Atkins Plus KetoCal for Childhood Epilepsy
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Official title
An Open-label Evaluation of KetoCal in Initial Combination With the Modified Atkins Diet for the Treatment of Intractable Childhood Epilepsy
Brief summary
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The modified Atkins diet (MAD) is a relatively new, alternative dietary therapy for intractable childhood and adult epilepsy. Recent evidence suggests that a strict, highly ketotic, first month may be advantageous to both immediate and long-term efficacy. KetoCal® is a pre-mixed powder that can be used to create a 4:1 ketogenic diet shake as a meal substitute. The investigators hypothesize that substituting KetoCal® for a lunch during the initial month of the MAD will lead to improved seizure reduction over the MAD alone, as well as improved tolerability and lipid values.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00681239
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 3 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2008
- Primary completion
- Jun 30, 2009
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2009
- Last update posted
- Dec 30, 2009
2008 – 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 Dec 30, 2009 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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