View clinical trials related to Epilepsy.
Filter by:This is a retrospective non-interventional study to describe the HCRU and clinical outcomes before and after AspireSR® device implantation in subjects with drug resistant epilepsy at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (QEHB).
The modified Atkins diet, a form of ketogenic therapy in which individuals severely restrict their carbohydrate intake and subsequently enter ketosis, has begun to be used as an adjunctive treatment in adults with intractable epilepsy who are not surgical candidates. In this study, the investigators examine the effect of ketogenic dietary therapy on sleep, as sleep deprivation is one of the most common seizure triggers and seizures themselves have been found to affect sleep quality. This pilot study will enroll twenty participants, ten of whom are initiating ketogenic dietary therapy and ten participants who are being treated with standard anti-seizure drug therapy.
Pilot studies in healthy volunteers and in patients with epilepsy to assess the potential efficacy and safety of different dosages of vinpocetine in improving cognition.
This a multi-center study to examine whether supplementation with omega 3 fatty acids will reduce seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy .