Sleep and Cognition in Focal Epilepsy Study
This study is looking at how sleep patterns affect thinking and memory in people with focal epilepsy. We want to see if playing sounds (Acoustic Stimulation) during sleep can improve sleep and cognitive abilities. We'll compare this to not playing sounds (SHAM Stimulation). You could join if you are 18-40 years old, have focal epilepsy, and don't have other major neurological problems or severe sleep apnea. We'll measure your sleepiness and sleep quality at the start, and then again a week after your overnight stays. The study aims to understand the connection between sleep and brain function in epilepsy, hoping to develop better treatments in the future. The current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 40 participants. It will compare Acoustic Stimulation to SHAM Stimulation during sleep monitoring.
- What's involved
- You will wear a device to track activity for one week and a home sleep study device for one night. You will also have two overnight stays at a sleep center, where you'll have EEG leads placed and do cognitive tests before and after sleep.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your sleepiness will be measured over one week after your overnight stays.
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Sleep Architecture & Cognition in Focal Epilepsy
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Where it's being run
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What this trial measures
- Stanford Sleepiness Scaleparticipant completes over one week post EMU stay
Alertness Test; charts how alert a participant feels for up to 18 hours of the day for 7 days; scale is from 1-7 with higher scores meaning more sleepiness; abnormal is 4 and above
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)screening
used to measure quality and patterns of sleep in adults
- Epworth Sleepiness Scalescreening
subjective measure of a patient's sleepiness; scores are from 0-24 with higher scores meaning more sleepiness; abnormal is 10 and above
- Karolinska Sleepiness Scale / Sleep Diaryscreening
Self-administered indication of sleepiness; scores are from 1-9 with higher scores meaning more sleepiness; abnormal is 7 and above
- Vigor Affect Visual Analog Scalescreening
self-administered assessment of mood; scores are from 0-10; depending on the question, higher score can mean more sleepiness or less sleepiness