Can an app predict epileptic seizures? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07068919
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether a mobile app called EPIDAY can predict the daily risk of epileptic seizures in 50 adults with focal epilepsy. Participants will use the app to report symptoms and track seizures for three months. The goal is to see if machine learning can turn these reports into useful risk predictions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- EPIDAY mobile application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a tool that helps people with epilepsy anticipate seizure risk and plan their day.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 50 participants. The predictions may not be accurate enough for real-world use, and the app relies on self-reported symptoms, which can vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18 and 65 * Focal epilepsy diagnosed for at least 18 months * Brain imaging as part of the etiological work-up for epilepsy showing no progressive cause * EEG compatible with the diagnosis of epilepsy within the last 10 years * At least 2 non-contiguous days of epileptic seizures per month, according to the patient * Ability of the patient to understand and use a mobile application on the personal smartphone * Free, informed and signed consent * Affiliation with a social security scheme (excluding AME) Exclusion Criteria: * Suspicion or diagnosis of other types of associated malaise: functional dissociative seizures, syncope or other malaise of non-neurological origin * Assessment of seizure frequency deemed unreliable by the investigator (eg. due to cognitive impairment) * Inability to describe seizures accurately * Presence of more than 15 days with seizures per month * Participation in other interventional research or exclusion period not expired * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Patient under guardianship, curatorship, deprived of liberty
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP
Paris, 75013, France
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