Efficacy of Personnalized Transcranial Direct Current Electrical Stimulation (tDCS) in Drug-resistant Epileptic
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Epilepsy
Drug Resistant Epilepsy
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 9 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to to obtain a significant decrease in seizure frequency in patients with refractory focal epilepsy after applying treatment of cathodal tDCS, compared to sham stimulation drug-resistant epileptic patient. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Changes in quality of life
* Percent of newly reported side effects after the stimulation period
* Scores in epile…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patient, parents or legal representative who have given written informed consent;
2. Age: ≥ 9 years;
3. Patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy with no evolutive brain lesion and no surgical indication or with a previous surgical failure, refusing surgery or with a planne…
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