Could a zapping headband tame tough seizures?

NCT ID NCT04770337

Completed Symptom relief Sponsor: Neuroelectrics Corporation Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a device that sends a very mild electrical current to the brain (tDCS) to see if it can safely reduce seizures in people with epilepsy that doesn't respond to medication. 127 participants aged 9 and older received either real or fake (sham) stimulation for 10 sessions over two weeks. Researchers tracked seizure changes and side effects for 10 more weeks to measure the treatment's effect on quality of life.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

childhood-onset epilepsy syndrome Drug Resistant Epilepsy epilepsy epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures focal epilepsy visual epilepsy

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

EPILEPSY EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC FOCAL SEIZURE REFRACTORY EPILEPSY SEIZURES SEIZURES, FOCAL

Contacts and locations

Locations

Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, United States
Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Boston Children's Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
CHU de Marseille - Hôpital de la Timone

Marseille, France
Centro de Neurología Avanzada

Seville, Spain
Children's Hospital of Orange County

Orange, California, 92868, United States
Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc

Brussels, Belgium
Ghent University Hospital

Ghent, Belgium
HM Nou Delfos

Barcelona, Spain
Hospices Civils De Lyon

Lyon, France
Hospital Clínic

Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Del Mar

Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Niño Jesús

Madrid, Spain
Hospital Ruber Internacional

Madrid, Spain
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitario Albacete

Albacete, Spain
Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga

Málaga, Spain
Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States
Loma Linda University Health

Loma Linda, California, 92354, United States
Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Rutgers)

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States
Sinai Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, 21215, United States
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield, Illinois, 62702, United States
University Of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States
University of Florida Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, 32209, United States
University of Pennsylvania (Penn Epilepsy)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
University of Rochester

Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States
Washington University Medical Center

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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