NCT01858285Recruiting
Genetics of Epilepsy and Related Disorders
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Investigators at Boston Children's Hospital are conducting research in order to better understand the genetic factors which may contribute to epilepsy and related disorders. These findings may help explain the broad spectrum of clinical characteristics and outcomes seen in people with epilepsy.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 5000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 May 2013
- Start date
- 1 Nov 2010
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Diseases
- Epilepsy
- NCT number
- NCT01858285
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 5000
- From 1 Nov 2010 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2030
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- inclusion: diagnosis of epilepsy, patient at Boston Children's Hospital exclusion: existing genetic diagnosis or known cause for epilepsy, structural malformation of the brain, not seen at Boston Children's Hospital
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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