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Early Surgical Intervention to Treat Epilepsy

NCT00040326 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2010-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to compare the effectiveness of early surgical intervention for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy to continued treatment with antiepileptic drugs.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

anteromesial temporal resection

surgical treatment for epilepsy

DRUG

antiepileptic drugs

pharmacotherapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jerome Engel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. · UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Neurology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-11-30
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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