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Partial sleep deprivation in long-term video-EEG monitoring

Completed
Conditions
Seizures
10039911
Registration Number
NL-OMON44367
Lead Sponsor
Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria

People above the age of 18 years with paroxismal neurological events, with a clinical suspicion of (focal) epilepsy.

Exclusion Criteria

Mentally disabled people
Most likely diagnosis of idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>The difference in number of participants in which a habitual event occurred<br /><br>during the EMU recording between the two study groups.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>- identification of clinical characteristics that are associated with the<br /><br>probability that sleep deprivation can provoke clinical events (etiology of<br /><br>events, specific type of epilepsy/seizures).<br /><br>- The difference between the two intervention groups concerning the time to the<br /><br>recording of the first habitual paroxysmal neurological event and the<br /><br>wake/sleep state and time of the day in which the events occurs.<br /><br>- The difference between the two intervention groups concerning the occurrence<br /><br>of the following adverse events: generalized tonic-clonic seizures, seizure<br /><br>clustering.</p><br>
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