Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Thermocoagulation in Drug Resistant Focal Epilepsy

Lead Sponsor:

State Budgetary Healthcare Institution, National Medical Surgical Center N.A. N.I. Pirogov, Ministry of Health of Russia

Conditions:

Epilepsy

Seizures, Focal

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Therapeutic thermocoagulation will be carried out in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy in cases where an epileptogenic zone is found and proven according to stereo-electroencephalography (SE...

Detailed Description

Open-label, pilot, non-comparative, interventional cohort study. Each patient will be examined at least 8 times (8 visits will pass): Visit 0 - screening (within 14 days before Visit 1), Visit 1 (visi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of symptomatic drug-resistant epilepsy according to anamnesis, results of video EEG monitoring with registration of epileptic seizures.
  • The epileptogenic zone verified using invasive electrodes.
  • The patient has read the information sheet and signed the informed consent form.
  • Non-inclusion Criteria:
  • Persons with mental disorders.
  • Women during pregnancy, childbirth.
  • Women during breastfeeding.
  • Reception of anticoagulants.
  • Location of the epileptogenic focus within functionally significant areas, large vessels of the brain.
  • Primary generalized forms of epilepsy.

Exclusion

  • Absence of a registered seizure on stereo-EEG.
  • Absence of a focal pattern during invasive stereo-EEG monitoring.
  • Dropout Criteria:
  • Refusal of the patient from observation
  • The occurrence of contraindications that may prevent participation in diagnostic and treatment activities.
  • Unwillingness or inability of the patient to comply with the requirements of the protocol, including the presence of any condition (physical, mental or social) that may affect his ability to comply with the requirements of the study
  • Identification of conditions during the study that meet the exclusion criteria for non-inclusion of patients.
  • Lack of effect from thermocoagulation within a month after manipulation or worsening of the condition associated with an increase in the number/severity of epileptic seizures.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 7 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05248269

Start Date

February 7 2022

End Date

December 1 2024

Last Update

July 23 2024

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Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center

Moscow, Russia, 105064