Clinical trials: Functional Seizures
Convulsion, Non-Epileptic, Conversion Disorder
Treatments for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (NES)
The investigators propose that treatment of the comorbid disorders (depression, anxiety, and impulsivity) with sertraline in patients with lone psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (NES), will result in a decreased number of NES.
- Conditions
- Convulsion, Non-Epileptic, Conversion Disorder, Depression, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- Trial name
- NES (NCT00159965)
- Testing
- sertraline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures, Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Adherence of Patients With Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures
All subjects will attend an initial clinic visit with the neuropsychiatrist and epileptologist. At the end of this visit, those subjects randomized to motivational interviewing will be questioned using standardized motivational…
- Trial name
- NCT02598076
- Testing
- motivational interviewing, standard psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Conversion Disorder
Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Prognosis in Motor Functional Neurological Disorders
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND/ Conversion Disorder) is a highly prevalent and disabling neuropsychiatric condition. Motor FND symptoms include Nonepileptic Seizures, Functional Movement Disorders and Functional Weakness.
- Trial name
- NCT03398070
- Testing
- Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Brain Injuries, Acute, Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Antiseizure Medication in Seizure Networks at Early Acute Brain Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effect of FDA-approved antiseizure drugs in the brain connectivity patterns of severe and moderate acute brain injury patients with suppression of consciousness.
- Conditions
- Brain Injuries, Acute, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Brain Ischemia, Brain Hypoxia
- Trial name
- NCT06081283
- Testing
- Phenobarbital Sodium Injection, Levetiracetam, Lacosamide Injectable Product
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Partial Epilepsy
Effects of Eslicarbazepine Acetate (Esl, Bia 2-093) on Cognitive Function in Children With Partial Onset Seizures
To evaluate the effects of eslicarbazepine acetate on cognition in comparison with placebo as adjunctive therapy in children aged 6 to 16 years old with refractory partial-onset seizures.
- Trial name
- NCT01527513
- Testing
- Eslicarbazepine acetate (BIA 2-093)
- Where
- 36 sites in Italy, Netherlands and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Bial - Portela C S.A.
Epilepsy
An Open Label Study to Evaluate the Effects of Ezogabine/Retigabine Added to Existing Anti-epileptic Drug(s) on Urinary Voiding Function in Subjects With Partial Onset Seizures
This is a multicentre, open label study to examine the effect of ezogabine/retigabine on the voiding function of adult subjects with drug-resistant partial onset seizures (POS).
- Trial name
- NCT01607346
- Testing
- ezogabine/retigabine
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, France and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Traumatic Brain Injury
Effects of Huperzine A in Treatment of Moderate to Severe TBI
We will explore the use of Huperzine A in patients who have sustained a moderate to severe Traumatic Brain Injury. We aim to determine whether Huperzine A, as compared with placebo, would have an effect on memory function after…
- Trial name
- NCT01676311
- Testing
- Huperzine A
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Adult Refractory Complex Partial Seizures
A Study of the Structure and Function of the Retina in Adult Patients With Refractory Complex Partial Seizures Treated With Vigabatrin (Sabril®)
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the change in visual fields by means of automated static perimetry and to evaluate the change in retinal structure by means of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in adult…
- Trial name
- NCT01278173
- Testing
- Sabril
- Where
- 22 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Lundbeck LLC
Nonepileptic Seizures
Treating Non-epileptic Seizures Using Magnetic Brain Stimulation
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) - a form of non-invasive brain stimulation - to decrease the frequency of psychogenic non-epileptic seizure…
- Trial name
- NCT02796924
- Testing
- MagStim Rapid2 Transcranial Magnetic Simulation
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba