Active clinical trials for "Epilepsy"

Complementary medicine, considered an unconventional approach, is performed in conjunction with conventional medicine. In Brazil, Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health have been inserted by the National Ordinance of Integrative and Complementary Practices. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of laying on of hands with spiritual connection by the Spiritist Passe about mental and physical health and quality of life of individuals.

Evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of GD-iEXo-002 nasal drops in the treatment of focal refractory epilepsy

The purpose of the study is to test the efficacy, safety and tolerability of brivaracetam monotherapy in study participants 2 to 25 years of age inclusive with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) or juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE).

Animal and human studies have brought up evidence supporting Gut microbial disbalance, namely dysbiosis, as a causative factor of epilepsy, especially the refractory form. thus, probiotics might constitute a safe, low-cost, and effective supplementary therapy in patients with DRE. The Lactobacillus population is probiotic bacteria that have a beneficial role in epilepsy. Lactobacillus can influence brain function through the modulation of GABA, as shown in rodent models. Moreover, it has been demonstrated in animal models of epilepsy and in human epileptic patients that probiotic treatment aimed at restoring gut microbiota equilibrium has beneficial effects on epileptic symptoms by increasing GABA in animals and the levels of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus in humans.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of melatonin for improving sleep in pediatric epilepsy.

This research is being done to determine if Mozart music and/or age-appropriate music can reduce the frequency of seizures and epileptiform discharges.

The most prevalent neurological disorder with also immense burden of disease, epilepsy, is in over 30 percent of patients difficult to treat. The ideal treatment regime would give complete control of disease in an early stage, not only for patient well-being, but also to prevent the onset of persistent pathologic epileptic networks in the brain. The first step in treatment is the trial, and error, of multiple anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), while invasive brain stimulation (BS) techniques with network modulating properties are saved as a last resort. The investigators hypothesize that pharmacotherapeutic treatment of epilepsy can be more successful after "priming" (preparing) the brain using BS as a short-term neuromodulation treatment. The limitation of testing this hypothesis is the invasive aspect of the most used classic vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) treatment for epilepsy, but the recent development of transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (tVNS) offered a possibility to combine chemical and electrical modulation in an earlier stage of disease, which is not tested before. The investigators want to determine the priming effect on the epileptic brain of tVNS, to make it more susceptible to add-on treatment with Brivaracetam (BRV), an AED. In addition, the investigators aim to visualize these changes in the brain because of priming, possibly altered network-organisation.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is associated with several health problems. The role of H. pylori infection in epilepsy has been investigated in a few studies. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no previous studies on the effect of treating H. pylori infection on seizure frequency among children with drug-resistant idiopathic generalized epilepsy. This study aims to evaluate the effect of treating H. pylori infection on seizure frequency among children with drug-resistant idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

This is a Phase 1/2a, open-label, single-dose, PK study of VALTOCO with open-label safety period in pediatric epilepsy subjects age 2 to 5 years.

In recent years, there is growing interest in illustrating the health benefits of exercise among epilepsy. Although exercise is recommended for patients with epilepsy, there is uncertainty concerning the effects of yoga and aerobic exercise on multiple health outcomes in epilepsy. The aim of this trial is to examine the effects of yoga and aerobic exercise training on physical activity, health-related physical fitness, mental, emotional, and psychological health status, seizure frequency and quality of life.