TerminatedNot Applicable

Olfactive Discriminative Ability of Dogs When Confronted With Seizure and Non-seizure Samples // Identification of Potential Biomarkers for Epilepsy in Human Sweat.

Stopped: COVID-10 outbreak forced us to cancel the study

Belgium31 participantsStarted 2020-01-20

Plain-language summary

Dogs belonging to MDD will be trained and asked to discriminate between odour sweat samples from epilepsy patients associated with a seizure ("seizure sample") and samples collected when no seizure was close in time ("non-seizure sample"). The same type positive and negative sweat samples will be analysed by Florida International University using solid phase micro extraction (SPME) GC-MS to try to identify volatile organic components (VOC) specific to the samples associated with seizures.

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * The person will be an adult. * The person will experience seizures implying both or either loss of conscience or incapability of interacting normally with the environment. * Diagnostic of epilepsy confirmed by treating neurologist

Questions worth asking your doctor

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1Based on my diagnosis and history, is this trial worth exploring for me — or is there a standard treatment we should try first?
2What does this trial's phase tell us about how much is already known about its safety and benefit?
3What would taking part actually involve for me — visits, tests, time, and travel?
4What are the known and possible risks or side effects I should weigh, and how would they be monitored?
5If this trial isn't the right fit, what other options or trials would you suggest I look into?

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1What does taking part actually involve week to week — how many visits, where, and how long does each one take?
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3What happens during screening, and what happens if the study team confirms I don't meet the criteria after those tests?
4Who pays for the scans, blood work, and other tests the trial requires — the study, my insurance, or me?
5How will being in the trial affect my regular care, and will my own doctor stay informed and involved?
6Can I leave the trial at any point if I change my mind, and what would happen to my care if I do?

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What they're measuring

Answer to the question: Is possible to train Medical Detection Dogs to identify seizure-related samples using the sense of olfaction?

Timeframe: 8 months

VOC Identification

Timeframe: 8 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04266990

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Ghent

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-03-13

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