Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Epilepsy: A Pilot Trial
NCT03868293 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10
Last updated 2025-09-17
Summary
The aim of the proposed pilot study is to investigate patient tolerability and efficacy of moderate term, repeated exposure of Pulsed Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (PLIFUS) in patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy.
Conditions
- Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Interventions
- DEVICE
-
Focused ultrasound
Pulsed low intensity focused ultrasound
Sponsors & Collaborators
-
Brigham and Women's Hospital
lead OTHER
Principal Investigators
-
Ellen J Bubrick, MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital
Study Design
- Allocation
- NA
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Masking
- NONE
- Model
- SINGLE_GROUP
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Sex
- ALL
- Healthy Volunteers
- No
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2019-02-07
- Primary Completion
- 2026-03-09
- Completion
- 2026-03-09
- FDA Device
- Yes
Countries
- United States
Study Locations
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