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Not a traditional drug phase: Language-based tasks for Epilepsy

This study wants to compare organization of normal brain function as detected using Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in normal subjects as opposed to patients with epilepsy or brain tumors, to ascribe precise anatomic labels (including Brodmann Areas) and functional significance to each region involved in cognitive processes as detected by cortical stimulation mapping (CSM) in patients with implanted subdural electrodes (SDE) or depth (sEEG) electrodes, to describe the locations of these regions in Talairach space, for a population of patients without overt structural abnormalities in these regions, to generate a spatial probability map of locations of cortical regions "essential" for these processes, to compare the loci of "crucial" language, visual, motor and cognitive sites as determined by CSM with the loci determined by a battery of tasks using fMRI for each individual and to use these data in patients undergoing intracranial electro-corticographyto determine the loci of essential, involved and uninvolved brain areas, and use sophisticated mathematical analyses of these intracranial recordings to study information flow between these areas.

Official registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05989893 · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · enrollment listed as 75

What this phase means

This study does not use the classic phase 1–4 drug ladder. It may be a device, a behavior program, a surgery timing study, or an early feasibility test.

Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.

What the registry says happens

If you join, the listed intervention(s) are Language-based tasks. The registry lists allocation as na. This study wants to compare organization of normal brain function as detected using Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in normal subjects as opposed to patients with epilepsy or brain tumors, to ascribe precise anatomic labels (including Brodmann Areas) and functional significance to each region involved in cognitive processes as detected by cortical stimulation mapping (CSM) in patients with implanted subdural electrodes (SDE) or depth (sEEG) electrodes, to describe the locations of these regions in Talairach space, for a population of patients without overt structural abnormalities in these regions, to generate a spatial probability map of locations of cortical regions "essential" for these processes, to compare the loci of "crucial" language, visual, motor and cognitive sit

They plan to enroll about 75 people at Houston. Taking part typically means following a program (exercise, therapy, diet, or an app) plus check-ins.

Official title (unrewritten)

Mapping of Human Cognition

Interventions: Language-based tasks

Primary outcome (registry wording): Change in reading errors as assessed by the number of words read incorrectly

Who it is for (from inclusion criteria)

  • Ages 18 Years to 75 Years
  • patients with medically refractory epilepsy who are scheduled to undergo or have previously undergone placement of sub-dural electrodes (including depth electrodes) to localize the site of seizure onset and to map the locations of critical language and motor regions
  • proficiency in English

Public study contact (from the registry)

Nitin Tandon, MD

713-500-5456

Nitin.Tandon@uth.tmc.edu

Published on ClinicalTrials.gov. Contact them as a possible participant. They decide eligibility.

Sites listed on ClinicalTrials.gov

1 listed

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Is NCT05989893 still recruiting?

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What phase is NCT05989893?

Not a traditional drug phase. Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.

Can PlainTrials tell me if I qualify for NCT05989893?

No. The inclusion and exclusion lists on this page are readable extracts of the public eligibility block. Only the study team can screen you.

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