Status:

RECRUITING

Mapping of Human Cognition

Lead Sponsor:

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Conditions:

Epilepsy

Brain Tumor

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare organization of normal brain function as detected using Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in normal subjects as opposed to patients with epilepsy or ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients with medically refractory epilepsy who are scheduled to undergo or have previously undergone placement of sub-dural electrodes (including depth electrodes) to localize the site of seizure onset and to map the locations of critical language and motor regions
  • patients with epilepsy, brain tumors or cortically based vascular malformations (cavernous malformations or arterio-venous malformations) with lesions that are/were proximate to crucial brain regions, and who are scheduled to undergo or have previously undergone intra-op mapping of motor, visual or language function, or a Wada test, or maybe part of an awake craniotomy.
  • proficiency in English

Exclusion

  • Gross structural abnormalities (large hamartomata, tumors, large vascular malformations, very large diffuse malformations of cortical development) that may have impacted upon the location of critical brain areas.
  • Unable to participate in testing due to impaired cognition or mental retardation.
  • Cardiac pacemakers, intracranial aneurysm clips, or other potentially mobile implanted metallic devices
  • Patients with claustrophobia who cannot undergo an MRI scan without sedation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 31 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05989893

Start Date

August 1 2022

End Date

July 31 2027

Last Update

August 28 2025

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States, 77479