Epilepsy nurse trial for adults with intellectual disabilities

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Epilepsy and intellectual disability; Nervous System Diseases; Epilepsy

• Registration Number: ISRCTN96895428
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

2016 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27342377 2018 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29457585

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-03-26
• Study Completion: 2016-11-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 March 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 408

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18 - 65 years
2. The presence of a developmental intellectual disability with IQ of 70 or less
3. A diagnosis of epilepsy with a history of at least one seizure in the 6 months preceding recruitment into the study (not considered by those managing the epilepsy to have been a non-epileptic seizure)

Exclusion Criteria

1. The presence of a rapidly progressive physical or neurological illness
2. Alcohol or drug dependence

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The seizure severity scale from the Epilepsy in Learning Disabilities Quality of Life (ELDQOL-SSS) instrument. This is completed by carers and provides a detailed measure of the physical severity of seizures experienced in the preceding 4 weeks, including any associated injuries and the level of distress manifest by the patient after a seizure. This will be collected after 6 months in the trial.