Placebo Optimization of the Presurgical Long-term Video-EEG Monitoring

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Symptomatic Epilepsy

In brief

The notion of genuine placebo effects on epileptic seizure events (i.e., effects beyond methodological study artifacts) is incompatible with the standard model of epilepsy seizure genesis. In this single-blind controlled study, the effectiveness of a covered placebo on (1) the timing of the occurrence of a first epileptic seizure ("seizure pill") versus (2) the subjective well-being ("comfort pill") during pre-surgical video-EEG monitoring will be examined. It is hypothesized that a placebo effect on subjective well-being can be demonstrated, but that epileptic seizure events are not influenced by placebo.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06383689

Run by

University Hospital, Bonn

People needed

90

Starts

2024-05-13

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-06-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• eligibility for presurgical epilepsy diagnostics

You may not qualify if…

• inclusion criterion implies all exclusion criteria for this procedure
• legal guardian
• lack of consent or lack of capability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn — Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (enrolling)

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