Self-administered ONe-of-a Kind Approach to Epilepsy Therapy Through a Web-based Music Application

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

About this trial

This is a prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blinded randomized study of self-administered auditory intervention in a naturalistic home environment.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Adults with medication-refractory focal epilepsy who have undergone RNS implantation at least six months prior and are in the judgement of the treating physician on a stable RNS regimen in terms of stimulation

Willing to attend all study visits and complete all required study procedures

Access to private or public wireless data service at regular intervals

Access to personal mobile device

Disqualifiers

Documentation of a musicogenic, or auditory-triggered focal seizure semiology

Participant is unable to reasonably participate in study tasks as determined by the investigator

Inability to obtain informed consent from the patient or legally authorized representative

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Experimental Intervention (Music A)
  • Active Comparator Intervention (Music B)
  • Active Comparator Intervention (Music C)

Treatment groups

24 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lead sponsor

Dartmouth College

Collaborator

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Collaborator