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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON39835
NL-OMON39835
Completed
Not Applicable

Stress and childhood epilepsy - Stress and childhood epilepsy

niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht0 sites123 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Epilepsy
Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Enrollment
123
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational non invasive

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Children with epilepsy:
  • \- Patients between 6 to 17 years of age
  • \- Established diagnosis of epilepsy
  • \- Mean seizure frequency of at least 1 seizure a year
  • Healthy controls:
  • \- Age and gender matched to a child with epilepsy that is included in the study, not diagnosed with any chronic disease

Exclusion Criteria

  • o In patients with epilepsy:
  • \-Any doubt about the diagnosis epilepsy
  • \-No distinction possible between (co\-existing) seizures of (possible) non\-epileptic origin and epileptic seizures by parents and/or treating paediatric neurologist
  • \- Seizure free since brain surgery or brain surgery scheduled in the following months
  • \- Reported status epilepticus in response to acute stress;in total study population:
  • \- Children with assessed or expected (based on school level) intelligence quotient (IQ) or IQ estimate (calculated from developmental age) \<70
  • \- Children with chronic co morbidities (e.g. psychiatric disorder)
  • \- Use of medication known to influence HPA\-axis functioning (e.g. oral anticonceptives, corticosteroid medication, ACTH receptor agonists)
  • \-Heavy smoking (\> 10 cigarettes a day)
  • \-Heavy alcohol consumption (\> 60g a day)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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