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Sponsored by: |
Institute of Child Health |
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Information provided by: | Institute of Child Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00564915 |
A study of the efficacy and tolerability of two different ketogenic diets in children with drug resistant epilepsy; children resistant to at least two drugs randomised to reveive diet after baseline or after further 3m control period; in addition randomised to either MCT or classical ketogenic diet.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Epilepsy |
Dietary Supplement: Ketogenic diet |
Phase IV |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Diagnostic, Randomized, Open Label, Single Group Assignment |
Official Title: | RCT of the Efficacy of the Ketogenic Diet in the Treatment of Epilepsy |
Enrollment: | 145 |
Study Start Date: | December 2001 |
Study Completion Date: | July 2006 |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 2 Years to 16 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
United Kingdom | |
Institute of Child Health, The Wolfson Centre | |
London, United Kingdom, WC1N 1EH |
Principal Investigator: | Helen Cross, Professor | UCL Institute of Child Health |
Responsible Party: | Institute of Child Health ( Tracy Assari ) |
Study ID Numbers: | 98NR04 |
Study First Received: | November 28, 2007 |
Last Updated: | November 28, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00564915 |
Health Authority: | United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee |
Epilepsy |
Epilepsy Central Nervous System Diseases Brain Diseases |
Nervous System Diseases |