Comparison of Keppra and Clonidine in the Treatment of Tics
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Official title
Comparison of Keppra and Clonidine in the Treatment of Tics in Children With Tourette Syndrome
Brief summary
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The goal of this study is to confirm that levetiracetam has a better tic-suppressing profile than that of the widely used tic-suppressing medication, clonidine. More specifically, the investigators hypothesize that in a 15 week placebo run-in, double-blind, medication cross-over trial; levetiracetam will be more effective and have fewer side-effects than clonidine.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00370838
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 12 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 7 Years to 19 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2007
- Primary completion
- Jun 30, 2008
- Completion
- May 31, 2009
- Last update posted
- Sep 6, 2011
2007 – 2009
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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- Last update posted Sep 6, 2011 · Synced Sep 28, 2026
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