Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy

Rolandic Epilepsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01046760
• Other study ID #: 21 CFR 50.3.
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 11, 2010
• Last updated: October 19, 2010
• Start date: September 2009
• Est. completion date: February 2011

Study information

• Verified date: October 2010
• Source: University of Campinas, Brazil
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Rolandic Epilepsy is the most common form of childhood epilepsy. It is classified as idiopathic, age-related epilepsy syndrome with benign evolution. The absence of neuropsychological impairment is part of the criteria of benignity of this epilepsy syndrome. However recently have been suggested several deficits related to attention and language. The purpose of this study was assess school performance and to investigate problems of praxis in patients with rolandic epilepsy as compared to a control group composed of normal children with age, gender and educational level equivalents.

Description:

Method: Nineteen patients aged between 7 and 12 years underwent clinical neurological evaluation, psychological assessment, through Weschsler Scales of Intelligence and language evaluation, to assess the academic performance and research of the presence or absence of praxis difficulties.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: February 2011
• Est. primary completion date: February 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 7 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of rolandic epilepsy using clinical, EEG and neuroimaging findings

• Patients had neurological, ophthalmic and auditory unchanged, and intelligence quotient (IQ) equal to or above 80.

• All parents signed the consent form, authorizing the participation of their children (as) in the search.

Exclusion Criteria:

• With oral language and writing of the following tables, whereas the DSM-IV: pervasive developmental disorders, cerebral palsy child acquired aphasia, hearing impairment (including mild conductive hearing loss), progressive disease

• What not signed the consent form.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Apraxia
• Epilepsy
• Epilepsy, Rolandic
• Rolandic Epilepsy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Language Assessment
Patients underwent an assessment performed with School Performance Test, Syntactic Awareness Test and a Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Clinical Hospital	Campinas	São Paulo

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Campinas, Brazil	Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (1)

Oliveira EP, Neri ML, Medeiros LL, Guimarães CA, Guerreiro MM. School performance and praxis assessment in children with Rolandic Epilepsy. Pro Fono. 2010 Jul-Sep;22(3):209-14. English, Portuguese. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Our data will indicate the group performance in tests of writing, arithmetic and reading.		one year	No
Secondary	Another important aspect was the absence of orofacial apraxia in children with epilepsy.		one year	No

External Links

•   CARACTERIZACAO DAS MANIFESTACOES NEUROPSICOLINGUISTICAS EM CRIANCAS COM EPILEPSIA ROLANDICA.