Clinical trials: Epilepsy, Absence
Epilepsy, Absence
Does Body Positioning Affect the Yield of Hyperventilation in Routine Pediatric Electroencephalography - EEG Studies?
Children referred for routine EEG studies for suspected absence seizures will be asked, upon caregiver's informed consent, to perform 3 minutes of hyperventilation both in the supine position and while sitting up.
- Trial name
- NCT02766595
- Testing
- hyperventilation while sitting up during routine EEG
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Why Are Patients With Absence Seizures Absent? A Brain Imaging Study
Our study examines which different brain regions are involved in child absence seizures and how they are related to attention and cognition.
- Trial name
- NCT00393666
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Epilepsy, Childhood Absence Epilepsy
A Pilot Study of Efficacy and Tolerability of Levetiracetam Monotherapy in Subjects With Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a form of generalized epilepsy syndrome. Clinically these seizures are manifest with a sudden, brief (3-15 second) loss of awareness followed by a quick recovery to baseline.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Childhood Absence Epilepsy, Seizures
- Trial name
- NCT00361010
- Testing
- Levetiracetam
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Epilepsy, Absence
A Pilot Study of Topiramate in Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Limited data exist on the effectiveness of antiepileptic drugs for treatment of childhood absence epilepsy. Preliminary data suggest that topiramate may be an effective drug for this condition.
- Trial name
- NCT00210574
- Testing
- topiramate
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Childhood Absence Epilepsy [Pyknolepsy]
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study of Memory in Children
Memory is a cognitive function whose development is still poorly documented in children, but which is often disturbed in temporal epilepsy. There are no studies about the disorders of episodic memory.
- Trial name
- NCT00242905
- Testing
- Study of memory using MRI
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Epilepsy
Transcutaneous Non-invasive Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve for the Treatment of Difficult-to-treat Epilepsy
The aim of the study is to prove the feasibility and safety of transcutaneous, electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve in patients with difficult-to-treat forms of epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT01178437
- Testing
- T-VNS® Stimulator cM02 (Transcutaneous Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- cerbomed GmbH