NCT05283200Active, not recruiting
Creating a Healthy L.I.F.E: Lifestyle Interventions For Epilepsy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A prospective controlled, randomized study to examine the effects of behavioral and wellness-based interventions on seizure frequency for adult patients with medication resistant epilepsy who are still experiencing 1 or more seizures per month.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 11 Feb 2022
- Start date
- 11 Feb 2022
- Primary completion date
- 28 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Imad Najm MD
- Diseases
- Epilepsy
- NCT number
- NCT05283200
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 1000
- From 11 Feb 2022 to the primary completion date, 28 Feb 2026
- 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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Prior treatment
- Any patient that has engaged in yoga or music therapy within the last 6 months
Other illness
- Patients with a history of non-epileptic or psychogenic seizures
- Currently enrolled in another interventional study for epilepsy at the time of enrollment.
- Anticipated or scheduled epilepsy surgery within 6 months
- Pending litigation related to the cause of epilepsy or current application for long term disability
- Participants with a diagnosed, symptomatic, chronic illness (i.e., significant psychiatric concerns, liver, gastrointestinal, respiratory, renal, cardiac, etc.) who, based on primary investigator review, will not be able to participate in the study safely or effectively.
- Undergoing intensive medical treatment for serious or life-threatening illness (e.g., chemotherapy, etc.) that would impact study participation.
- Musicogenic epilepsy or seizures
Other
- Currently pregnant or less than 6 weeks postpartum
- Significant hearing loss
- Blindness
Who the study is looking for
- Adult (ages 18-75) patients of the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center with a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy
- Ability to independently provide informed consent
- At the time of enrollment, patients must have had at least 1 seizure within the past 30 days
- No anticipated anti-seizure medication adjustments
- Internet access and the ability to participate in online video streaming
- Reading abilities at or above 8th grade level as determined by the Wide Range Achievement Test- 4th Edition (WRAT-4) Reading subtest
- Willing and able to participate in any of the assigned interventions which may include yoga or music therapy
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
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