Trials / Not Yet Recruiting
Not Yet RecruitingNCT06581133
Sleep Disruption Pattern - Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Introducing a Structured Sleep Disruption Pattern to Provoke Earlier Seizures During Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Admissions
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 75 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Duke University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 14 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Epilepsy affects millions worldwide, with 40% of patients experiencing uncontrolled seizures despite medication. Comprehensive epilepsy centers recommend continuous video-electroencephalography monitoring to define seizure type and distinguish mimickers. This process, however, is resource-intensive, with lengthy hospital stays. The investigators' recent study identified a heightened association between arousals and epileptic activity in drug-resistant focal epilepsy patients. Building on these findings, the investigators aim to explore whether disrupting sleep with an alarm system triggers earlier occurrence of seizures, potentially offering insights to reduce hospital stay durations in epilepsy monitoring units.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Alarm system | Generic alarm system programmed to sound during the night to try to induce arousals from sleep. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2026-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2027-12-01
- Completion
- 2027-12-01
- First posted
- 2024-09-03
- Last updated
- 2026-02-11
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06581133. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.