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NCT05493722RecruitingEarly phase 1

Optimization of Deep Brain Stimulation Parameters in Patients With Medically Refractory Epilepsy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is used to treat epilepsy in cases where patients are medically refractory and are not candidates for surgical resection. This therapy has been shown to be effective in seizure reduction, yet very few patients achieve the ultimate goal of seizure freedom. Implantable neural stimulators (INSs) have many parameters that may be adjusted, and could be tuned to achieve very patient specific therapies. This study will develop a platform for stimulation setting optimization based on power spectral density (PSD) measures.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Early phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (estimated)
First submitted
5 Aug 2022
Start date
1 Jul 2021
Primary completion date
15 Jan 2028
Lead sponsor
University of Minnesota
Diseases
Epilepsy
NCT number
NCT05493722

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Early phase 1
  • Planned participants: 30
  • From 1 Jul 2021 to the primary completion date, 15 Jan 2028
  • 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 illness

  • severe dementia at investigator discretion

Who the study is looking for

  • medically refractory epilepsy
  • already have a deep brain stimulator in place

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
University of Minnesota
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MinneapolisUnited StatesRecruiting

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