Epilepsy Surgery and Cognitive Outcome

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe

Treatments: Other: Neuropsychological examination

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04264780

651421

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will give important information about long term consequences of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery on cognition (memory, language, concentration etc), psychiatric function and quality of life.

Full description

All patients in Norway who have undergone temporal lobe epilepsy surgery ten years ago or more, will be invited to participate. Two groups will be compared: patients who are younger than 50 years of age vs patients who are older than 50 years of age.

The aim of the study is to improve preoperative information to future epilepsy surgery patients, to aid medical personnel (doctors, psychologists) in the selection of patients for surgery, and to improve knowledge of need for long term follow-up and rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Prior temporal lobe epilepsy surgery (10 years ago or more)

Exclusion criteria

• Intelligence quotient (IQ) less than 70
• Other main language than Norwegian

Trial design

102 participants in 2 patient groups

Younger than 50 years of age

Description:

Patients who have undergone epilepsy surgery ten years ago or longer, and are currently less than 50 years of age

Treatment:

Other: Neuropsychological examination

50 years of age or older

Description:

Patients who have undergone epilepsy surgery ten years ago or longer, and are currently 50 years of age or more

Treatment:

Other: Neuropsychological examination