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Filter by:Brain injury is the main cause of death and disability for patients surviving cardiac arrest resuscitation and seizures are diagnosed in up to a third of these patients. We are proposing a pilot randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and feasibility of perampanel use for PCARSE prevention after cardiac arrest.
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the education given to nursing students with the Jigsaw technique and traditional method on their knowledge and attitudes about childhood epileptic seizure management.
Study RAD-GRIN-201 is a phase 1B/2A trial to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and potential efficacy of radiprodil in participants with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) or Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) type II. The study is open-label, so all participants will be treated with radiprodil. Subjects' participation in the study is expected to last up to six months in Part A and one year in Part B/long-term treatment period. The treatment period in Part B may be extended based on a favorable benefit/risk profile.
Seizure is one of the most common symptoms in autoimmune encephalitis with neuronal surface-mediated antibodies. Interestingly, some patients may exhibit new-onset seizures as the initial manifestation without fulminant sign of encephalitis, particularly in the early stage. It is essential to recognize these patients early and to perform antibody testing, as studies have reported early immunotherapy can improve their clinical outcomes. At the same time, it is important to limit the number of patients who require testing, for the sake of specificity and cost effectiveness. Thus, this prospective, multicenter study aims to identify neural antibodies in patients with focal seizures of unknown etiology, and to create a score to preselect patients requiring autoantibody testing.
This is a clinical research study for an investigational drug called RAP-219 in patients with Refractory Focal Epilepsy. This study is being conducted to determine if RAP-219 works and is safe in patients with Refractory Focal Epilepsy.
The objectives of this study include: 1) investigating the impact of negative memory substitution on an individual's other intellectual memories (i.e., neutral memories) and the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms; 2) investigating the memory enhancement effect resulting from retrieval practice associated with memory substitution intervention along with an examination of the neurocognitive mechanisms responsible for this enhancement.
The purpose of this study is to help providers develop an interdisciplinary treatment pathway for functional neurological disorder (FND) at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and will involve psychiatry, speech therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. The study will also help providers to evaluate the treatment pathway and publish results regarding the process and outcomes.
This multisite prospective clinical study is to investigate the relationship between seizure type and frequency with the BioEP result during ASM titration in newly diagnosed patients with epilepsy, and to assess the utility of BioEP as an early prognostic indicator of ASM efficacy
Epilepsy is a disease that can be seen in everyone, including neurological, chronic, elderly and children. An estimated 50 million people in the world have epilepsy, patients have a history of two or more seizures, the exact cause is unknown, it negatively affects home, work and school life, and it directs individuals from their independent roles to semi-dependent and fully dependent roles (Smith & Wagner & Jonathan, 2015). "Neuronal networks hypersynchronization" develops epileptic seizures, can cause insomnia, and sleep quality may decrease with drug treatment (Sünter and Ağan, 2019). NREM sleep causes seizures through the "ictal and interactive effect" of sleep (Alp and Altındağ, 2014). Insomnia increases seizure discharges, neurological and systemic complications may develop, and serious morbidity and mortality may occur (Özer, 2005). Epilepsy patients frequently experience daytime sleepiness and nighttime insomnia (Gümüşyayla and Vural, 2017). Complementary medical approaches are also recommended along with drug treatment. Sleep hygiene training is recommended for sleep health in epilepsy as in chronic diseases. With good sleep health, symptoms can be eliminated and sequelae can be prevented by reducing epileptic discharges (Gammino at all., 2016). Quality sleep is essential for physiological and psychological health, and sleep disorders can be corrected with sleep hygiene training (Günaş, 2018). Randomized studies including sleep hygiene training are needed to prevent seizure recurrences, prevent or treat comorbid psychological diseases, and improve life activities of epilepsy patients (Lee at all., 2015). One-third of people's lives are spent in sleep, regular and adequate sleep protects physiological and psychological health, sleep hygiene training contributes to the recovery of sleep disorders and accompanying psychological comorbid diseases, sleep hygiene training is cost-free and easy to implement, where daily activities and behaviors are regulated, appropriate environmental conditions are provided. By regulating the circadian rhythm, melatonin is released during sleep at night and sleep disorders are prevented by preventing excessive cortisol release (http://www.psikiyatri.net/uyku-hijyeni / Access date: 28 May 2022; Alp and Altındağ, 2014; Güneş, 2018). . No research has been found on sleep hygiene training to relieve sleep deprivation, which is common in epilepsy patients. With good sleep hygiene, sleep and quality of life can be improved and epileptic seizures can be prevented or reduced. Purpose of the research; To determine the effect of sleep hygiene training given to epilepsy patients on seizure frequency and sleep quality. Non-drug clinical research is an experimentally planned research with a pre-test post-test control group trial model.
This study will be done in two phases. Using stakeholder input (community advisory board (CAB)), the study team will adapt the SMART program to incorporate education and self-management support for use of Rescue Medication (RM) to manage seizure occurrence among Persons With Epilepsy (PWE) who have repetitive seizures. Additional content/support materials, pending input stakeholder might include posters/hand-outs that present information on the use of RM in a way that is engaging and salient to PWE. It is expected that participants will be in Phase 1 for about 3 months and participate in the CAB 2 or 3 times via zoom for 60-90 minutes/meeting. The advisory board will provide input on needed refinement of an adapted version of SMART based on their individual experiences. It is anticipate the total time commitment to be no more than 6 hours over 3 months, spread out over 2-3 meetings with review of materials possible in between meetings. Phase 2: The investigators will use a 6-month prospective trial design to test engagement with and effects of SMART-RM among approximately 35 adult (≥ 18 years) PWE who have repetitive seizures.