Efficacy of Modified Ketogenic Diet (Atkins) in Management of Epilepsy

NCT00188500 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2005-12-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with uncontrolled epilepsy can follow a low carbohydrate diet long-term and if so, how will that diet affect their seizures

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

atkins diet

BEHAVIORAL

ability to follow low carbohydrate diet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • J Martin delCampo · UHN

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Completion
2005-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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