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
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Recruiting |
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