Imaging the Effect of Centrotemporal Spikes and Seizures on Language in Children
Completed · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Benign Childhood Epilepsy With Centro-Temporal Spikes
In brief
This project examines how seizures, and abnormal brain activity, affect language skill in children with Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes (BECTS). BECTS is a common type of childhood epilepsy, and while BECTS patients stop having seizures by their late teenage years, many studies have shown that these children have language problems that may lead to academic and social difficulties. Using standardized language testing, monitoring of brain activity, and MRI brain imaging, this project aims to determine what particular combination of BECTS symptoms put children most at risk for language problems and whether treatment with anti-epileptic medications may be helpful.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01521130
- Run by
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- People needed
- 108
- Starts
- 2012-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-11-14
Who can join
Age: 5 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
Where it is running
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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