Human Epilepsy Project 2: Resistant Focal Seizures Study
Are you eligible to participate in this study?
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
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Conditions: Epilepsy
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Age: Between 16 - 65 Years
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Gender: Male or Female
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Other Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who are at least 16 years of age and younger than 65 years of age
- Subjects diagnosed with focal epilepsy with prior vEEG confirmation;
- Subjects who had failure of adequate trials of 4 AEDs, with at least 2 due to failure of seizure control, including current AEDs
- Subjects who have a seizure frequency of ≥ 2 focal seizures/month and at least 1 observable seizure/month
- Subjects able to keep a daily seizure diary, either independently or with assistance from a caregiver
- Subjects able to retrospectively report number of seizures/month for 3 months prior to enrollment
- Subjects receiving ≥ 1 AED for treatment of seizures
You may not be eligible for this study if the following are true:
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- Subjects diagnosed with idiopathic generalized epilepsy or mixed focal and generalized or non-epileptic seizures within the last 12 months prior to study entry
- Subjects have progressive medical or neurological disorder
- Subjects with proven autoimmune etiology
- Subjects planning pregnancy in the next 12 months
- Subjects who have completed a pre-surgical evaluation and intend to pursue surgery in the near term
- Subjects with resective surgery and/or RNS/VNS in place less than 12 months prior to enrollment
- Subjects with presence of moderate or greater developmental or cognitive delay
- Subjects who have history of chronic drug or alcohol abuse
- Subjects with medical, psychiatric or psychosocial condition that would be expected to interfere with the conduct of the study
- Subjects who have enrolled in any interventional study that required a blinded portion or involves a non FDA approved drug or device
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