Sleep disturbance and learning in children with Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECCTS)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECCTS), also known as Benign Rolandic Epilepsy; Nervous System Diseases; Epilepsy

• Registration Number: ISRCTN66730162
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Bristol (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-07-13
• Study Completion: 2013-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 16 March 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male and female children 6?16 years of age
2. Within 6 months of diagnosis with BECCTS and the onset of symptoms
3. With clinical electroencephalography (EEG) characteristic consistent with typical BECCTS
4. With no current or prior treatment for BECCTS
5. Signed informed (parental) consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to comply with assessments
2. Any serious intercurrent illness or uncontrolled disease which could compromise participation in the study
3. With contraindications for treatment with sulthiame:
3.1. History of hypersensitivity to sulphonamides
3.2. History of acute porphyria
3.3. History of hyperthyroidism
3.4. History of arterial hypertension
3.5. Impaired renal function
3.6. Psychiatric disorder
3.7. Hereditary galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption syndrome

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified