Imaging for Children with Intractable Epilepsy
This study is looking at how two special types of MRI scans, diffusion tensor imaging and functional connectivity imaging, can help doctors better understand and diagnose intractable epilepsy (seizures that are hard to control with medicine) in children. The study will observe changes in these MRI scans. Children from birth to 18 years old who have been diagnosed with intractable epilepsy can join. The main goal is to see how well these imaging techniques predict seizure outcomes five years after surgery. The current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 50 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- Participants will undergo standard MRI scans before and after surgery, plus a 15-minute functional connectivity and diffusion tensor sequence without extra sedation.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for five years to assess seizure outcomes.
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Diffusion Tensor and Functional Connectivity Imaging in Pediatric Epilepsy: Imaging/Histology Correlation
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Manish N Shah, M.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · UTHealth Medical School
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What this trial measures
- Number of participants with seizure outcome as determined by Engel5 years