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Completed Phase 1 Interventional

Pilot Study to Evaluate MR-guided Laser Ablation of Focal Lesions in Patients With Medically Refractory Partial Epilepsy

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01703143

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Official title

A Pilot Study to Evaluate MR-guided Laser Ablation of Focal Lesions in Patients With Medically Refractory Partial Epilepsy

Brief summary

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To investigate whether MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy in patients diagnosed with focal lesional epilepsy using the Visualase Thermal Therapy System is both a feasible and safe minimally invasive technique for control of seizures in such patients.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01703143
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Other
Enrollment
14 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
May 2011 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jan 2015 (Actual)
Completion
Jan 2015 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jan 26, 2015

2011 – 2015

United States locations

U.S. sites
2
U.S. states
2
U.S. cities
2
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Mayo Clinic in Florida Jacksonville Florida 32224 —
Mayo Clinic in Rochester Rochester Minnesota 55905 —

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