NeuroPace Feasibility Study of Its RNS System for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Now Underway

First patient receives brain-responsive neuromodulation for LGS, a severe and disabling childhood-onset epilepsy

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NeuroPace, Inc. (Nasdaq: NPCE), a commercial-stage medical device company focused on transforming the lives of people living with epilepsy, today announced that the first patient with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) was treated in its feasibility investigational device exemption (IDE) study. LGS is a devastating form of childhood onset epilepsy characterized by cognitive dysfunction and frequent generalized onset seizures that often lead to injury. The study uses the RNS^® System, which has demonstrated safety and effectiveness of brain-responsive stimulation for treating medically intractable focal onset seizures in people 18 and older, to test whether brain-responsive neurostimulation can also be used to treat LGS.

The first procedure took place at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta and was performed by Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD, the MBNA Bowman Chair in Neurosurgery and Professor and Vice Chair, Emory University Department of Neurosurgery. “An exciting aspect of this study is that the implant location for each patient is based on customized models of their brain connectivity.”

NeuroPace received a $9.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies^® (BRAIN Initiative) to evaluate its responsive neuromodulation technology in those who suffer from LGS. Six study sites will enroll a total of 20 patients 12 years of age and older with LGS and drug-resistant generalized onset seizures.

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