.
- Trial name
- TRELAS (NCT01263964)
- Testing
- coronary angiogram
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Low Frequency Electrical Stimulation of the Fornix in Intractable Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE)
The primary aim of the current proposal is to evaluate safety and tolerability, in terms of neuropsychological effects of low frequency electrical stimulation of the fornix (LFSF) in participants with medically-intractable Mesial…
- Trial name
- MTLE-DBS (NCT02383407)
- Testing
- Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
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
Seizures, Epilepsy
Investigating Epilepsy: Screening and Evaluation
Background: Epilepsy affects about 1 percent of the U.S. population. Most people with epilepsy respond well to medicine, but some do not.
- Conditions
- Seizures, Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Partial Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT03478852
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Brain Diseases, Memory Disorders
Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Learning and Memory and Emotion Regulation
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the impact of low intensity focused ultrasound pulsation (LIFUP) to two different brain regions, the amygdala and entorhinal cortex, in older adults.
- Conditions
- Brain Diseases, Memory Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- LIFUPMEMEMOT (NCT03717922)
- Testing
- Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation to Amygdala, Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation to Entorhinal Cortex
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
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