Trial for epilepsy patients non-responsive to AEDs, using medical app reminding patients to take their physician-prescribed medications
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Open-label, single-center study, up to 20 adults (\>18) male and female with, intractable epilepsy, on stable doses of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), will participate in a 4-week observation period during which no change in the drugs is permitted. The patients will then begin 10-week treatment by taking their medications according to a semi-random schedule that is pre-set for them by the physician using the same drugs the patient is taking and only changing the dose and times of taking them each day while keeping the drugs within their therapeutic window. Between 6:00-22:00 During the study, patients will fill a seizure diary daily.
Change in seizure frequency from baseline to the seizure count evaluation period
Time frame: 10 weeks
Change in seizure frequency from baseline to the seizure count evaluation period
Time frame: 10 weeks
Overall Quality of Life in Epilepsy-31 (QOLIE-31) Score in Patients With Baseline & at Least One Post-baseline QOLIE Assessment
Time frame: 10 weeks
Changes in the Number of Anti-epileptic Drugs Prescribed
Time frame: 10 weeks
Changes in Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) in patients with less than a 50% reduction in seizures
Time frame: 10 weeks
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