# A Pilot Study: Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for the Prevention of Secondary Generalization in Focal Onset Epilepsy

> **NCT03417297** · NA · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill** · enrollment: 10 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Partial Seizures With Secondary Generalization
- Focal Epilepsy With Secondary Generalization

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03417297
- **Lead sponsor:** University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2018-04-24
- **Primary completion:** 2028-05
- **Final completion:** 2028-05
- **Target enrollment:** 10 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-15

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03417297

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03417297, "A Pilot Study: Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for the Prevention of Secondary Generalization in Focal Onset Epilepsy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03417297. Licensed CC0.

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