Nervous System Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
sham stimulation
Sponsors
Self funded
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Temporal lobe epilepsy patients ages range from 12 up to 40 years, are on two or more correctly prescribed tolerable antiepileptic drugs for more than 12 months with seizure frequency at least four per month. Patients and/or one of their relatives must be cooperative and be able to record the seizure severity and frequency.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Temporal lobe drug-resistant epileptic patients with a documented history of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). - Temporal lobe drug-resistant epileptic patients and having other types of seizures. - Temporal lobe drug-resistant epileptic patients with failed surgical operations. - Temporal lobe drug-resistant epilepsy patients joining other scientific clinical trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of the seizure frequency and seizure severity. ;Number of epochs containing epileptiform discharges in the 1-hour EEG | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference between the mesial and lateral temporal lobe epilepsy regarding effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactEman El Zamarany
Lecturer of Clinical Neurophysiology Faculty of Medicine Cairo University
Outcome results
None listed