Clinical trials: Non-epileptic Seizures
Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus
Training Program to Improve EEG Competence
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the extent to which a practice-oriented training program for intensive care nursing staff and non-physician treatment teams can contribute to the earlier detection of epileptic…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus, Status Epilepticus, Electrographic, Status Epilepticus, Non-Convulsive
- Trial name
- EPI-Train (NCT07689084)
- Testing
- Training Program
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Marburg
Epilepsy, Non-Epileptic Seizure
Volatile Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Epileptic Seizures
Breath and sweat samples will be collected from people who have been admitted to hospital after a potential seizure and analysed by the team.
- Trial name
- VIBES (NCT05725174)
- Testing
- Sample Collection
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- University College London Hospitals
Epilepsy
GW273225 Therapy Added To Current Seizure Treatments In Patients With Partial Seizures
Study to determine drug interactions between GW273225 and the anticonvulsants valproate, carbamazepine or phenytoin
- Trial name
- NCT00567424
- Testing
- GW273225
- Where
- 30 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
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
Epilepsy
Activating Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Synchronized MEG-EEG Recordings of Epilepsy Patients With Non-Diagnostic EEG
This study will evaluate how the state of being completely deprived of sleep has an effect on recordings of magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG), in relation to how alert someone is and how sleepy someone…
- Trial name
- NCT00071370
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Epilepsy, Motor Partial, Psychogenic Seizures
Detecting PNES With Single-channel sEMG
This is a prospective, comparative, multicenter study of subjects being admitted for standard of care therapy in Epilepsy Monitoring Units in the Veteran's Affair (VA) Medical Centers.
- Trial name
- NCT03313362
- Testing
- SPEAC System, video EEG
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Brain Sentinel
Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy, Partial Onset Seizures
A Study to Investigate Dosage, Effectiveness, and Safety of Perampanel When Used as First Add-on Therapy in Participants >=12 Years With Partial Onset Seizures With or Without Secondary Generalization or With Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Associated With Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy
The primary purpose of this study is to assess the retention rate of perampanel as a reliable proxy for overall effectiveness and tolerability in participants aged at least 12 years who are prescribed perampanel (for partial…
- Conditions
- Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy, Partial Onset Seizures, Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Trial name
- NCT04252846
- Testing
- Perampanel
- Where
- 36 sites in Denmark, France and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- Eisai Limited
Status Epilepticus
Randomized Therapy In Status Epilepticus
This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of an investigational product (IP), intravenous (IV) ganaxolone, to treat participants with status epilepticus (SE).
- Trial name
- RAISE (NCT04391569)
- Testing
- Ganaxolone
- Where
- 74 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Marinus Pharmaceuticals
Focal Epilepsy With and Without Secondary Generalization
Study Evaluating Changes in Total Drug Load and Seizure Frequency Using Vimpat® (Lacosamide) in Combination Therapy
This observational study aims to investigate how VIMPAT® is used as adjunctive therapy in clinical practice and will also evaluate the subsequent change in the drug load of patients after addition of VIMPAT® to their treatment…
- Trial name
- VICTOS (NCT01673282)
- Testing
- Lacosamide
- Where
- 42 sites in Austria, Germany
- Volunteers
- 315 people
- Sponsor
- UCB Pharma GmbH
Epilepsy
Non-Invasive Seizure Localization in Patients With Medically Refractory Localization Related Epilepsy: Synchronized MEG-EEG Recordings
This study will evaluate the magnetoencephalography (MEG) alone and together with electroencephalography (EEG) in non-invasive presurgical evaluation.
- Trial name
- NCT00071305
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Epilepsy, Dissociative Seizures
Stress and Seizures - Can a Brief Self-help Book Help?
Background: Epilepsy and nonepileptic attack disorder (NEAD) are chronic conditions that cause many patients to experience a great degree of stress in their everyday lives.
- Trial name
- NCT02465047
- Testing
- Self-help booklet
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Refractory Epilepsy, SYNGAP1 Encephalopathy
Fenfluramine for the Treatment of Different Types of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies: a Pilot Trial Exploring Epileptic and Non-epileptic Outcomes
This study is a pilot non-controlled clinical trial with adjunctive fenfluramine for the treatment of five different types of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) focused on epileptic and "non-epileptic outcomes"…
- Conditions
- Refractory Epilepsy, SYNGAP1 Encephalopathy, STXBP1 Encephalopathy With Epilepsy, Inv Dup(15) Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- FENDEEP (NCT05232630)
- Testing
- Fenfluramine
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Ruber Internacional
Localization-Related (Focal) (Partial) Idiopathic Epilepsy and Epileptic Syndromes With Seizures of Localized Onset, TRAIL: Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand MCP-2
Inflammatory Biomarkers in Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizure
1. Evaluation of the role of TRAIL and MCP-2 in differentiation between epileptic seizure and psychogenic non-epileptic seizure. 2. Possible role to predict the prognosis of patients with epileptic seizure.
- Conditions
- Localization-Related (Focal) (Partial) Idiopathic Epilepsy and Epileptic Syndromes With Seizures of Localized Onset, TRAIL: Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand MCP-2, MCP-2: Monocyte Chemo-attractant Protein-2
- Trial name
- seizure (NCT05571371)
- Testing
- Measuring inflammatory serum biomarkers
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Esraa Mostafa Ahmed Abdel Aal
Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizure
TMS vs Conventional Therapy for the Treatment of Functional Neurological Non Epileptic Seizure Disorder
The aim of the study is to compare the effect of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) versus treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), in patients with diagnosis of Functional Neurological Non Epileptic…
- Trial name
- NCT05241366
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- El Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia Manuel Velasco Suarez
Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizure
Evaluation of a Telephone Follow-up Procedure on the Quality of Life in Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures
The goal of this study is to evaluate effectiveness of the phone follow-up method compared to the conventional filler taken one.
- Trial name
- EDUQ-CPNE (NCT02311829)
- Testing
- Telephone follow-up device
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, Epilepsy
Non-Invasive Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Stimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of a non-invasive, low intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) stimulation on seizure frequency and the epileptogenic network in drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Conditions
- Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Epilepsy (Treatment Refractory), Epilepsy Comorbidities
- Trial name
- NCT07680842
- Testing
- Target optimization using LIFU, Serial LIFU stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Pnes
Video-EEG Semiological Patterns in PNES
This retrospective observational study evaluates semiological and electroclinical characteristics of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in adult patients who underwent video-EEG monitoring.
- Trial name
- NCT07526467
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
Dravet Syndrome
Genetic Analysis Between Charlotte's Web Responders Versus Non- Responders in a Dravet Population
There is tremendous curiosity about medical marijuana and the treatment of epilepsy. In a specific genetic epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome, a mutation occurs affecting the SCN1A gene.
- Trial name
- NCT02229032
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Seizure Disorder, Seizure Disorder, Post Traumatic
Neuroimaging Biomarker for Seizures
This multi-site study will examine patients with epilepsy (ES) following head injury [i.e., posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE)] and posttraumatic psychogenic Non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and will compare them to patients with…
- Conditions
- Seizure Disorder, Seizure Disorder, Post Traumatic, Traumatic Brain Injury, Non-Epileptic Seizure
- Trial name
- NIBMSZS (NCT03441867)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Seizures, Standard Medical Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Providence VA Medical Center
Convulsion, Non-Epileptic
Auricular Acupuncture For The Treatment Of Non-Epileptic Seizures
This feasibility study will determine the tolerability of auricular acupuncture, compliance with self-reported seizure tracking, and the quality of a proposed sham acupuncture protocol to inform the design of a large…
- Trial name
- NCT01919307
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority