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NCT03870308
fMRI of Active DBS Stimulation in Epilepsy
NA trial testing Functional MRI in Epilepsy in 6 participants. Completed in 11 January 2021.
31 December 2020
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Mayo Clinic |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | basic science |
| Enrollment | 6 |
| Start date | 5 March 2019 |
| Primary completion | 31 December 2020 |
| Estimated completion | 11 January 2021 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Functional MRI
Conditions studied
- Epilepsy — all drugs for Epilepsy →
Sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Epilepsy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Researchers are trying to incorporate a process known as Functional MRI (fMRI) scanning to reveal a pattern in brain activity during Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which will correlate to possible seizure freedom.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Deep Brain Stimulation for the Management of Refractory Neurological Disorders: A Comprehensive Review.
Rissardo JP, Vora NM, Tariq I, Mujtaba A, et al · · 2023 · cited 17× · PMID 38004040 · DOI 10.3390/medicina59111991 -
Clinical Trials Examining Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Epilepsy: An Analysis of the Current State.
Gould J, Patel S, Chaurasia B. · · 2025 · PMID 41446446 · DOI 10.7759/cureus.97571
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT03870308
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03870308 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Mayo Clinic
- Last refreshed: 17 September 2021
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