Register on Presurgical Epilepsy Evaluation and Epilepsy Surgery

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00035230

Enrollment

5000

Registered

2025-07-08

Start date

2026-01-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

G40

Interventions

Group 1: Presurgical epilepsy evaluation and/or epilepsy surgery: Patients are interviewed pre- and postoperatively through questionnaires about their medical history and their personal opinions. The

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inpatient admission for presurgical epilepsy evaluation or epilepsy surgery; legally valid written informed consent (if necessary, through legal guardians/caregivers).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1) Latencies between diagnosis and presurgical epilepsy evaluation. 2) Use of diagnostic modalities and concordance of their results with the focus hypotheses. 3) Neuropsychological test results in standard values as measures of deviation from the norm cohort. 4) Epilepsy surgery (yes/no), concept (curative/palliative; resective/other), localization, and outcome (ILAE class).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary endpoints include: • Pre-post-op comparison: Subjective burden from epilepsy, expectations/fears, autonomy, education/employment, driving license. • Complications related to intracranial EEG diagnostics and epilepsy surgery. • Pre-post-op comparison: Cognitive performance development after epilepsy surgery.	—

Countries

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactBernd Vorderwülbecke

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

epic@muse-netzwerk.org+49 30 450 560 003

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026