epilepsy
Conditions
Interventions
Home-Based EEG Recording
Sponsors
Tohoku University School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Disease Name: Healthy individuals, and epilepsy patients. (2) Disease/Stage: Patients requiring hospitalization for diagnosis and determination of treatment plan for epilepsy. (3) Age: 19 years or older, under 60 years old. (4) Gender: Male. (5) Eligibility Criteria: Healthy individuals with no history of brain disease, and patients who are currently hospitalized at Tohoku University or the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry for comprehensive diagnosis of epilepsy, including long-term simultaneous EEG-video recording, who have recorded abnormal waves in their EEGs, and whose head circumference is between 570mm and 600mm, making them suitable for wearing the at-home EEG device.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who cannot give consent to participate in the study. (2) Patients with severe intellectual disabilities or neurodevelopmental disorders. (3) Patients exhibiting severe psychiatric symptoms due to depression, bipolar disorder, etc. (4) Patients with a history of status epilepticus. (5) Others whom the principal investigator deems inappropriate for the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of whether EEG data acquired with the at-home EEG device is of equivalent quality to existing long-term simultaneous EEG-video recordings for distinguishing the EEG of epilepsy patients. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of whether it can be worn and measured by individuals other than clinical laboratory technicians. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKazushi Ukishiro
Tohoku University School of Medicine Department of Epileptology
Outcome results
None listed