Collaborative Care in Posttraumatic Epilepsy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic

In brief

The purpose of this research is to evaluate a 6 month change in quality of life in subjects who receive collaborative care calls compared to those subjects who receive usual neurology care. This is a 2-site trial comparing a 24 week neurology-based collaborative care program to usual neurology care among a total of 60 adults with post-traumatic epilepsy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05353452

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

40

Starts

2023-04-30

Expected to finish

2026-05-19

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
• Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures
• Diagnosis of post-traumatic epilepsy, defined by the following:
• Epilepsy diagnosis based on neurology clinician impression of diagnosis or electroencephalogram (EEG) findings (EEG findings: presence of interictal epileptiform discharges on EEG or ictal EEG recording of seizure definitively documenting epilepsy diagnosis)
• History of at least mild traumatic brain injury based on the MIRECC (Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center) TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) screening instrument or verified TBI history based on MIRECC research database
• TBI pre-dated onset of epilepsy (NINDS post-traumatic epilepsy screening form)
• Anxiety or depression symptoms--Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) ≥8 or Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E) >13
• Receiving clinical neurological care at one of the study sites

You may not qualify if…

• Active ongoing treatment by a psychiatrist without the potential to benefit from additional collaborative care for anxiety or depression in the judgement of the investigators
• Active suicidal ideation
• History of past suicide attempt
• Unstable drug or alcohol abuse
• Unstable or progressive comorbid medical condition
• Current participation in another treatment or intervention study
• Cognitive limitations precluding completion of anxiety and depression self-report instruments on paper, electronically, or by interview.

Where it is running

• Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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