Epilepsy, Motor Partial, Psychogenic Seizures
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a prospective, comparative, multicenter study of subjects being admitted for standard of care therapy in Epilepsy Monitoring Units in the Veteran's Affair (VA) Medical Centers.
Interventions
DEVICESPEAC System
Seizure Monitoring and Alerting System
DEVICEvideo EEG
The Video EEG Monitoring Test (VEEG) is a high specialized form of an EEG test in where the patient is continuosly monitored by using a video recorder. This allows doctors to observe brainwaves activity during the time a seizure or spell is occurring.
Sponsors
Brain Sentinel
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
22 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Subject has a history of suspected epileptic seizures with upper extremity motor involvement, or PNES with upper extremity motor involvement. 2. Is being admitted to a hospital for routine vEEG monitoring related to seizures. 3. Male or Female between the ages 22 to 99. 4. If female and of childbearing potential, has a negative pregnancy test and must not be nursing. 5. Can understand and sign written informed consent, or will have a parent or a legally authorized representative (LAR) who can do so, prior to the performance of any study assessments. 6. Subject and/or Primary Caregiver must be competent to follow all study procedures. 7. Subject/LAR consents to the use of vEEG files, including video/audio recordings, for purposes of this research study.
Exclusion criteria
* Intracranial EEG electrodes are being used.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Test an independent group of epileptologist's ability to classify motor events between epileptic or non-epileptic using sEMG and audio. | 1 year | To test the null hypothesis that three independent epileptologists categorize, by majority vote, epileptic seizures and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (identified utilizing vEEG review) correctly in no more than 70% of cases using sEMG and audio. We aim to test the null hypothesis that the epileptologists categorize epileptic seizures and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures correctly in no more than 70% of cases. The observed rate of correct classification will be compared to the rate of 70% under the null hypothesis using a two-sided binomial exact test. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To test the Brain Sentinel® Seizure Monitoring and Alerting System's ability to classify motor events as epileptic or non-epileptic. | 1 Year | Test the null hypothesis that the Brain Sentinel® Seizure Monitoring and Alerting System categorizes epileptic seizures and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (identified utilizing vEEG review) correctly in no more than 70% of cases. We aim to test the null hypothesis that the Brain Sentinel® Seizure Monitoring and Alerting System's software categorizes epileptic seizures and psychogenic Nonepileptic seizures correctly in no more than 70% of cases. The observed rate of correct classification will be compared to the rate of 70% under the null hypothesis using a two-sided binomial exact test. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed