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Hybrid Micro-macro Electrodes in Patients With Epilepsy

NCT05335187 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-05-05

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Summary

The aim of the MicroEPI study is to know whether it is possible to use safely a medical device (a micro-electrode) that allows recording the activity of neurons in the human brain. Patients who suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy and who are candidates to epilepsy surgery to alleviate their condition sometimes require the implantation of intracranial EEG electrodes for a few weeks, in order to determine as best as possible which region of the brain to operate on. In the MicroEPI study, some of these electrodes will also comprise micro-electrodes, allowing us to record the activity of the patients' neurons during their epileptic seizures.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

micro-macro electrode implantation

One or a handful of micro-macro electrodes are implanted for 2-4 weeks in patients undergoing epilepsy monitoring with intracranial EEG electrodes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss National Science Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering

    collaborator OTHER

  • Pierre Mégevand

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-30
Primary Completion
2027-09-30
Completion
2027-09-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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