Skip to content
Bored Studies
RecruitingAccepts healthy volunteers

PET/MRI/EEG Imaging Study in Epilepsy

Massachusetts General Hospital · NCT06974305

View Study & Apply (opens in a new tab)

Opens the official ClinicalTrials.gov record, with the study team’s contacts. Bored Studies doesn’t enroll anyone.

Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
30
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 21, 2023
Record last updated
April 23, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

This study aims to better understand how epilepsy alters brain function through neuroimaging of healthy people and people with epilepsy. The study investigates how changes in brain metabolism (sugar consumption, measured by positron emission tomography [FDG-PET], and blood flow, measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging [fMRI]) relate to abnormal interictal electrical activity associated with epilepsy (measured by electroencephalography [EEG]). The study will also compare how the three imaging modalities localize regions of abnormal function in the brain.

Being studied: FDG-PET/fMRI/EEG imaging

Conditions: Epilepsy

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

Show full criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18 or older

Additional Inclusion Criteria for Subjects with Epilepsy:

  • Diagnosed with epilepsy with abnormal interictal EEG

Exclusion Criteria

  • Contraindications to PET, MRI, or EEG imaging
  • History of severe brain disease such as stroke and head trauma
  • History of brain surgery
  • History of type I or II diabetes mellitus
  • Fasting plasma glucose level >200 mg/dL
  • Employed under direct supervision of the PI conducting the research

Additional Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Subjects:

  • Current use of drugs that modulate brain function
  • Current or past history of major medical, neurological, or psychiatric conditions

Recruiting US locations

  • Athinoula A. Martinos Center

    Charlestown, MA 02129

    Site contact: Ciprian Catana

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Magdelena S Allen, BA · 617-724-9232 · mallen27@mgh.harvard.edu
All neurology studies in Massachusetts →
PET/MRI/EEG Imaging Study in Epilepsy (NCT06974305) | Bored Studies