Smartphone Behavior and Epilepsy Management

Epilepsy Clinical Trial

Official title: Using Day-to-day Behavior on Smartphones to Improve Epilepsy Management

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

In this prospective cohort study smartphone behavior surrounding epileptic seizures will be quantified, using a smartphone app, in order to optimize epilepsy evaluation and treatment

Clinical Trial Description

Rationale:

The unpredictability of seizures and the unclear behavioral outcomes are major concerns for people with epilepsy and may surface as increased anxiety about independence. This unpredictability is also a true obstacle in capturing and studying seizure-related neurobehavioral alterations themselves. Also, seizures often impact consciousness and thus may go unnoticed. As a result, subjective seizure diaries are unreliable. Continuous smartphone-based monitoring of behavioral output is a fast-emerging topic and proven fruitful in monitoring other neurological disease states. In the field of epilepsy, these tools are yet to be introduced.

Objective:

The investigators hypothesize that quantifying smartphone behavior will help obtain a detailed and objective behavioral map of seizures that can complement existing subjective seizure diaries and thereby improve the way epilepsy treatments are evaluated in daily practice.

Study design:

A multicentre observational prospective cohort study with at least 3 months follow-up.

Study population:

100 subjects with refractory focal epilepsy with a seizure frequency of at least one per month.

Main study parameters/endpoints:

Change in touchscreen interactions (tapping speed, texting speed, apps used, location, sleep-wake cycles) surrounding reported epileptic seizures. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epilepsy

• NCT number: NCT04617418
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland
• Contact: Arthur R van Nieuw Amerongen
• Phone: +31235588018
• Email: avnieuwamerongen@sein.nl
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: November 3, 2020
• Completion date: December 31, 2023