Melatonin for the Treatment of DEE-SWAS

NCT07221968 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3

Last updated 2025-10-30

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Summary

The goal of this study is to learn if melatonin, a naturally produced substance, can help to treat some of the symptoms of DEE-SWAS, a type of epilepsy that causes children to lose skills and development. It will look at doses of melatonin that are higher than most people use.

The study will look at the safety of melatonin in patients with DEE-SWAS The study will look at the ways melatonin affects abnormal brain activity on a study called an EEG.

The study will look at the ways melatonin affects normal brain activity that occurs in sleep.

Conditions

  • CSWS
  • Developmental and/or Epileptic Encephalopathies
  • Electrical Status Epilepticus in Sleep

Interventions

DRUG

Melatonin

Melatonin will be used in single fixed dose as described

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2028-07-01
Completion
2028-12-30
FDA Drug
Yes

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