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Ketogenic Therapy Effects on Electrical and Metabolic Abnormalities in Epilepsy

Sponsor: University of Florida • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02216500

Registry updated: 2026-09-17
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Description

Approximately a fourth of children with seizures do not respond adequately to available therapy. Ketogenic therapy has a long history as treatment for intractable epilepsy, but there is no agreement concerning how it works and what is the best way to administer it. This natural history study will collect data pertaining to both questions.

Interventions

  • Ketogenic Therapy (Dietary supplement)
    Ketogenic Therapy is based on a ratio of fat: protein+carbohydrate in which protein intake is adequate, fat intake is high, and carbohydrate intake is minimal.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients whose physician has prescribed the ketogenic diet * Patients with lab tests consistent with the ability to metabolize a high fat and low carbohydrate diet * Patients that can be compliant with administration of the therapy and with record keeping. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with lab tests consistent with the inability to metabolize a high fat and low carbohydrate diet * Patients at risk of being non-compliant with administration of the therapy and with record keeping

Conditions

Seizures

Locations

  • University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Official Source

Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

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