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2024-02-29 00:00 China Clinical Launch & Registration Translated from ZH

China's Neuracle Registers 96-Patient Trial of Closed-Loop Epilepsy Implant

Summary Chinese registry ChiCTR2400081380 describes a 96-patient trial of an implantable closed-loop recording and stimulation system for focal drug-resistant epilepsy in people aged 6 to 70. All participants are to receive the implant and then be randomized one month later to active or sham stimulation, 48 per group. The registry provides no evidence that enrollment had passed 50%.
Why it matters The sham-controlled design tests sensing, seizure detection and closed-loop stimulation as one therapeutic system, producing evidence closer to registration needs than an electrode-monitoring study.
BCIwiki (bciwiki.com) — The Chinese Clinical Trial Registry registered ChiCTR2400081380 on February 29, 2024. The prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial plans to enroll 96 people aged 6 to 70 with focal drug-resistant epilepsy to evaluate an implantable closed-loop neural recording and stimulation system.

All participants are to receive a stimulator connected to depth or cortical electrodes placed at no more than two identified seizure foci. One month after implantation, participants will be randomized one to one to active or sham stimulation, with 48 in each group. Participants and outcome assessors are blinded, and the stated objective is to generate safety and effectiveness evidence for product registration.

The initial registry record listed the study as not yet recruiting, while later hospital announcements and Neuracle’s prospectus confirm that the multicenter program moved forward. Public records do not show that overall enrollment passed 50% or support a forecast of full enrollment within the year. The device combines intracranial EEG recording, abnormal-activity detection and stimulation and should not be described as a monitoring electrode alone.

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