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Investigating Dynamic Interactions in Distributed Cognitive Control Networks

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study looks at brain activity during thinking, reasoning, and memory tasks in adults with epilepsy that medicines do not control. It adds brain recordings to the ones used to watch for seizures, without changing routine care. The goal is to better understand how the brain works and help improve treatments for problems with memory and attention.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the brain activity associated with cognitive tasks (thinking, reasoning, remembering) in order to understand how the brain works during certain tasks and to improve treatment for diseases like dementia and attention deficit disorders. Cognitive (thinking) impairment may include poor memory function, poor attention span, or psychiatric disorders (ex: ADD, depression). The investigators are interested in the brain activity related to these issues, and want to investigate changes in brain activity while we record activity from specific areas of the brain. These recordings are in addition to clinical (routine or standard of care) recordings being performed to monitor for seizures and do not impact the clinical care.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • A team of health care experts has agreed that you qualify for surgery.
  • You have epilepsy (a condition that causes seizures) that medicines do not control.
  • You are at least 18 years old.
  • You are willing to take part in the study tasks.

Who can't join

  • You cannot fully understand the study and give informed consent (agree to take part).
  • You are younger than 18.
  • You are not physically able to do the study activities.
  • You have a major medical problem or a serious problem related to surgery.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible for surgery based on multi-disciplinary consensus review * Have a diagnosis of medically-refractory epilepsy * A minimum of 18 years of age * Willingness to participate in the paradigms described in the protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide full and informed consent * Age younger than 18 * Are not physically able to participate in study-related activities * Major medical or surgical complication

Study sites (1)

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