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RecruitingNANCT06545643

Personalized Risk Assessment of Seizures Sensitive to Poor Sleep: a Longitudinal Study Using Wearable Electroencephalography Devices

Sponsor: Duke University

Trial Details

ConditionEpilepsy Intractable
InterventionDreem headband
PhaseNA
StatusRecruiting
Participants35
Est. Completion1 June 2027
Last Updated5 June 2026

Primary Outcome

Total sleep time (sleep macrostructure); Spike rates per hour (epilepsy marker); Seizure frequency per night (epilepsy marker)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 years * At least 2 seizures per week based on clinical notes * Patients where medications will stay stable over the study period * 40% of both spikes and spindles are identifiable on the dreem headband based on the screening night Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment * Psychiatric comorbidities which may influence sleep * No bedpartner/caregiver to observe seizures * Low agreement (below 60%) between Dreem's sleep scoring and manual scoring will be excluded from the study * Apnea-hypopnea index of \> 10/h

Trial Sites

Countries

United States
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