Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Children With Refractory Epilepsy

NCT ID: NCT03062514

Last Updated: 2018-01-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

84 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-09

Study Completion Date

2019-12-31

Brief Summary

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Children with refractory epilepsy who are candidates for a treatment with vagus nerve stimulation will be prospectively randomized into 2 arms. Vagus nerve stimulation parameters are programmed and adjusted during outpatient clinic visits, within the normal clinical practice.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Refractory Epilepsy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experimental

Subjects'Vagus Nerve stimulator is on always

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PINS Vagus Nerve Stimualtor

Intervention Type DEVICE

PINS Vagus Nerve Stimualtor

Control

Subjects'Vagus Nerve stimulator is off from enrollment to 3 month

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

PINS Vagus Nerve Stimualtor

Intervention Type DEVICE

PINS Vagus Nerve Stimualtor

Interventions

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PINS Vagus Nerve Stimualtor

PINS Vagus Nerve Stimualtor

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 3-6
2. At least 6 seizure per month
3. Refractory Epilepsy
4. In good health except epilepsy
5. Patients or his(her) familyscould understand this method and sign the informed consent
6. Patients with good compliance and could complete postoperative follow-up

Exclusion Criteria

1. Results of MRI remind epilepsy caused by intracranial space-occupying lesions
2. The vagus nerve lesion and damage
3. Tumor, cardiopulmonary anomaly, progressive neurological diseases, asthma,mental disease,pepticulcer,diabetes,bad health etc, and other surgical contraindication
4. Cann't write the epilepsy diary
5. Participating other clinical trial
6. Cann't complate the operation
7. Complete the postoperative follow-up
8. Cann't complete the promgramming
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Beijing Pins Medical Co., Ltd

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Yuwu Jiang, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Peking University First Hospital

Liping Zou

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Chinese PLA General Hospital

Jianxiang Liao

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Shenzhen Children's Hospital

Qian Chen

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Children's Hospital of The Capital Institute of Pediatrics

Baomin Li

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University

Yuxing Gao

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Shandong Provincial Hospital

Jianmin Liang

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

The First Hospital of Jilin University

Shaoping Huang

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Fei Yin

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Feng Gao

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Yanhui Chen

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

XiaoMei SHU

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Zunyi Medical College

Hua Yu

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Shengjing Hospital

Locations

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Peking University First Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Fumin Jia, PhD

Role: CONTACT

010-60736388

Luming Li, PhD

Role: CONTACT

010-80699200

Facility Contacts

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Yuwu Jiang

Role: primary

010-83573228

References

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Panebianco M, Rigby A, Marson AG. Vagus nerve stimulation for focal seizures. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Jul 14;7(7):CD002896. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002896.pub3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35833911 (View on PubMed)

Ji T, Yang Z, Liu Q, Liao J, Yin F, Chen Y, Zou L, Li B, Gao Y, Shu X, Huang S, Gao F, Liang J, Lin SF, Peng J, Song S, Wang J, Che C, Sun W, Tian M, Yang L, Hua Y, Hao Y, Cai L, Li L, Jiang Y. Vagus nerve stimulation for pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy between 3 and 6 years of age: study protocol for a double-blind, randomized control trial. Trials. 2019 Jan 14;20(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-3087-4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30642370 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PINS-026

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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