Ketogenic Diet Effects on the Frequency of Non Epileptic Seizures (NCT05219006) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Ketogenic Diet Effects on the Frequency of Non Epileptic Seizures
Mexico17 participantsStarted 2021-07-15
Plain-language summary
The objective of this study is to determine the effects of the ketogenic diet on the frequency of non-epileptic seizures in patients with functional neurological symptoms disorder compared to a healthy diet.
Who can participate
Age range17 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients who have a record at the institute and who have a diagnosis of a dissociative neurological symptom disorder with non-epileptic seizures with a certainty of at least clinically established who have a monthly seizure frequency greater than 3.
* Patients with the characteristics described above with comorbid epilepsy but who have not presented epileptic seizures in the last month.
* Patients with the aforementioned characteristics and who give their informed consent in writing to participate in the study.
* Patients who, once the diet has been explained to them, consider it feasible to implement it at least for the follow-up time.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with metabolic or hemodynamic instability, liver failure, inability to tolerate the oral route, acute pancreatitis or pregnancy due to the possible teratogenic effect that has not yet been elucidated.
* Patients with metabolic disorders such as primary carnitine deficiency, palmitoyltransferase carnitine I or II deficiency, carnitine translocase deficiency, beta oxidation defects, pyruvate carboxylase deficiency, porphyria and other fatty acid transport and oxidation disorders.
What they're measuring
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non epileptic seizure frequency
Timeframe: 2 weeks
Trial details
NCT IDNCT05219006
SponsorEl Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia Manuel Velasco Suarez