Comorbidities of Epilepsy

• Conditions: Epilepsy

• Registration Number: NCT04106284
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

Epilepsy is the second commonest chronic neurological disorder in developed countries, Comorbidity refers to the co-occurrence of two conditions with a greater frequency than found in the general population

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Study First Submitted: 2019-09-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-09-25
• Study First Posted: 2019-09-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-09-27
• Study Start: 2019-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-10-01
• Study Completion: 2020-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients diagnosed as primary epilepsy either newly diagnosed or on AEDs
• Aged above 18 years old
• Males and females

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients diagnosed as secondary epilepsy (post stroke, trauma, tumor, encephalitis, etc).
• Patients diagnosed as epilepsy syndrome

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
DEXA Scan	1 year	DEXA scan to measure bone mineral density at 3 points (wrist joint ,hip joint and lumbo-sacral vertebrae)