Assessing Comorbidities in Epilepsy Using Eye Movement Recordings

Launched by EYSZ, INC. · Mar 12, 2024

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This clinical trial is studying a new way to help identify children with a type of epilepsy called childhood absence epilepsy (CAE). CAE can cause kids to have absence seizures, which are short periods where they may seem to "zone out." The goal of the study is to see if a new system that tracks eye movements can find these problems more quickly and accurately than current tests. By doing this, doctors hope to better predict ongoing seizures and any thinking difficulties that might affect a child's performance in school and daily life.

To participate in the trial, children must be diagnosed with childhood absence epilepsy by their neurologist or be healthy controls with no history of epilepsy or related disorders. The trial is open to both boys and girls, aged between 4 to 13 years old, who can speak English. Participants will undergo eye movement recordings and may also have standard tests to compare results. It’s important to note that children with certain medical conditions or vision problems may not be eligible. This study aims to improve how we detect and understand CAE, ultimately helping children lead better lives.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of Childhood Absence Epilepsy by Treating Neurologist or a Healthy control Fluent in English
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • History of subarachnoid hemorrhage, sickle cell anemia, recent cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarction, significant cardiopulmonary disease, active asthma, known aneurysm, known moyamoya disease, or pregnancy.
• • Known diagnosis of strabismus or amblyopia Any vision abnormalities that prevent the participant from viewing the screen clearly People who have a history of generalized tonic clonic convulsions To participate as a healthy control the participant must have no personal history of epilepsy, ADHD or other developmental disorder, no first degree relatives with the above diagnosis