NCT03050931Active, not recruiting
Electrical Impedance Tomography of Epilepsy
Imaging Stroke, Epilepsy and Evoked Potentials in the Brain Using Electrical Impedance Tomography
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine if Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) can produce reproducible and accurate images in people with epilepsy compared to existing standards such as MRI, CT or EEG. Electrical Impedance Tomography is a relatively new medical imaging method, which has the potential to provide novel images of brain function. It is fast, portable, safe and inexpensive, but currently has a relatively poor spatial resolution. It produces images of the internal electrical impedance of a subject with epilepsy using rings of ECG like electrodes on the skin, intracranial electrode mats or deep electrodes implemented surgically as part of clinical assessment. EIT recording will take place in parallel with the routine recording on the ward. Following completion of the recording, the EIT images will subsequently be analysed and compared to other imaging data for accuracy.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 42 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Feb 2017
- Start date
- 30 May 2017
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University College, London
- NCT number
- NCT03050931
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 42
- From 30 May 2017 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- none
Who the study is looking for
- Any patient with epilepsy with either active seizures or interictal EEG changes (for scalp electrodes group)
- Any patient with epilepsy with either active seizures under evaluation for epilepsy surgery (for intracranial electrodes group)
- Ability to give informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEG telemetry unit Neurophysiology National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
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