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NCT number NCT04553354
Other study ID # epilepsy surgery
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date September 10, 2020
Est. completion date November 10, 2022

Study information

Verified date September 2020
Source Assiut University
Contact mahmoud mostafa ammar, assistant lecturer
Phone +201026998340
Email dr.mahmoud.ammar90@gmail.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate safety and efficacy of epilepsy surgery in the form of cortical resections in patients with refractory epilepsy and to review outcomes of resection procedures in focal epilepsy.


Description:

Nearly one-third of epilepsy patients are refractory/resistant to medical treatment . Refractory or drug-resistant epilepsy is defined as resistance to treatment with two appropriately chosen and tolerated antiepileptic drugs (AED) . Nevertheless, epilepsy surgery is an effective alternative treatment for some patients as it suggests seizure freedom . During the past 3 decades, surgery has found more acceptance as an option for drug-resistant epilepsy . Developments made in surgical techniques (cortical resections) have significantly increased the effectiveness and safety of these techniques; as such techniques have been demonstrated to improve seizure control/freedom outcomes and enhanced quality of life in patients . Neuro imaging developments with the introduction of positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and magneto encephalography, electroencephalography and neuronavigation have facilitated the presurgical evaluation of patients, thus providing the lesion-directed surgeries more possible , also reducing the number and severity of complications . Complications of epilepsy surgery including failure to stop seizures and neuropsychological, psychosocial, or psychiatric impairment are still difficult to define, and there is no universal consensus in this regard .

This technique characterized by :

• Once the epilepsy focus is located by using interpretation and collection of data from functional MRI, EEG long term video and clinical findings, the specific surgery involved in treatment is decided on. The type of surgery depends on the location of the seizure focal point. Surgeries for epilepsy treatment include, but are not limited to, the following types: temporal lobe resection, ground temporal and extra temporal resection, parietal resection, occipital resection, frontal resection, extra temporal resection.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 35
Est. completion date November 10, 2022
Est. primary completion date September 10, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients with focal epilepsy who are refractory to medical treatment.

- Patients accept surgical maneuver

Exclusion Criteria:

- Epileptic patients responding to medical treatment.

- Patients refusing surgical intervention.

- Patients unfit for brain surgery.

- Multi focal or generalized seizures.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
cortical resections
is the removal of the epileptic focus either temporal or extra temporal area

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Assiut University

References & Publications (13)

A global survey on epilepsy surgery, 1980-1990: a report by the Commission on Neurosurgery of Epilepsy, the International League Against Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 1997 Feb;38(2):249-55. — View Citation

Berg AT. Epilepsy: Efficacy of epilepsy surgery: what are the questions today? Nat Rev Neurol. 2011 Jun 8;7(6):311-2. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2011.73. — View Citation

Cascino GD, Sharbrough FW, Trenerry MR, Marsh WR, Kelly PJ, So E. Extratemporal cortical resections and lesionectomies for partial epilepsy: complications of surgical treatment. Epilepsia. 1994 Sep-Oct;35(5):1085-90. — View Citation

Cukiert A, Rydenhag B, Harkness W, Cross JH, Gaillard WD; Task Force for Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery for the ILAE Commissions of Pediatrics and Surgical Therapies. Technical aspects of pediatric epilepsy surgery: Report of a multicenter, multinational web-based survey by the ILAE Task Force on Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery. Epilepsia. 2016 Feb;57(2):194-200. doi: 10.1111/epi.13292. Epub 2016 Jan 8. — View Citation

Engel J Jr, McDermott MP, Wiebe S, Langfitt JT, Stern JM, Dewar S, Sperling MR, Gardiner I, Erba G, Fried I, Jacobs M, Vinters HV, Mintzer S, Kieburtz K; Early Randomized Surgical Epilepsy Trial (ERSET) Study Group. Early surgical therapy for drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2012 Mar 7;307(9):922-30. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.220. — View Citation

Engel J Jr, Wiebe S, French J, Sperling M, Williamson P, Spencer D, Gumnit R, Zahn C, Westbrook E, Enos B; Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology; American Epilepsy Society; American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Neurology. 2003 Feb 25;60(4):538-47. Review. Erratum in: Neurology. 2003 Apr 22;60(8):1396. — View Citation

Engel J Jr. Why is there still doubt to cut it out? Epilepsy Curr. 2013 Sep;13(5):198-204. doi: 10.5698/1535-7597-13.5.198. — View Citation

Kwan P, Arzimanoglou A, Berg AT, Brodie MJ, Allen Hauser W, Mathern G, Moshé SL, Perucca E, Wiebe S, French J. Definition of drug resistant epilepsy: consensus proposal by the ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies. Epilepsia. 2010 Jun;51(6):1069-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02397.x. Epub 2009 Nov 3. Erratum in: Epilepsia. 2010 Sep;51(9):1922. — View Citation

Kwan P, Brodie MJ. Early identification of refractory epilepsy. N Engl J Med. 2000 Feb 3;342(5):314-9. — View Citation

Malmgren K, Sullivan M, Ekstedt G, Kullberg G, Kumlien E. Health-related quality of life after epilepsy surgery: a Swedish multicenter study. Epilepsia. 1997 Jul;38(7):830-8. — View Citation

Rafael H. Surgical and neurological complications in a series of 708 epilepsy surgical procedures. Neurosurgery. 1998 Mar;42(3):675-6. — View Citation

Téllez-Zenteno JF, Dhar R, Wiebe S. Long-term seizure outcomes following epilepsy surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain. 2005 May;128(Pt 5):1188-98. Epub 2005 Mar 9. Review. — View Citation

Vakharia VN, Duncan JS, Witt JA, Elger CE, Staba R, Engel J Jr. Getting the best outcomes from epilepsy surgery. Ann Neurol. 2018 Apr;83(4):676-690. doi: 10.1002/ana.25205. Epub 2018 Apr 10. Review. Erratum in: Ann Neurol. 2018 Jun;83(6):1205. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary control of focal epilepsy in drug resistant epileptic patients seizure freedom after cortical resections will be measured by angel classification baseline
Primary decrease incidence of drug adverse effects in drug resistant focal epilepsy the well known adverse effects of AEDs that are mentioned in literature as affection of the liver and kidney will be measured preoperatively by kidney function and liver function tests to detect if it is normal or not baseline
Secondary change quality of life of patients with drug resistant epilepsy changing quality of life of those patients as regards socioeconomic status of the patients if they get a jop or not and remain in his jop or not and the financial status improved or not and all of this will be mentioned by the patients in follow up in out patient clinic baseline
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