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Study identifier: NCT03268824 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 28, 2026
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Impact of Epileptic Discharge on the Structural Connectivity of the Developing Brain

Condition: Epilepsies, Focal · Pediatrics · Drug Resistant Epilepsy  ·  Sponsor: Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

PhaseN/A
Planned participants82
Who can joinAll sexes, 18 Months to 16 Years
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

Focal epilepsy is associated with widespread alterations in structural brain connectivity, often present at the disease onset and related to learning disabilities. Whether ongoing seizure activity contributes to network pathology is a matter of debate. This study intends to measure the impact of seizures on structural connectivity on a local and on a global level. In children examined with intracerebral electrodes to evaluate whether a surgical cure can be proposed, we combine intracerebral stereotactic electroencephalography (EEG) recordings with diffusion weighted imaging of white matter fibers. On the local level, the study will quantify the number of deficient connections in the seizure onset zone. On a global level, the study will compare the white matter fibers of the left and right hemisphere to probe whether physiological language lateralization is preserved.

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Laurence Salomon, MD PhD  ·  0148036431  ·  lsalomon@for.paris

Vera Dinkelacker, MD PhD  ·  0148036853  ·  vdinkelacker@for.paris

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Locations (1)

Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de RothschildParis, FranceRecruiting

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