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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
Diseases
Epilepsy, Stroke
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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
EEG telemetry unit Neurophysiology National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status

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