Discard the Curative Causes of Late Onset Epilepsy: the Role of Brain 18F-FDG PET (EPITEP)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Late Onset Epilepsy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: TEP FDG

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05831371

2023PI065

Details and patient eligibility

About

Etiology and cognitive prognosis in late onset epilepsy differ from young adults epilepsy. At the epilepsy onset, this is crucial to detect potential curative/treatable brain disorders. After classical investigation including morphological brain imaging, EEG, clinical assessment, which added value may have brain FDG PET in the diagnosis and prognosis evaluation?

Enrollment: 87 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• late onset épilepsy patients without lesion
• epilepsy followed at the CHRU Nancy france

Exclusion criteria

• epilepsy explained by cortical lesion
• severe psychiatric disorders
• severe addiction (alcool, drugs)
• no FDG TEP performed
• no neuropsychological assessement after 2 years epilepsy onset