Seizures in stroke patients.

Recruiting

• Conditions: Poststroke epilepsy; fits in stroke patients; 10039911

• Registration Number: NL-OMON32035
• Lead Sponsor: Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 13 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion-criteria for the stroke patients with seizures/epilepsy:
• History of seizures or epilepsy after stroke, including all patients with one or more seizures at the beginning of a stroke or thereafter, in whom a diagnosis of post-stroke seizures or epilepsy was established based on clinical grounds.
• The last seizure is > 2 weeks ago at time of measurement (to avoid possible interference with cognitive function).
• The diagnosis of post-stroke epilepsy was made > 3 months ago.
• Age 18 to 90 years old.;Inclusion-criteria for the stroke patients without seizures or epilepsy:
• History of stroke
• No history of epileptic seizures or syncope of unknown origin.
• Matched with patients of the first group on the following criteria:
- age
- gender
- time since stroke
- stroke severity or modified Rankin score at stroke onset
- lacunar stroke vs. cortical stroke
- presence of cardiac emboli source;Inclusion-criteria for the participants without stroke or epilepsy:
- aged 18 years of older.
- no history of stroke, epileptic seizures, degenerative brain disease or brraintumor.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion-criteria for all groups:
• Not able or willing to provide informed consent.
• Severe illness or cognitive decline preventing adequate investigations (including global aphasia)
• The patient objects against the use of medical records and/or body materials for scientific investigations (as recorded in Mirador)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified