Blood Sugars in Children With Idiopathic Seizures.

Withdrawn before enrolling

Conditions studied: Seizures, Hypoglycemia, Hyperammonemia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a significant percentage of children with the diagnosis of idiopathic seizures who have undiagnosed or unrecognized hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00279851

Run by

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

People needed

0

Starts

2006-02-01

Expected to finish

2007-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-01-06

Who can join

Age: any, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The inclusion criteria will be patients with idiopathic seizure disorders.
• The age range will be from birth to 17 years of age.
• Study subjects may be on anti-convulsants; the study does not alter current drug therapy.

You may not qualify if…

• The exclusion criteria includes patients with known causes of seizure disorders, including those with an underlying risk factor predisposing them to seizures. The risk factors are:
• congenital causes (CNS malformation, cerebral palsy)
• CNS infection toxic/known metabolic abnormality
• CNS neoplasm perinatal insults (birth trauma, asphyxia/hypoxia),
• traumatic
• All others who have an anatomic or known biochemical lesion.

Where it is running

• Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics — Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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