Elucidation of epilepsy pathology with intracranial electrode placement
- Conditions
- Epilepsy
- Registration Number
- JPRN-jRCTs052180096
- Lead Sponsor
- Kikuchi Takayuki
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 25
1. Patients who were diagnosed as refractory epilepsy and regarded as candidates of intracranial electrode recording.
2. Understanding the explanation and confirming the consent of the principal (In the case of an underage, you can also confirm the consent of the adult's substitute other than the principal)
3. MRI imaging required for analysis can be performed stably before and after surgery
1.Patients with uncontrolled respiratory and cardiovascular disease
2.Patients with compromised nature
3.Patients with cognitive dysfunction difficult to understand explanations and instructions
4.Patient who is mentally considered to be resistant to intracranial electrode implantation
5.Patients who are considered to be as dangerous as seizure type is an overkinetic seizure and it is impossible to ensure rest during electrode embedding
6.Patients wearing cardiac pacemakers
7.Patients who have metals (aneurysm clips, mechanical artificial valves, nerve stimulation devices, insulin pumps, intraocular metals, etc.) that can not be confirmed as being nonmagnetic
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Elucidation of disease condition and improvement of surgical treatment outcome in intractable partial epilepsy cases
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identify epileptic focal points that could not be identified by conventional methods and enable focal resection