Brain Tumor's hidden electrical signals could reveal its weaknesses
NCT ID NCT07616726
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether a special brain scan called magnetoencephalography (MEG) can detect electrical differences within gliomas, the most common malignant brain tumors in adults. Researchers will scan 60 newly diagnosed patients before surgery to see if MEG can identify more aggressive tumor areas. The goal is to better understand why these tumors resist treatment and find new ways to attack them.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to new ways to understand why some parts of a glioma are more aggressive and resistant to treatment, potentially guiding future therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early feasibility study with only 60 participants, so it may not produce clear or generalizable results. MEG recordings may not reliably capture tumor heterogeneity in all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female aged over 18 * With a newly diagnosed malignant glioma based on brain imaging * Eligible for surgical removal * Having given their consent Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications to Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (claustrophobia, metallic implants, particularly intraocular implants, pacemakers) * Contraindications to magnetoencephalography (MEG) (metallic implants in the mouth-dentures, fillings, crowns) * Coagulation disorders * Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or patients not using effective contraception * Subjects participating in another interventional study with an exclusion period still in progress at the time of pre-inclusion, etc. * Subjects deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Subjects receiving psychiatric care * Subjects admitted to a health or social care facility for purposes other than research * Adult subjects subject to legal protection measures (guardianship, curatorship) * Subjects not affiliated with a social security system or beneficiaries of a similar system
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospices Civils de Lyon
Bron, 69800, France
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