Creation, Implementation, and Analysis of a Seizure Action Plan
Completed
Conditions studied: Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus
In brief
Data strongly suggests that aggressive and early treatment of status epilepticus (SE) is crucial for seizure abortion and prevention of long-term neurologic sequelae. We propose the creation of a seizure action plan, an intervention aimed to guide daily medication use, outline pre-hospital seizure first aid and rescue medication use, and direct emergency personnel in patients' individualized SE medication algorithm, with implementation through the electronic medical record. We hypothesize that the seizure action plan will promote daily medication adherence, increase use of home rescue mediation, and improve timeliness of AED (antiepileptic drug) delivery, length of hospital stay, and ICU admission rate in episodes of status epilepticus.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02995759
- Run by
- Boston Children's Hospital
- People needed
- 288
- Starts
- 2015-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-04-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-08-06
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children aged 1 month to 21 years presenting to Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) with status epilepticus/seizure cluster or who have status epilepticus/seizure cluster during admission at BCH who require antiepileptic(s) for abortion and hospital admission. Status epilepticus is defined as a single seizure lasting 5 minutes or longer; a seizure cluster is defined as 2 or more seizures within 6 hours.
- Children aged 1 month to 21 years with known seizure disorder followed at Boston Children's Hospital or satellite clinic and enrolled in TriVox/ICISS Health
- Exclusion Criteria: Exclusion criteria include infantile spasms, not requiring AED to resolve, no hospital admission, invasive EEG monitoring, unclear seizure onset or medication administration times, episode of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Where it is running
- Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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