NCT06598189Recruiting
Ear-Seizure Detection (EarSD) Study
Real-time Seizure Detection, Classification, and Prediction Using a Low-Cost Low-Burden Ear-worn System
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The proposed study is an investigator-initiated study that aims to measure the accuracy of a wearable seizure detection and prediction device (Ear-Seizure Detection Device (EarSD)) by simultaneous recording with conventional video-EEG (Electroencephalogram) on patients with epileptic seizures in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit of the hospital.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 23 Aug 2024
- Start date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Felicia Chu
- Diseases
- Epilepsy
- NCT number
- NCT06598189
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 40
- From 3 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2028
- 2 sites 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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Age
- Children (Age 0-17)
Other
- Subjects wearing other ear devices such as hearing aids.
- Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent.
- Irritation of the skin where the device is to be placed.
- Patients with intracranial electrodes placement.
- Prisoners
- Cognitive impaired individuals
- Pregnant Women
Who the study is looking for
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Patients admitted to UMass Memorial Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) for long term video-EEG monitoring as part of standard care of both focal and generalized epilepsy.
- Willing to wear the wearable device.
- Ability to provide informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ummmc-University Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Recruiting |
| Ummmc-Memorial Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Recruiting |
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