Electrophysiological Characteristics and Anatomical Differentiation of Epileptic and Non-epileptic Myoclonus.

NCT ID: NCT04235452

Last Updated: 2020-01-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-11-01

Study Completion Date

2019-10-31

Brief Summary

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This study was conducted on a series of patients with myoclonus to identify the electrophysiological characteristics and the anatomical classification of myoclonus of different causes.

Detailed Description

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The current study included 50 patients with different types of myoclonus in comparison to 30 control subjects. Electrophysiological study was done for all patients by Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEP) and Electroencephalography (EEG) while the control group underwent SSEP. SSEP was studied in the patients and control group by stimulation of right and left median nerves.

Conditions

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Myoclonus Evoked Potential

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Epileptic myoclonus

Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

Somatosensory evoked potential

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Stimulation of the right and left median nerves for each subject were carried out with electrical square wave pulses of 0.2 ms duration applied at a rate of 5 HZ. with cathode proximally. The intensity of the stimulus was adjusted to produce minimal twitches of the thumb (1-2 cm thumb movement). Five hundred (500) stimuli were delivered. The recording electrode picked up the responses. They were then summated and averaged.

The final evoked potential was then displayed on the screen. When two reproducible SEPs responses were obtained the data was accepted for analysis. The graph was printed out on paper, for the purpose of simplification only one response was printed out.

Non-epileptic myoclonus (secondary)

Post hypoxic myoclonus, Post ischemic stroke myoclonus, Hepatic, Chronic kidney disease, and Drug induced myoclonus

Somatosensory evoked potential

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Stimulation of the right and left median nerves for each subject were carried out with electrical square wave pulses of 0.2 ms duration applied at a rate of 5 HZ. with cathode proximally. The intensity of the stimulus was adjusted to produce minimal twitches of the thumb (1-2 cm thumb movement). Five hundred (500) stimuli were delivered. The recording electrode picked up the responses. They were then summated and averaged.

The final evoked potential was then displayed on the screen. When two reproducible SEPs responses were obtained the data was accepted for analysis. The graph was printed out on paper, for the purpose of simplification only one response was printed out.

Interventions

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Somatosensory evoked potential

Stimulation of the right and left median nerves for each subject were carried out with electrical square wave pulses of 0.2 ms duration applied at a rate of 5 HZ. with cathode proximally. The intensity of the stimulus was adjusted to produce minimal twitches of the thumb (1-2 cm thumb movement). Five hundred (500) stimuli were delivered. The recording electrode picked up the responses. They were then summated and averaged.

The final evoked potential was then displayed on the screen. When two reproducible SEPs responses were obtained the data was accepted for analysis. The graph was printed out on paper, for the purpose of simplification only one response was printed out.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Myoclonus classified into primary and secondary myoclonus.

Exclusion Criteria

* Psychiatric comorbidity to exclude psychological myoclonus.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Mansoura University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ahmed Esmael

Assistant Prof of Neurology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Esmael Ahmed, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Prof of Neurology

Locations

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Mansoura University Hospital

Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

References

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Abdo WF, van de Warrenburg BP, Burn DJ, Quinn NP, Bloem BR. The clinical approach to movement disorders. Nat Rev Neurol. 2010 Jan;6(1):29-37. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2009.196.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20057497 (View on PubMed)

Agarwal P, Frucht SJ. Myoclonus. Curr Opin Neurol. 2003 Aug;16(4):515-21. doi: 10.1097/01.wco.0000084231.82329.9c.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 12869812 (View on PubMed)

Alvarez, V. & Rossetti, A. O. 2015. Electroencephalography and Evoked Potentials: Technical Background. Clinical Neurophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness. Springer. 7-23.

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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Mansoura University 11

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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