Clinical trial NCT05632978: An Observational Study of Epilepsy: Biology and Outcomes Using Real-world Data
Official title: An Observational Study of Epilepsy: Biology and Outcomes Using Real-world Data
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Epilepsy
Lead sponsor: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2022-12-01
Enrollment: 2000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All people over 16 years old being investigated or followed-up for epilepsy.

Brief summary: The goal of this observational study is to learn more about phenotypic, genetic, biochemical, neurophysiological and radiological patterns in epilepsy.

Participants will be asked to consent to use of clinical and paraclinical data (obtained during standard care) for research, and will be asked to donate blood samples at their routine clinic visits.

Detailed description: This is an observational study of people with epilepsy seen in South Wales, which will employ quantitative methods of analysis to meet the study aims. The study will build upon data already collected during routine clinical appointments from people with epilepsy who have come into contact with the National Health Service (NHS) epilepsy service at Cardiff \& Vale University Health Board. The epilepsy service has clinical data on over 5000 people with epilepsy, and biological samples on approximately 400 people through the Welsh Neuroscience Research Tissue Bank.

The investigators propose to approach individuals being seen in the epilepsy clinics to gain consent for access to their routinely collected clinical and paraclinical data, and prospective donation of biological samples (predominantly blood samples, though consent will be sought for surplus brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) if brain surgery or lumbar puncture are being performed as part of clinical care, as well as hair, nail, and urine in some circumstances). This will enable a comprehensive disease register of a population-based sample of people with epilepsy to be established.

Interrogating the clinical and paraclinical data will allow investigation into clinical phenotypes, short- and long-term outcomes in epilepsy, and the relationship of clinical, demographic and biological variables. Biological samples will allow biochemical and genetic analysis of potential markers of disease, clinical phenotype, and prediction of outcomes including treatment responses, and allow contribution to the Epi25 international collaborative (http://epi-25.org/).

Inclusion in the study will involve no change to the normal clinical care or treatment of participants (except where participants choose to provide biological samples), and additional clinic visits will not be required outside of standard NHS care.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Individual is being investigated for epilepsy and under the clinical care of the epilepsy unit at Cardiff \& Vale University Health Board or regional clinics in Cwm Taf.
* Individual is at least 16 years old.
* Informed consent sought and given by individual.

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Establish population-based cohort of people with epilepsy
timeFrame: 10-years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cardiff
country: United Kingdom
facility: Cardiff and Vale UHB
Study officials:
affiliation: Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
name: Khalid Hamandi
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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