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Clinical Trials/DRKS00032991
DRKS00032991
Completed
Not Applicable

Impact of epileptic activity on cognitive function in epileptic encephalopathies - DESIRE

niversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein0 sites75 target enrollmentNovember 24, 2023
ConditionsG40Epilepsy

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
G40
Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
Enrollment
75
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
November 24, 2023
End Date
April 30, 2020
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • a)Age 6 – 12 years
  • b)Both genders
  • c)30\-45 children with BECTS: (1\) standard wake EEG showing a normal background and at least one focus of spike\-waves in the centro\-temporal region (maximum electronega\-tivity at electrodes C3, C4, T3 or T4, according to the international 10–20 electrode placement system; (2\) normal neurological examination; (3\) absence of mental retar\-dation (Perceptual Reasoning Index \> 80\); (4\) Normal structural MRI (5\); if epileptic sei\-zures had occurred, semiology of seizures suggestive of BECTS; (6\) patients are not un\-der antiepileptic drug treatment.
  • d)30 children with CSWS (more the 85% of EEG is involved in spiking activity according to the spike index)
  • e)30 children with partial epilepsy associated with focal lesional epilepsy

Exclusion Criteria

  • a)Mental retardation (IQ \< 65\)
  • b)Cerebral palsy
  • c)History of convulsive status epilepticus
  • d)A clinical diagnosis of autism in children with BECTS

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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