SURESTEP: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Super Refractory Status Epilepticus

University of Manitoba

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Status Epilepticus

Treatments: Device: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03819543

B2018:133

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation affects super refractory status epilepticus.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of super refractory status epilepticus
• admitted to the intensive care unit
• identifiable epileptogenic focus on EEG

Exclusion criteria

• contraindications to scalp EEG
• lice
• scabies
• other hair/skin infection
• scalp psoriasis
• hypersensitivity
• other severe dermatological condition
• previous adverse reaction to collodion
• vagal nerve stimulator
• implantable cardioverter defibrillator
• cardiac pacemaker

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation