NCT07026409Active, not recruiting
This Study Will Assess the Etiology, Potential Risk Factors, and Seizure Types in Patients Over 50 With Epileptic Seizure Disorder, Using Laboratory Tests, EEG, and Neuroimaging Findings.
Study of Epilepsy and Seizure in Elderly Patients in Sohag University Hospitals.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study underscores the importance of studying the etiology, clinical characteristics, and types of epilepsy in the elderly to improve diagnosis and management in our community.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 3 Jun 2025
- Start date
- 1 Mar 2025
- Primary completion date
- 31 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Sohag University
- Diseases
- Epilepsy
- NCT number
- NCT07026409
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 100
- From 1 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2025
- 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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Age
- • Inability to determine the onset of epilepsy or epileptic seizures, or a history of seizures occurring before the age of 50.
- Metabolic disturbances such as hypoglycemia, uremia, or electrolyte imbalances.
- Patients who refuse to participate in the study.
Who the study is looking for
- The diagnosis of epilepsy and epileptic seizures will be clinically established based on patient history, following the Glossary of Descriptive Terminology for Ictal Semiology by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Task Force on Classification and Terminology, as well as the Operational Classification of Seizure Types (ILAE, 2017).
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sohag | Egypt | Unknown status |
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