Electroclinical Correlation of Anxiety

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Bordeaux

About this trial

Anxiety disorders have the highest prevalence among mental disorders and cause considerable individual and financial costs. Current treatments do not relieve mental suffering of many patients. Understanding neurobiological mechanisms involved in pathological anxiety is a major scientific challenge.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Man or woman

Aged 18 to 65;

With drug-resistant epilepsy

Benefiting from a phase II pre-surgical assessment with intracerebral electrophysiological exploration by stereo-EEG

Disqualifiers

Being unable to give personal consent

Be subject to a measure of legal protection (curatorship, guardianship) or placed under judicial protection;

Suffer from a chronic delusional disorder (eg: schizophrenia);

Have a moderate or high risk of suicide assessed using the corresponding section of the structured psychiatric interview called "Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview" (M.I.N.I. 7.0) or a score > 2 on item 10 of the MADRS, assessing suicidal risk;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Anxiety-induced task
  • Neuropsychiatric assessment

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University Hospital, Bordeaux

Lead sponsor

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Collaborator

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Collaborator