Testing brain-recording sensors to map the seizure source
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study looks at using special tiny filaments during brain monitoring to better identify where seizures start. It’s meant for people with hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy who are already being considered for a specific brain-monitoring procedure.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have a diagnosis of hard-to-control epilepsy (refractory epilepsy).
- Your medical team says you are a good candidate for the brain-monitoring procedure called sEEG.
- You do not have severe psychiatric problems or uncontrolled severe agitation during a seizure/crisis.
- You can safely have an MRI (no unsafe implants or metal in the body, and not too uncomfortable in tight spaces).
- You do not have an ongoing infection, or other serious major health problems that would make brain monitoring unsafe.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding, and you are not taking blood-thinner medicines that affect blood clotting (antithrombotic treatment).
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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