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UnknownNCT04646850

Long-term Treatment With the Ketogenic Diet in Epilepsy

Long-term Treatment With the Ketogenic Diet in Epilepsy and Epilepsy-related Rare Diseases

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
30 (actual)
Sponsor
Oslo University Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study will provide a comprehensive assessment of long-term treatment with the ketogenic diet, a medical diet with high fat and low carbohydrate intake, focusing on safety and cardiovascular implications. We will assess patients with epilepsy or one of two rare metabolic diseases; glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1 DS) or pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency (PDHD).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERColor duplex ultrasound of the carotid arteriesExaminations carried out according to the American Society of Echocardiography guidelines 25 using a Vivid 7 US instrumentation with a linear M12L probe (14 MHZ; General Electric).

Timeline

Start date
2018-08-06
Primary completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31
First posted
2020-11-30
Last updated
2022-10-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04646850. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.