A Prospective, Open-label, Single-arm, Multi-center, Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Efficacy of Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation in Patients With Drug-resistant Unilateral or Bilateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
NaviFUS Corporation
Summary
This will be a prospective, open-label, single-arm, multi-center, pilot study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) neuromodulation using NaviFUS System in patients with drug-resistant unilateral or bilateral temporal lobe epilepsy (DR-TLE).
Description
The study aims to demonstrate the safety and preliminary efficacy of LIFU neuromodulation in DR-TLE patients, showing its ability to decrease targeted neuronal activity and alleviate epileptic seizures. Patients diagnosed with epilepsy who meet all eligibility criteria may participate in this study by providing informed consent, either in person or through their legal representative. Eligible patients will undergo a 2-month baseline observation screening period and will be asked to keep a 8-week seizure diary. This diary will serve as a baseline prior to treatment and will continue to be reco…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female patients ≥ 18 years of age at the time of enrollment. 2. Patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (DR-TLE), defined as failure of adequate trials of two tolerated, appropriately chosen and used anti-epileptic drug schedules (whether as monotherapies or in combination). 3. Focal-onset seizures with or without secondary generalization and no more than two known seizure onset zones (seizure foci), at least one which is in the mesial temporal lobe. 4. At least 4 focal-onset seizures with objectively visible or significantly disabling manifestations…
Interventions
- DeviceNaviFUS System
FUS treatment will be conducted with following exposure parameters: intracranial spatial-peak temporal-average intensity (ISPTA) ceiling level: 2.8 W/cm2, burst length: 3 ms, duration: max. three consecutive 10-minute FUS exposures with two 5-minute intermission intervals.
Locations (3)
- Stanford University School of MedicinePalo Alto, California
- Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
- University of Virginia School of MedicineCharlottesville, Virginia