Clinical trials: Epilepsy Syndrome
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Treatment of Childhood Drug-Resistant Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, A Pilot Study
Background: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe childhood epileptic syndrome with high pharmacoresistance. The treatment outcomes are still unsatisfied.
- Trial name
- NCT02731300
- Testing
- tDCS
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Khon Kaen University
CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizure
A Phase 3 Study to Examine the Efficacy and Safety of ZX008 in Subjects With CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder.
This is a Phase 3 Study to examine the efficacy and safety of ZX008 in children and adults with cyclin-dependent kinase like-5 (CDKL5) deficiency disorder (CDD).
- Conditions
- CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizure, Epileptic Spasm, Refractory Seizures
- Trial name
- GEMZ (NCT05064878)
- Testing
- Fenfluramine
- Where
- 46 sites in United States, Austria and 12 more
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Zogenix, Inc.
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Closed Loop Auditory Stimulus in Sleep and epilepsY
This is a single-centre pilot study of a non-invasive auditory stimulation during sleep in participants with temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Trial name
- CLASSY (NCT05159609)
- Testing
- Closed loop auditory stimulus
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Infantile Spasms
Genetic Studies in Patients and Families With Infantile Spasms
Infantile spasms (IIS), a characteristic epilepsy syndrome of infancy with often catastrophic developmental consequences, is known in some patients to have many different genetic, metabolic and structural etiologies.
- Trial name
- NCT01723787
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Epilepsy Idiopathic, Clinical Disease and/or Syndrome
Omics-based Precision Medicine of Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a major disease of the nervous system (WHO, 2015), as well as the second most common neural disease. It has been recorded that there have been 65 million epilepsy patients all over the world, more than 10 million in…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy Idiopathic, Clinical Disease and/or Syndrome, Gene Mutation
- Trial name
- NCT03358459
- Testing
- non
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Infantile Spasms, West Syndrome
Prednisolone in Infantile Spasms- High Dose Versus Usual Dose
Infantile spasms comprise a difficult to treat type of epilepsy in young children. Hormonal treatment, i.e. Prednisolone and ACTH are considered the treatment of choice.
- Trial name
- NCT01575639
- Testing
- Oral prednisolone
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Lady Hardinge Medical College
Infantile Spasms, Refractory Complex Partial Seizures in Adults
Sabril Patient Registry
The purpose of this study is to create a patient registry to collect and analyze information on subjects treated with Sabril and the prescribers of Sabril.
- Trial name
- NCT01073579
- Testing
- Sabril®
- Volunteers
- 9,423 people
- Sponsor
- Lundbeck LLC
Angelman Syndrome, Smith-Magenis Syndrome
Ghrelin in Patients With a Rare Disease Associated With Intellectual Disability, and Hyperphagia, and/or Overweight, and/or Obesity
A significantly higher proportion of patients with rare diseases (RD) with intellectual disability (ID), present hyperphagia, overweight or obesity, compared to the general population.
- Conditions
- Angelman Syndrome, Smith-Magenis Syndrome, X Fragile Syndrome, Epilepsy
- Trial name
- HOGRID (NCT04768803)
- Testing
- acylated and unacylated ghrelin dosages
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Dravet Syndrome
Treatment of Dravet Syndrome With Fenfluramine (Expanded Access Protocol)
The purpose of this research study is to (1) provide access to fenfluramine for patients with intractable epilepsy associated with Dravet syndrome, and (2) evaluate the safety of fenfluramine.
- Trial name
- Dravet (NCT04437004)
- Testing
- Fenfluramine
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Melatonin Versus Placebo in the Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: Neurophysiological and Neuropsychological Effects
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe epileptic encephalopathy of childhood. In that syndrome, various type of seizure occur, mainly tonic seizures, atonic seizures and atypical absences. The tonic seizure occur mostly at night.
- Trial name
- NCT01370486
- Testing
- melatonin
- Where
- Switzerland
- Sponsor
- Institution de Lavigny
Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)
A Study of Soticlestat as an Add-on Therapy in Children, Teenagers, and Adults With Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
The aims of the study are: to learn if soticlestat, when given as add-on therapy, reduces the number of major motor drop seizures in children, teenagers, and adults with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT04938427
- Testing
- Soticlestat
- Where
- 98 sites in United States, Australia and 16 more
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Takeda
Infantile Spasms (IS)
A Phase 2 Study of Radiprodil in Subjects With Drug-resistant Infantile Spasms (IS)
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability, the pharmacokinetics and the efficacy of radiprodil in abolishing clinical spasms in subjects with drug-resistant infantile spasms
- Trial name
- NCT02829827
- Testing
- Radiprodil
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- UCB Biopharma S.P.R.L.
Major Depression, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Escitalopram Treatment of Major Depression in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
This is a research study evaluating the use of escitalopram (Lexapro®) for the treatment of major depression in subjects with temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT00595699
- Testing
- escitalopram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Conrad, Erich J., M.D.
Epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome
An Open Label Extension Study of Cannabidiol (GWP42003-P) in Children and Adults With Dravet or Lennox-Gastaut Syndromes
To investigate the potential antiepileptic effects of cannabidiol (GWP42003-P) in children and adults with Dravet or Lennox-Gastaut syndromes.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Trial name
- GWPCARE5 (NCT02224573)
- Testing
- GWP42003-P
- Volunteers
- 681 people
- Sponsor
- GW Research Ltd
Dravet Syndrome
A Study to Assess the Usability of the Embrace Seizure Detection Watch in Children and Young Adults With Dravet Syndrome
This is an exploratory sub-study to ZX008-1503 [NCT02823145]. Subjects will be fitted with an Embrace seizure detection watch and seizures detected by the watch will be compared to those entered into an electronic seizure diary.
- Trial name
- NCT03299842
- Testing
- ZX008 (Fenfluramine Hydrochloride)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Zogenix International Limited, Inc., a subsidiary of Zogenix, Inc.
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Post-marketing Surveillance of Long-term Administration of Inovelon Tablets in Patients With Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
This surveillance's objectives are 1. Unknown adverse reactions 2. Incidences of adverse drug reaction 3. Efficacy during long-term administration 4. Factors considered to have effect to safety and effectiveness 5.
- Trial name
- NCT02175173
- Testing
- Rufinamide
- Where
- 2 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 707 people
- Sponsor
- Eisai Co., Ltd.
Epilepsy, Focal Cortical Dysplasia
Use of a Tonometer to Identify Epileptogenic Lesions During Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Refractory epilepsy, meaning epilepsy that no longer responds to medication, is a common neurosurgical indication in children. In such cases, surgery is the treatment of choice.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Focal Cortical Dysplasia, Tuberous Sclerosis, Hemimegalencephaly
- Trial name
- NCT04344626
- Testing
- Intra-operative brain tonometry
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Epilepsy
Ataluren for Nonsense Mutation in CDKL5 and Dravet Syndrome
This is a phase 2, crossover study of Ataluren for the treatment of nonsense mutation Dravet syndrome or cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) deficiency, resulting in drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT02758626
- Testing
- ataluren
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Psychogenic Seizure, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Self-modulation of the Sense of Agency by Means of Real-time Neurofeedback
This study investigates whether the sense of agency is sensitive to self-regulation by means of EEG-based neurofeedback. During neurofeedback, the brain activity in response to a motor task is recorded in real-time and displayed…
- Conditions
- Psychogenic Seizure, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Health, Subjective
- Trial name
- NF-Agency (NCT05214833)
- Testing
- Real Neurofeedback
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ETH Zurich
Transformed Migraine, Chronic Daily Headache
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Nerve Block vs. Elavil for Treatment of Transformed Migraines
This study will compare a local anesthetic technique that has been used to treat subjects suffering from transformed migraines (chronic migraines) versus medical management with traditional antidepressant Amitriptyline / Elavil.
- Trial name
- NCT02090998
- Testing
- SPG Block with 5% Lidocaine gel, Amitriptyline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey