Study on the Rapid Diagnostic Value of Sudden Clap Provocation Test in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Epilepsy, Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures

In brief

To explore the clinical value of the sudden clap provocation test in the differential diagnosis between epileptic seizures and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, so as to provide a new strategy for rapid, low-cost differential diagnosis. This study is a prospective, single-center, diagnostic trial. This study is a single-center, prospective study that plans to recruit 400 patients who have "convulsive seizure" events during video electroencephalogram monitoring. A standardized sudden clap test is adopted, and one sudden clap test is performed during each clinically detected seizure episode, with the study period covering the entire VEEG monitoring process (approximately 24 hours). During the trial, the patient's basic treatment plan and VEEG monitoring process remain unchanged, and data analysis and diagnostic efficacy evaluation will be carried out after the VEEG monitoring is completed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07742709

Run by

Xijing Hospital

People needed

1000

Starts

2026-02-01

Expected to finish

2026-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Continuous video-electroencephalogram (VEEG) monitoring duration of 24 hours or longer
• At least one recorded episode during VEEG monitoring with prominent abnormal limb movements (such as convulsive episodes)
• Successful administration of the standardized Abrupt Clap Provocation Test (ACPT) during the clinical ictal phase
• Episodes definitively diagnosed as epileptic seizures (ES) or confirmed as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) at the highest certainty level (Level 4: documented/confirmed) according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria
• Complete clinical and demographic data available

You may not qualify if…

• Coexisting severe hearing impairment or documented ear disease, rendering the patient unable to effectively perceive normal auditory stimuli
• Episodes definitively diagnosed as other non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders (such as syncope, paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia, or sleep disorders)
• Episodes occurring out of the camera view, obscured, or recorded with poor video quality, preventing accurate assessment of ictal behavioral responses to the clap stimulus
• Severe lack of clinical data, loss to follow-up, or refusal/withdrawal of informed consent

Where it is running

• The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University (Xijing Hospital) — Xian, Shanxi, China
• No.127 Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, China — Shanxi, China
• The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University (Xijing Hospital) — Shanxi, China

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