NCT06255873

Effects of L-Carnitine on Gastric Emptying in Children With Drug Resistant Epilepsy on Ketogenic Diet

Effects of L-Carnitine Supplementation on Gastric Emptying in Children With Drug Resistant Epilepsy on Ketogenic Diet

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Months – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was conducted on thirty children aged from12 months to 18 years newly diagnosed with drug resistant epilepsy and following up at Pediatric Nutrition and Neurology Outpatient Clinics assigned randomly into 2 groups, group1: patients who started ketogenic diet with L-carnitine and group2: patients who started ketogenic diet only.

Conditions

• Ketogenic Diet

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	L- Carnitine	L-carnitine was taken after feeds in the form of tablets or dissolved tablets in a dose of 50 mg/kg/day, with maximum dose of 2 g/day.
OTHER	ketogenic diet	ketogenic diet (KD) initiated under supervision of expert physician who considered patient's age, type of feeding, needs and preferences of the child and his/her family to select the type and initial ratio of KD therapy, KD ratio ranged from 1:1 to 4:1 of lipids to carbohydrates plus proteins in grams.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-20
• Primary completion: 2023-09-22
• Completion: 2023-11-15
• First posted: 2024-02-13
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt