Structural and Functional Connectivity in Partial Epilepsies Studied with MRI and MEG

NCT ID: NCT01313260

Last Updated: 2025-01-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-04-05

Study Completion Date

2013-10-31

Brief Summary

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Surgery may be an effective therapy for refractory focal epilepsies with a clear delineated focus but surgical benefits are less clear for patients with a poorly defined focus such as non lesional refractory partial epilepsies.

SEEG is considered the criterion standard to localize the epileptogenic zone (EZ) but the procedure is risky with a limited spatial sampling. The development of non-invasive neuroimaging alternatives is thus an important goal to improve EZ delineation and optimize SEEG procedures.

The main hypothesis of this research project is the existence of a network organization specific for each patient which allows the generation and propagation of epileptic activities. The investigators wish to explore this network using diffusion tensor MRI to study structural connectivity and MEG/FMRI to study functional connectivity. The investigators will apply tools from the theories of complex networks and dynamical systems to characterize the network organization of epileptic process.

The investigators aimed to identify and localize differences in connectivity parameters between individual patients and a control group of healthy volunteers.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Epilepsies

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Epilepsy patients

Epilepsy patients selected before undergoing intracranial EEG recordings

No interventions assigned to this group

control group

Healthy volunteers

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* intracranial EEG recordings scheduled
* no neurological or psychiatric disease for healthy volunteers

Exclusion Criteria

* contraindication to MRI
* pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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ICM (Brain and Spine Institute)

Paris, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Chavez M, Valencia M, Navarro V, Latora V, Martinerie J. Functional modularity of background activities in normal and epileptic brain networks. Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Mar 19;104(11):118701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.118701. Epub 2010 Mar 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20366507 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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2010-A00399-30

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

C09-21

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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