Status:
UNKNOWN
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Dissociative Seizures
Lead Sponsor:
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Collaborating Sponsors:
Special Trustees for St Thomas' and Guy's Hospitals
Conditions:
Dissociative Seizures
Eligibility:
All Genders
16-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether adults with disoociative (psychogenic non-epileptic) seizures receiving cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) show a greater reduction in seizures and h...
Detailed Description
Preliminary results from a pilot study demonstrated that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is associated with a significant benefit for patients with dissociative seizures. The current study aims to...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- clinical diagnosis of dissociative seizures
- diagnosis confirmed by video EEG telemetry where practicable
- aged 16 - 70
Exclusion
- co existent diagnosis (past or present) of epilepsy
- seizure frequency of less than 2 seizures per month
- current alcohol or drug abuse
- benzodiazepine use exceeding the equivalent of 10mg diazepam per day.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00688727
Start Date
March 1 2001
End Date
February 1 2009
Last Update
January 22 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Maudsley Hospital
London, United Kingdom, SE5 8AF