Multimodal Functional Neuroimaging in Epilepsy Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Epilepsy

In brief

The purpose of the study is to evaluate a new technology for functional neuroimaging using electroencephalography (EEG) and MRI in studying epilepsy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02132507

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

27

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-01-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 1. Patients are diagnosed with medically intractable epilepsy;
• 2. patients have frequent interictal spikes on clinical EEG monitorings;
• 3. patients without large morphological abnormalities

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with skull bony defects, intracerebral mass lesions, major brain malformations, large cystic regions will be excluded.
• Any indwelling metal objects or implantable devices such as pace makers, cochlear implants, or implanted intracranial electrodes.
• Patients with claustrophobia.
• Patients with more than 2 grand mal seizures per month.
• Patients will not be excluded on the basis of location of seizure onset zone, type or number of medications, or cognitive status (assuming the minimum criteria has been met), or race.

Where it is running

• Biomedical Engineering Department — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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