fMRI of Active DBS Stimulation in Epilepsy

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Functional MRI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03870308

18-010321

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers are trying to incorporate a process known as Functional MRI (fMRI) scanning to reveal a pattern in brain activity during Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which will correlate to possible seizure freedom.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients selected to undergo anterior thalamic nucleus DBS for refractory epilepsy

Exclusion Criteria

• Contraindication to MRI

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

Deep Brain Stimulation subjects

Experimental group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Functional MRI