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Dietary Therapy in Children With Refractory Epilepsy

NCT01983163 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2016-01-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In children aged 1yr -18 years with refractory epilepsy Modified Atkins diet as add on to ongoing AED therapy would not be inferior compared to ketogenic diet \*\* in terms of seizure reduction from baseline seizure frequency at 6 months

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Ketogenic diet (2.5 to 4:1)

Minimum ratio (2.5 to4:1) ketogenic diet causing ketosis will be given

OTHER

Modified Atkin's diet

1:1 fixed ketogenic ratio Modified atkins diet will be given

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sheffali Gulati, MD · AIIMS, New Delhi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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Diseases

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