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The Effect of Music Periodicity on Interictal Epileptiform Discharges

NCT01515436 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2012-01-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if having children listen to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448) will lessen the amount of spike discharges on his/her Electroencephalography (EEG). These spike discharges often occur during a 24 hour period in the EEG of a child with Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BCECTS), or Rolandic Epilepsy. Should there be a decrease in the amount of spike discharges after listening to Mozart's music, this information may lead to new understanding and possible treatments for epilepsy.

Conditions

  • Rolandic Epilepsy
  • Benign Childhood Epilepsy With Centrotemporal Spikes
  • Epilepsy
  • Seizures

Interventions

OTHER

Mozart alternating with Beethoven

Study participants will listen to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 alternating with Beethoven's Fur Elise.

OTHER

Beethoven alternating with Mozart

Study participants will listen to Beethoven's Fur Elise alternating with Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert P Turner, MD, MSCR · Medical University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Primary Completion
2004-05-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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