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Trial Comparing Different Stimulation Paradigms in Patients Treated With Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Epilepsy

NCT00782249 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2023-02-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with refractory epilepsy who are candidates for a treatment with vagus nerve stimulation will be prospectively randomized into 3 arms with different vagus nerve stimulation paradigms. Vagus nerve stimulation parameters are programmed and adjusted during outpatient clinic visits, within the normal clinical practice.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Vagus nerve stimulation paradigm #1

Vagus nerve stimulation parameters #1

PROCEDURE

Vagus nerve stimulation paradigm #2

Vagus nerve stimulation parameters #2

PROCEDURE

Vagus nerve stimulation paradigm #3

Vagus nerve stimulation parameters #3

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Research Foundation Flanders

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital, Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Boon, MD, PhD · University Hospital, Ghent

  • Vijay Thadani, MD · Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-28
Primary Completion
2009-05-18
Completion
2009-05-18

Countries

  • United States
  • Belgium

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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