Clinical trialNCT01159431CompletedPhase 2Interventional

External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy

SponsorOlive View-UCLA Education & Research InstituteEnrollment50EpilepsySeizure Disorders

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Summary

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This study investigates a new therapy for epilepsy called Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS). TNS involves external electrical stimulation of sensory nerve located above the eyes and over the forehead. The purpose of this study is to determine if TNS is safe and effective using a rigorous randomized active-control clinical trial design in 50 people with epilepsy.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a findmyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Christi Heck, MD
University of Southern California
Principal Investigator
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Christopher M DeGiorgio, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Principal Investigator
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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Usc Department of Neurology
Los Angeles, California, United States
Olive View/ucla Medical Center
Sylmar, California, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Jan 2008
Primary completion: 30 Jun 2011
Completion: 30 Jun 2011
Last update posted: 3 Jun 2013
Registered enrollment: 50
Registry id: NCT01159431

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