Brain study in kids with epilepsy could unlock learning secrets
NCT ID NCT07350551
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how the brain works in 200 children with hard-to-treat epilepsy who are already scheduled for brain monitoring. Researchers will measure brain activity during tasks like learning and decision-making. The goal is to better understand thinking and memory, which could help design new treatments for these issues.
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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 200 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 2032
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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3 to 25 years
- 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: * Candidates will be those who are admitted to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and are able to participate in a pre-operative evaluation using depth intracranial electrodes. The candidacy is determined independently by the patient's treating physician as part of the patient's routine medical care. * Patients have drug-intractable epilepsy undergoing invasive monitoring in the EMU. Exclusion Criteria: * Determination by clinicians and investigators that a patient is unable to complete the behavioral tasks required for the protocol due to either cognitive limits, psychological limits, or pain.
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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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Children's Medical Center Dallas
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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