Detecting Absence Seizures Using Eye Tracking

Completed

Conditions studied: Epilepsy, Generalized, Absence Epilepsy, Absence Seizures, Seizures, Seizure Disorder

In brief

The goal of this study is to develop a comfortable system that uses a wearable eye-tracker similar to eyeglasses to assist people with epilepsy in counting and measuring the severity of seizures. Participants will wear an eye-tracker during a routine EEG.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04439656

Run by

Rachel Kuperman

People needed

150

Starts

2020-07-15

Expected to finish

2022-06-28

Last updated by the study team

2022-07-05

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Provision of signed and dated informed consent form- per local IRB
• Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures including the clicker test and availability for the duration of the study
• Male or female, aged 4-100
• Experience known typical absence seizures as defined by the ILAE 2017 classification or referred to EEG lab for staring spell or concern for absence seizure
• a. This will allow for inclusion of children and adults across the entire spectrum of disease states including new diagnosis (medication naive), medication responsive and non-medication responsive
• Scheduled for clinical EEG observation

You may not qualify if…

• Intolerant of wearing or unable to wear the eyeglasses
• Autism or other developmental disorder that the PI thinks will interfere with data collection
• History of aggression that the PI thinks will interfere with data collection
• History of not tolerating EEG that the PI thinks will interfere with data collection
• Unable to give consent (for individuals ≥ 18 years old) unless they have an adult with power of attorney to consent

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Orange County — Orange, California, United States
• Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Wake Forest Baptist Health — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• Texas Child Neurology — Plano, Texas, United States

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