Status:
UNKNOWN
Emotion Recognition in Benign Epilepsy of Childhood With Centro-Temporal Spikes (BECTS)
Lead Sponsor:
Neuromed IRCCS
Conditions:
BECTS
Epilepsy, Rolandic
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-11 years
Brief Summary
The social processes depend on complex cognitive mechanisms, which involve mainly the frontal and temporal lobe regions. Patients with early onset frontal and temporal lobe lesions might later develop...
Detailed Description
Study design: Multicentre, Case-control study. Emotion recognition is a first step for the development of the capacity to judge the thoughts, intentions, and desires of others. In infants, the capaci...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- children diagnosed with active BECTS (e.g. having at least one seizure with epileptiform abnormalities at EEG)
- treated or not with anti-epileptic drugs; age range between 6 and 11
- infants who have not presented an epileptic seizure within 48 hours before the psychodiagnostic evaluation
- patients with a sleep EEG recording; MMSPE (Mini Mental State Pediatric Examination) ≥23.3
Exclusion
- mental retardation
- presence of other neurological or severe neuropsychiatric disorders
- atypical EEG pattern (awake or asleep)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03465566
Start Date
November 1 2018
End Date
March 1 2020
Last Update
November 2 2018
Active Locations (1)
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IRCCS Neuromed
Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy, 86077