Characterization and Analysis of Evoked Cortical Responses in Participants With Medication-intractable Epilepsy

University of Michigan

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Intractable Epilepsy

Treatments: Device: stimulating probes and electrodes

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07014592

HUM00258281

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this project is to study how the brain reacts to a small electrical signal. Researchers will be using a novel combination of recording electrodes. The researchers will measure the brain response from these electrodes.

Enrollment: 5 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with medication intractable epilepsy who are recommended to undergo brain surgery to remove a "seizure" focus
• Can provide informed consent for the study and willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of a permanent electronic implant
• Any chronic medical conditions that prevent safe placement of electrodes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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5 participants in 1 patient group

Medication-intractable epilepsy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: stimulating probes and electrodes