Creating a Healthy L.I.F.E: Lifestyle Interventions For Epilepsy
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Lifestyle
In brief
A prospective controlled, randomized study to examine the effects of behavioral and wellness-based interventions on seizure frequency for adult patients with medication resistant epilepsy who are still experiencing 1 or more seizures per month.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05283200
- Run by
- Imad Najm MD
- People needed
- 1000
- Starts
- 2022-02-11
- Expected to finish
- 2028-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adult (ages 18-75) patients of the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center with a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy
- Ability to independently provide informed consent
- At the time of enrollment, patients must have had at least 1 seizure within the past 30 days
- No anticipated anti-seizure medication adjustments
- Internet access and the ability to participate in online video streaming
- Reading abilities at or above 8th grade level as determined by the Wide Range Achievement Test- 4th Edition (WRAT-4) Reading subtest
- Willing and able to participate in any of the assigned interventions which may include yoga or music therapy
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with a history of non-epileptic or psychogenic seizures
- Any patient that has engaged in yoga or music therapy within the last 6 months
- Currently enrolled in another interventional study for epilepsy at the time of enrollment.
- Anticipated or scheduled epilepsy surgery within 6 months
- Pending litigation related to the cause of epilepsy or current application for long term disability
- Participants with a diagnosed, symptomatic, chronic illness (i.e., significant psychiatric concerns, liver, gastrointestinal, respiratory, renal, cardiac, etc.) who, based on primary investigator review, will not be able to participate in the study safely or effectively.
- Undergoing intensive medical treatment for serious or life-threatening illness (e.g., chemotherapy, etc.) that would impact study participation.
- Currently pregnant or less than 6 weeks postpartum
- Significant hearing loss
- Blindness
- Musicogenic epilepsy or seizures
Where it is running
- Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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