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Temporal Interference Brain Stimulation for Adults With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Undergoing Stereo-EEG Monitoring

10. august 2026 opdateret af: Duke University

Temporally Interfering Electric Field Stimulation in the Treatment of Epilepsy - Effect of Temporal Interference on Biomarkers of Epilepsy

This study evaluates whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique called Temporal Interference (TI) can reduce epilepsy-related abnormal brain activity and influence sleep-related brain rhythms in adults with focal drug-resistant epilepsy undergoing stereo-EEG monitoring for clinical care. Up to 30 participants will complete stimulation sessions during wakefulness and, when possible, natural non-REM sleep. Brain activity will be recorded using scalp EEG and implanted sEEG electrodes before, during, and after TI stimulation. Some participants may also receive subthreshold direct stimulation through implanted electrodes for comparison. The study aims to determine whether TI can reduce epilepsy biomarkers, alter sleep-related brain activity, and compare favorably with conventional direct electrical stimulation while remaining within established safety limits.

Studieoversigt

Status

Ikke rekrutterer endnu

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Anslået)

30

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

  • Voksen
  • Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult patients with focal DRE who will undergo presurgical evaluation with sEEG
  • Availability of at least one sEEG electrode inserted into the thalamus for clinical purposes
  • sEEG performed with the indication to identify one single epileptic focus
  • Ability to provide written informed consent and comply with the study protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

- Remote resective/ablative brain surgery

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Grundvidenskab
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Crossover opgave
  • Maskning: Tredobbelt

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Temporal Interference Stimulation to Epileptic Focus
Temporal Interference stimulation delivered through scalp electrodes targeting the epileptic focus during wakefulness and/or natural NREM sleep.
Enhed: Temporal Interference Stimulation
Non-invasive electrical stimulation delivered through scalp electrodes using paired sinusoidal currents with differential carrier frequencies to create a low-frequency envelope targeting deep brain structures including the epileptic focus or thalamus.
Eksperimentel: Temporal Interference Stimulation to Thalamus
Temporal Interference stimulation delivered through scalp electrodes targeting the thalamus during wakefulness and/or natural NREM sleep.
Enhed: Temporal Interference Stimulation
Non-invasive electrical stimulation delivered through scalp electrodes using paired sinusoidal currents with differential carrier frequencies to create a low-frequency envelope targeting deep brain structures including the epileptic focus or thalamus.
Aktiv komparator: Direct Electrical Stimulation
Subthreshold direct electrical stimulation delivered through implanted sEEG contacts.
Enhed: Direct Electrical Stimulation
Subthreshold biphasic electrical stimulation delivered through implanted stereo-EEG contacts, remaining below thresholds for after-discharges and perceptual sensations.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Interictal epileptiform discharge rate
Tidsramme: 20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
The interictal epileptiform discharge (IED) rate per minute is a classical biomarker of epilepsy. It is derived from sEEG macro- and microcontacts.
20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
Single-unit firing rate
Tidsramme: 20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
single unit firing rate is the number of action potentials ("spikes") that an isolated neuron emits per second. It is derived from sEEG microcontacts.
20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
High-frequency oscillations
Tidsramme: 20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
The high-frequency oscillation rate per minute (frequency >80 Hz) is an alternative biomarker of epilepsy. it is derived from sEEG macro- and microcontacts.
20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
local field potential spectral power
Tidsramme: 20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
The power of local field potentials in defined frequency bands (theta: 4-8 Hz, beta: 13-30 Hz, gamma: 30-100 Hz) will be measured from macro- and microcontacts.
20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
Sleep microstructure
Tidsramme: 20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation
Sleep microstructure is comprised of sleep spindles (sleep specific transients of 10-16 Hz exceeding 0.5 seconds) and slow oscillations (delta wave transients < 0.5 Hz) measured in scalp EEG and sEEG macrocontacts. Rates are provided per minute
20-minute baseline, 20-minute stimulation, 20-minute post-stimulation

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.

Sponsor

Duke University

Samarbejdspartnere

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Birgit Frauscher, Duke University

Datoer for undersøgelser

Disse datoer sporer fremskridtene for indsendelser af undersøgelsesrekord og resumeresultater til ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieregistreringer og rapporterede resultater gennemgås af National Library of Medicine (NLM) for at sikre, at de opfylder specifikke kvalitetskontrolstandarder, før de offentliggøres på den offentlige hjemmeside.

Studer store datoer

Studiestart (Anslået)

15. august 2026

Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)

14. august 2031

Studieafslutning (Anslået)

14. august 2031

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

10. august 2026

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

10. august 2026

Først opslået (Faktiske)

14. august 2026

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

14. august 2026

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

10. august 2026

Sidst verificeret

1. august 2026

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Nøgleord

Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • PRO00119776
  • 1R56NS148323-01 (U.S. NIH-bevilling/kontrakt)

Plan for individuelle deltagerdata (IPD)

Planlægger du at dele individuelle deltagerdata (IPD)?

JA

IPD-planbeskrivelse

Annotated preprocessed datasets and final research data will be shared.

IPD-delingstidsramme

IPD will be shared upon their initial online publication or 1-year following the end of the project.

IPD-delingsadgangskriterier

Data Archive for the BRAIN Initiative (DABI)

IPD-deling Understøttende informationstype

  • ANALYTIC_CODE
  • CSR

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