Status:
UNKNOWN
Assessment of Adults Epidemiological Characteristics of Status Epilepticus in the French West Indies and in French Guiana
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital Center of Martinique
Conditions:
Status Epilepticus
Epilepsy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The justification of this prospective and multicenter study is based on the absence of published data concerning, status epilepticus (SE), a pathology which seems frequent in the French West Indies (F...
Detailed Description
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease characterized by the occurrence of intermittent seizures, often isolated, but which can progress to status epilepticus (SE) when the seizures are repeated at...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients (≥ 18 years old) treated for SE by SAMU/SMUR and by emergencies or intensive care in the French West Indies and French Guiana.
- Covered for suspected or SE diagnosis defined by one of the following:
- a prolonged generalized tonic-clonic crisis lasting more than 5 minutes and accompanied by impaired consciousness or at least 2 generalized tonic-clonic crisis without return to normal consciousness between crisis.
- a focal convulsive crisis (motor or not) with disturbances of consciousness which lasts beyond 10 minutes or crisis which are repeated (≥ 2) at short intervals without recovery of interictal consciousness.
- a focal convulsive crisis (motor or not) without alteration of consciousness that lasts beyond 10 to 15 minutes.
- an absence-type crisis that lasts longer than 10 to 15 minutes.
- a myoclonic, clonic and tonic crisis that lasts longer than 10 to 15 minutes.
- a coma with an epileptic cause diagnosed on an EEG.
- Patient if he is able to, or representative of the patient in case of incapacity, having given his agreement for the use of his medical data for this research.
Exclusion
- Age \< 18 years old
- Absence of consent from the patient, or representative to the use of the data for the research.
- Patient whose main residence is not in the department where the study is taking place (vacationer for example).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 15 2022
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
241 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05246566
Start Date
May 15 2022
End Date
January 30 2025
Last Update
August 23 2024
Active Locations (4)
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1
Hospital of Cayenne
Cayenne, French Guiana, France, 97306
2
Hospital of Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France, 97100
3
University Hospital Center of Guadeloupe
Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, France, 97159
4
University Hospital Center of Martinique
Fort-de-France, Martinique, France, 97261