What this study is
The purpose of this research is to address the challenges of diagnosing and long-term management of epilepsy in participants whose seizures are not well captured by standard electroencephalography (EEG) tests and who cannot use or are not able to use more standard monitoring techniques. This research will compare the Minder System to standard of care in providing reliable seizure data. The Minder System was granted De Novo classification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is not investigational.
Participants will consent to join the study and be implanted with the Minder device; or consent to join the study and continue with their Standard of Care (SOC) as a control group. Participants chose to be implanted with the Minder device will have the device implanted under their scalp. After implantation, participants will be randomly assigned to a group where their treating physician will have access to the EEG data collected by the Minder System or a group where their treating physician does not have access to the EEG data collected by the Minder System. Participants receiving the Minder System will not know which group they are in (blinded) until the study ends.
All participants will continue to be followed by their treating physician and undergo assessments and visits until enough information is available to determine a treatment plan or the 6-month follow-up visit.
What's being tested
- Receipt of the Minder System (implantable sub-scalp continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring (iCEM) system)
Intervention · DEVICE
The Minder System consists of an implanted device containing an electrode lead and telemetry unit. The electrode lead contains four electrodes that are placed under the patient's scalp to record electrical activity (EEGs) from both sides of the brain. The electrode lead is connected to the telemetry unit that continuously transmits these signals to the external Minder devices to remotely show EEGs for clinician review.
Study details
- Official title
- A Prospective Study to Evaluate the Use of the Minder Device to Aid in Developing a Treatment Plan After Inconclusive Prolonged EEG in Patients With Epilepsy
- Sponsor
- Epiminder America, Inc.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy · Epilepsy (Treatment Refractory)
- Enrolling
- 210 people
- Starts
- 2025-12-23
- Est. completion
- 2027-06
- Design
- Double-blind, randomized, factorial
- Record
- View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Who can join
Age 18 Years – 75 YearsSex ALLHealthy volunteers Not acceptedYou may qualify if
- Diagnosis of focal and/or generalized epilepsy.
- Drug-resistant
- At least an average of 1 seizure within the past 3 months
- Participant completed a multi-day EEG assessment that was inconclusive, and is unchanged since the last EEG monitoring.
You can't join if
- Epilepsy surgery within the past 6 months
- Active Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) or Responsive Neurostimulator System (RNS)
- Participant needs treatments or assessments that are not indicated with the Minder System like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), lithrotripsy, and diathermy
- Participant cannot have surgery to have the device implanted
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Study locations (23)
23 openUAB Epilepsy Center
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Jennifer Pilkington · Contact205-934-8352jlpilkington@uabmc.edu
- Jerzy Szaflarski, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingMayo Clinic - Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Neil Santos · Contact480-301-4252santos.neil@mayo.edu
- Corneila Drees, M.D · Principal investigator
- Jonathon Parker, M.D., Ph.D. · Sub-investigator
RecruitingUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center
Irvine, California, United States
- Senada Martin · Contact866-839-3247clinicalresearch@hs.uci.edu
- Kurt Qing, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
RecruitingStanford
Palo Alto, California, United States
- Adele Viviani · Contact(650) 285-9180aviviani@stanford.edu
- Zahra Sadat Hossieny, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingUC San Diego Health
San Diego, California, United States
- Alpha Clinic intake · Contact858-249-4020AlphaStemCellClinic@health.ucsd.edu
- Krisma C Montalvo · Contact858-862-0293k1montalvo@health.ucsd.edu
- Jerry J Shih, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingYale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Danielle Carlson · Contact612-594-4080danielle.carlson@yale.edu
- Aline Herlopian, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingMayo Clinic - Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Christina Cesta · Contact904-953-5701Cesta.Christina@mayo.edu
- Brin Freund, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingNicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida, United States
- Juliana Montoya, RN, BSN, BS · Contact(786) 624 -3595Juliana.Montoya@nicklaushealth.org
- Matt Lallas, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingUSF Health
Tampa, Florida, United States
- Marina Azevedo · Contact813-250-2323azevedom@usf.edu
- Ushtar Amin, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingIU Health Neuroscience Center
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Caliel D Hines · Contact317-963-7010calhines@iu.edu
- David A Purger, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
RecruitingMassachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Emory Peng · Contact617-726-3311epeng@mgh.harvard.edu
- Peter Hadar, MD MS · Principal investigator
RecruitingBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Masumi Prasad · Contact617-975-8684mprasad2@bidmc.harvard.edu
- Niravkumar Barot, MD, MPH · Principal investigator
RecruitingMichigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Cate Cochren · Contact734-232-1199cathlewi@med.umich.edu
- William Stacey, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
RecruitingUniversity of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Adam Hansen · Contact763-807-1858hans5057@umn.edu
- Sandipan Pati, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingMayo Clinic - Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Sherry Klingerman · Contact507-284-0451klingerman.sherry@mayo.edu
- Brian Lundstrom, M.D., Ph.D. · Principal investigator
RecruitingWashington University
St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Victoria Taylor, MD · Contact314-362-7871v.taylor@wustl.edu
- Johanna Sonnenschein · Contact314-273-8861j.sonnenschein@wustl.edu
- Robert Hogan, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingBillings Clinic
Billings, Montana, United States
- Karla A. Mora Rodriquez, MD · Contact406-435-7480CancerResearch@billingsclinic.org
- Karla A Mora Rodriquez, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingAtrium Health Neurosciences Institute - Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Gina M'Buyamba · Contact704-355-9434Gina.MBuyamba@advocatehealth.org
- Rajdeep Singh, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingDuke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Lisa Gauger · Contact(919) 668-1538lisa.gauger@duke.edu
- Shurti Agashe, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Clevland, Ohio, United States
- Kevin Hricik · Contact216-286-5295Kevin.Hricik@uhhospitals.org
- Nathaly Contreras Cisneros · Contact216-844-2383Nathaly.ContrerasCisneros@UHhospitals.org
- Michael D. Staudt, M.D. · Principal investigator
RecruitingUniversity of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- T. Mindy Ganguly, M.D. · Contact215-662-7227epilepsyresearch@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
- T. Mindy Ganguly, M.D. · Principal investigator
RecruitingUT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
- Curtis Ebl · Contact214-702-8548curtis.ebl@utsouthwestern.edu
- Kan Ding, MD · Principal investigator
RecruitingUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
- Saad Ahmad, MBBS · Contact713-500-7894epilepsy.research@uth.tmc.edu
- Samden Lhatoo, MD · Principal investigator
Recruiting
Study team
Sponsor
Epiminder America, Inc.
Study ID EM2401
Frequently asked questions
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