Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
Description Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Description Module
Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:59 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:59 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00522418
Brief Summary:
This is a post-market medical device study. This study will compare best medical practice with or without adjunctive VNS Therapy in patients who are 16 years and older with pharmacoresistant partial epilepsy.
Detailed Description:
This is a post-market medical device study. This study will compare best medical practice with or without adjunctive VNS Therapy in patients who are 16 years and older with pharmaco-resistant partial epilepsy. The Sponsor, Cyberonics, provides funding for this study. Patients are followed for 26 months, 24 of those months are following the initiation of treatment. No study sites will be permitted to enroll study subjects until Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Ethics Committee (EC) approval has been received.
Study:
NCT00522418
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00522418