Innovative MRI to Localize the Epileptic Zone

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Grenoble

About this trial

The goal of EPI-CATCHER is to outline the clinical potential of multiparametric quantitative MRI (mqMRI) and of GABA-edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy (GABA-MRS), combined with machine learning tools, as imaging biomarkers to localize and delineate the EZ.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patient group

Patients aged 18-65 years,

Patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy,

Patients with MTLE suspicion, with normal MRI or hippocampal sclerosis, and candidate for surgery,

Disqualifiers

Patient group

Patient without social security system

Inability or unwillingness of the individual to provide written informed consent, according to national regulations.

Impossibility of collecting information on exposure (subjects recently arrived in France, foreign language, etc.),

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • mqMRI and GABA-MRS

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators

University Hospital, Grenoble

Lead sponsor

University Grenoble Alps

Collaborator

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

Collaborator