Mobile Phone Radiation and Brain Rhythm in Epileptic Patients

Epilepsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Mobile Phone Radiation and Brain Rhythm in Epileptic Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02854384
• Other study ID #: 1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 31, 2016
• Last updated: August 3, 2016
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: September 2015

Study information

• Verified date: August 2016
• Source: Kasr El Aini Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Egypt: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This work is intended to assess the effect of -30 minutes- exposure to mobile-phone on the functions of the central nervous system (CNS) in epileptic patients.

Description:

This work shows the effect of the 30 minutes mobile waves' radiation over the normal person brain activity (EEG) and cognition (P300) together with the effect over the unstable brain of the epileptic patients. Exposure to mobile-phone radiation has been reported to increase the spectral power of electroencephalograms (EEGs), particularly in the alpha band, during both the waking and sleeping states. The tendency toward electrical instability of the neural networks of epileptic patients suggests that these individuals may be especially sensitive to electromagnetic fields espcially mobile-phone radiation (MPR). The short-term effects of exposure to electromagnetic (EM) fields on a number of cognitive variables such as memory, attention and speed of decision-making could be assedsed by P 300 latency and amplitude.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: September 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Both sexes

• Above 18 years

• Epileptic patients (regardless of whether symptomatic, idiopathic, focal or generalized)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 18 years

• Chronic medical condition

• Epileptic fit in the last 48 hours

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epilepsy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kasr El Aini Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Digital Electroencephalography (EEG) examination		one day	No
Primary	P300 test	The P300 Test: Neurophysiological Test. P300 wave was defined as the most positive point of the average waveform to the target tones after 250 msec and before 600 msec. For each subject P300 latency and P300 amplitude were obtained to detect any significant abnormality	one day	No