Focused ultrasound to treat medication-resistant temporal lobe seizures
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This trial tests a low-intensity focused ultrasound treatment aimed at reducing seizures caused by problems in one side of the hippocampus (a brain area involved in memory and seizures). It’s for people whose seizures have not responded to several seizure medicines and who have been offered a specific type of surgery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your tests show a one-sided problem in the hippocampus on one side of the brain.
- Your seizures have not improved despite trying at least three anti-seizure medicines.
- You are considered a good candidate for surgery to control seizures.
- You were offered non-dominant front-and-middle temporal lobe surgery (not the side that controls language).
- You can clearly understand and follow study instructions, and you can give consent.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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