Epilepsy and Driving (EPICO)

Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Epilepsy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT07026591

CSY_2025_4

Details and patient eligibility

About

Epilepsy can lead to cognitive impairments, particularly in attention, which may affect daily activities such as driving. Driving plays a key role in maintaining autonomy and is essential for the social and professional integration of people with epilepsy. Therefore, assessing fitness to drive is a major issue for individuals with epilepsy.

French legislation governing driving for people with epilepsy clearly outlines the periods during which a person is not permitted to drive. However, the means or methods for evaluating driving fitness in these individuals are not well defined. Currently, assessment is based more on a medical consultation than on a comprehensive evaluation of driving ability.

Using a driving simulator in combination with an EEG could be a valuable approach to better assess the impact of epilepsy-related cognitive impairments on driving performance.

Enrollment

40 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Aged between 18 and 65 years
Holder of a category B driving license
Active driver: drives at least once a month
No medical condition contraindicating driving, except for epilepsy
Provides explicit consent to participate in the study
Affiliated with or a beneficiary of a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

Subject to legal protection (guardianship and curatorship are accepted for individuals with epilepsy, as this population represents a significant proportion of our institution's patients)
Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Known cybersickness (virtual reality or simulator sickness)