The Influence of Comorbid Depression on the Prognosis of Patients With Newly-Diagnosed Epilepsy: A Prospective, Multi-center, Cohort Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 300
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- the rate of seizure frequency
研究概览
简要总结
Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease with recurrent seizures and the comorbidity of psychiatric diseases are very common. The prevalence of depression in patients with refractory epilepsy is about 60%. However, the early diagnosis is usually difficult due to the unclear mechanism and untypical clinical symptoms, and there are no extremely effective treatments for depression in patients with epilepsy until now. In this prospective, multi-center, cohort study, we aim to investigate and screen two different types of depression ("cognitive" and "somatic") in patients with epilepsy by using the combination of regular moods evaluating scales and heart rate variability instrument. The intervening methods of combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are used to treat the patients with comorbidity of epilepsy and depression.
详细描述
Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease with recurrent seizures and the comorbidity of psychiatric diseases are very common. The prevalence of depression in patients with refractory epilepsy is about 60%. However, the early diagnosis is usually difficult due to the unclear mechanism and untypical clinical symptoms, and there are no extremely effective treatments for depression in patients with epilepsy until now. In this prospective, multi-center, cohort study, we aim to investigate and screen two different types of depression ("cognitive" and "somatic") in patients with epilepsy by using the combination of regular moods evaluating scales and heart rate variability instrument. The intervening methods of combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are used to treat the patients with comorbidity of epilepsy and depression. And resting-state functional MRI will be conducted in patients with the comorbidity of epilepsy and depression before and after the combing treatment of tDCS and SSRIs.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 70 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •meeting the definition of epilepsy according to the new definition issued by ILAE in 2014
- •not using antidepressants
- •acquiring informed consents
排除标准
- •patients with severe psychiatric symptoms;
- •progressive brain diseases
- •malignant tumors
- •severe cognitive declines
结局指标
主要结局
the rate of seizure frequency
时间窗: 12 months
epilepsy diary
次要结局
- the quality of life(12 months)