Continuous electroencephalography for refractory status epilepticus
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The use of continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring for cases of refractory status epilepticus: does it affect the final patient outcome?
IRAS ID
240176
Contact name
Vasiliki Tsirka
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Joint Research Management Office, QMUL and Barts Health
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Long seizures are a clinical emergency and potentially fatal. Rapid and effective treatment is necessary, and many patients are treated in the Intensive Care Unit. It is sometimes not possible to tell if patients are having ongoing seizures or not. Continuous EEG (cEEG) can detect subtle seizures that can’t be detected by clinical examination. These seizures can then be treated. However, it is not clear if cEEG affects the final outcome of a patient (such as survival, side effects, other injuries).
This study aims to investigate if cEEG, improves patient outcome. This project will add knowledge to the best management of patients with long seizures admitted in ICU. It may also tell us how best to use this technology to improve outcome.
REC name
London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/1951
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jan 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion