Ketogenic Diet for Child Epilepsy and Seizure Control
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Official title
Efficacy of the Ketogenic Diet -- a Blinded Study
Brief summary
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Twenty to thirty percent of children with epilepsy continue to suffer from seizures, even when treated with currently available anticonvulsant medications. Children with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) are particularly handicapped by atonic-myoclonic seizures. Preliminary data suggest that even when other medications have failed, these seizures may respond rapidly and dramatically to a high-fat-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet. The purpose of the study is to assess if the classic ketogenic diet is efficacious in reducing seizure frequency, medication toxicity, and improves quality of life.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00004729
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 1 Year to 10 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 30, 1997
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Dec 21, 2006
Started 1997
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
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