In-home EEG monitoring in suspected epilepsy.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON28676

Enrollment

Registered

2011-03-31

Start date

2011-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

The routine diagnostics and the new approach, 24-48h in-home EEG monitoring, will be studied in patients evaluated for epilepsy.

Interventions

Suspected epilepsy patients will be randomly assigned to either the routine EEG procedure or the in-home EEG procedure (intervention group).

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Seeing neurologist for suspected epilepsy after first insult; 2. Age above 18 years; 3. No previous history of epilepsy .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who have any experience with the current routine EEG procedure in epilepsy diagnosis will be excluded from participation.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diagnostic accuracy of the 24-48h in-home EEG monitoring procedure in epilepsy, in terms of senstivitiy and specificity.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. The number of hospital visits from first visit to diagnosis; 2. The time-to-diagnosis; 3. Direct and indirect costs related to the diagnostic procedure; 4. Usability of the EEG equipment including user experience; 5. Accuracy of computer algorithms for analysis of the EEG.	—

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)