Trial Comparing Different Stimulation Paradigms in Patients Treated With Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Epilepsy

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00782249

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Official title

Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Different Stimulation Paradigms in Patients Treated With Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Epilepsy

Brief summary

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Patients with refractory epilepsy who are candidates for a treatment with vagus nerve stimulation will be prospectively randomized into 3 arms with different vagus nerve stimulation paradigms. Vagus nerve stimulation parameters are programmed and adjusted during outpatient clinic visits, within the normal clinical practice.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT00782249
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent; Other
Enrollment: 31 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Epilepsy

Interventions

Vagus nerve stimulation paradigm #1 Procedure
Vagus nerve stimulation paradigm #2 Procedure
Vagus nerve stimulation paradigm #3 Procedure

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 16 Years and older
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date: Sep 28, 2005 (Actual)
Primary completion: May 18, 2009 (Actual)
Completion: May 18, 2009 (Actual)
Last update posted: Feb 16, 2023

2005 – 2009

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center	Lebanon	New Hampshire	—	—

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