Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:25 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:25 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02565966
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients scheduled for epilepsy surgery at New York Langone Medical Center or St Barnabas Medical Center will be eligible for enrollment.
* Patient is at least 18 years of age
* Patient is willing to participate by complying with the modified Atkins diet 3 - 4 weeks prior to surgery and maintain a thorough food diary (Intervention study group) or to continue their usual diet and maintain a thorough food diary (Nonintervention study group)
* Patient/ his/her parent, caregiver, or health care proxy is willing and able to provide consent or assent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients under the age of 18 will be excluded
* Patients in whom a two-stage surgery is planned without any resection of brain tissue during the initial craniotomy
* Patients unwilling to comply with modified Atkins diet 3 -4 weeks prior to surgery or unwilling to maintain a thorough food diary will be excluded.
* Patients who are currently on an Atkins or Low Glycemic Index Diet will not be eligible for inclusion in the nonintervention group.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02565966
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02565966