Clinical trials: Intractable Epilepsy
Epilepsy Intractable
ABI-009 (Nab-rapamycin) for Surgically-Refractory Epilepsy (RaSuRE)
This is a prospective, single-center, phase 1 safety study to investigate the safety, tolerability, seizure control, and quality of life in participants with medically-refractory epilepsy who failed epilepsy surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT03646240
- Testing
- ABI-009
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Epilepsy
Efficacy and Tolerability of Levetiracetam Add-On Treatment in Refractory Pediatric Patients With Partial Onset Seizures
Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center clinical trial conducted to evaluate levetiracetam as adjunctive therapy in children (4-16 years) with refractory partial onset seizures.
- Trial name
- NCT00615615
- Testing
- Levetiracetam
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- UCB Pharma
Epilepsy, Seizures
EpiCare@Home Validation Study for Focal Onset Seizures
The goal of this clinical trial is to validate a wearable seizure monitoring device, EpiCare@Home, as an objective seizure monitoring tool for people with focal onset epileptic seizures.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Seizures, Seizures, Focal, Seizure, Refractory
- Trial name
- NCT05738226
- Testing
- EpiCare@Home, wearable multimodal seizure monitoring system
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Byteflies
Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Real-World Study of Magnetic Resonance-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Drug-resistant Epilepsy
The goal of the real-world study is to evaluate the long-term seizure control outcomes, postoperative complications, long term impact on cognitive, memory function outcomes, quality-of-life measures, and healthcare resource…
- Trial name
- NCT06341075
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (MRgLITT)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Ketogenic Diet, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Effects of Low Glycemic Index Diet in Children With Drug-resistant Epilepsy
The goal of this clinical trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of a low glycemic index diet (LGID) on seizure frequency, oxidative stress markers and quality of life in children with drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Conditions
- Ketogenic Diet, Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Oxidative Stress, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT06432231
- Testing
- Low glycemic index diet treatment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Izmir Katip Celebi University
Epilepsy
Pediatric Language and Memory Mapping in Refractory Epilepsy Using Magnetoencephalography
This is a pilot research study where language and working memory tasks will be used to study brain activities from children with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT04888637
- Testing
- Baseline MEG Test, Receptive Language Task, Memory Task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder
Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Hyperthermic Baths in the Treatment of Seizures in CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder
The primary objective of this research is to study the efficacy and safety of hyperthermic baths as adjunctive therapy for reducing the frequency of seizures in CDKL5 deficiency.
- Trial name
- NCT06447675
- Testing
- Hyperthermic Baths
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Epilepsy
Intracerebral Electrical Stimulation and the Optimisation of Presurgical Planning in Drug-refractory Partial Epilepsy
Patients with drug-refractory epilepsy sometimes need to be implanted with intracerebral electrodes in order to identify their seizure onset zone.
- Trial name
- StiMiC (NCT03738072)
- Testing
- StiMiC stimulation condition
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Refractory Epilepsy in Children, Refractory Epilepsy
Cannabidiol as add-on Therapy for Children With Refractory Epilepsy (CBD-uN1que), a High-quality Individualized Approach: a Series of N-of-1 Trials
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if cannabidiol ("CBD-oil") works to treat severe epilepsy in children. It will also learn about the safety of cannabidiol.
- Conditions
- Refractory Epilepsy in Children, Refractory Epilepsy, Epilepsy
- Trial name
- CBD-uN1que (NCT07668856)
- Testing
- Cannabidiol (CBD) oral solution
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Refractory Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Anti-epileptic Effect: Optimization and Evaluation With Electrophysiology.
Epileptic disease is characterised by enhanced brain excitability. Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be an effective treatment for refractory frontal epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT00382707
- Testing
- cortical magnetic stimulation provided by an eight-shaped coïl placed upon the skull.
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Epilepsy, Healthy Subjects
Mindfulness Meditation for Epilepsy
In one-third of epileptic patients treated in France, seizures persist despite drug treatment. These so-called "refractory" epilepsies are among the most severe.
- Trial name
- MIME (NCT04687904)
- Testing
- Mindfulness meditation training, Therapeutic education
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Refractory Epilepsy, Development Delay
European Non-interventional Study on Refractory Epilepsy With Developmental Delay
This is a multinational, multicentre, non-interventional, retrospective data collection (manual Medical Chart Review).
- Trial name
- NCT04398667
- Where
- 19 sites in France, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Zogenix, Inc.
Epilepsy Intractable, Epilepsy in Children
The Mosaic Brain: a New Diagnostic Approach in Focal Epilepsies
Overall, this observational cohort study aims to: 1. Improve our understanding of the genetic architecture of childhood focal epilepsies. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT06602570
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Child Health
Intractable Epilepsy, Convulsive Seizures
Pilot Trial to Evaluate The Effect of Oral Methylprednisolone on Seizure Frequency in Children With Epilepsy
Although corticosteroids have been shown to be beneficial anecdotally for refractory epilepsy, the effects of corticosteroids on pediatric epilepsy have primarily been studied retrospectively amongst a heterogeneous patient…
- Trial name
- NCT04219995
- Testing
- methylprednisolone sodium succinate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Intractable Epilepsy
The Impact of Reducing Overtreatment on Quality of Life in Children With Refractory Epilepsy
The primary aim of the study is to determine the effect of reducing the number and/or dose of anti epileptic drugs on an individual's quality of life and seizure control in people with difficult to control epilepsy and who are on…
- Trial name
- NCT00647322
- Testing
- Reduction of anti-epileptic medications, No drug change
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Child Health
Drug Resistant Epilepsy
The Role of Vitamin D in Neuroinflammatory on Drug Resistant Epilepsy
The incident of epilepsy still very high in Indonesia, thus many patients become drug resistant epilepsy. As vitamin D has some anticonvulsant effect, the investigators want to study if an additional dose of vitamin D can help…
- Trial name
- NCT06053281
- Testing
- Cholecalciferol
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- DINA KEUMALA SARI
Drug Resistant Epilepsy
CANnabinoids for Drug Resistant Epilepsy (DRE) in Adults and Children
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting more than 50 million people globally, including more than 260,000 Canadians. Cannabidiol (CBD) reduces seizure frequency and improves quality of life for adults and children with Drug…
- Trial name
- CAN-DRE (NCT07023744)
- Testing
- CBD Isolate, CBD CHE
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Epilepsy Intractable
Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Outpatient Classical Ketogenic Diet and Modified Atkins Diet on Seizures Frequency, Nutritional Status and Some Biochemical Factors in Children and Adolescents With Intractable Epilepsy
Epilepsy is one of a common neurological disorder. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are usually the primary treatment of epilepsy. However, almost 30% of patients do not respond to AEDs and other treatments including ketogenic diet…
- Trial name
- NCT03014752
- Testing
- Classical ketogenic diet, Modified Atkins diet
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Epilepsy
Dietary Therapy in Children With Refractory Epilepsy
In children aged 1yr -18 years with refractory epilepsy Modified Atkins diet as add on to ongoing AED therapy would not be inferior compared to ketogenic diet ** in terms of seizure reduction from baseline seizure frequency at 6…
- Trial name
- NCT01983163
- Testing
- Ketogenic diet (2.5 to 4:1), Modified Atkin's diet
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Epilepsy
Possible Immuno-Modulatory Effect of Tocilizumab in Patients With Refractory Status Epilepticus.
Recently, the pathogenesis of epilepsy is immuno-modulatory and neuro-inflammatory which is commonly activated in epileptogenic brain regions in humans and is clearly involved in animal models of epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT05346666
- Testing
- Tocilizumab Prefilled Syringe [Actemra]. propofole, phenobarbital, midazolam
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Damanhour University