Brain injury epilepsy study tests At-Home program to boost memory and ease caregiver burden
NCT ID NCT05235061
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a home-based program called HOBSCOTCH-PTE for people with epilepsy caused by a traumatic brain injury. The program aims to improve quality of life, memory, and thinking skills, and also helps support their caregivers. The study includes 160 adults with post-traumatic epilepsy and their caregivers, and measures changes in well-being and cognitive function over several months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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160 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria/PTE Participants: * Age 18+ * Diagnosis of post traumatic epilepsy, with controlled or uncontrolled seizures * Subjective memory complaints * No changes in antiepileptic and antidepressant medication regimen for 1 month, however brief discontinuation of antiepileptic medicine for inpatient video EEG evaluation is acceptable * Literate and proficient in English * Telephone access * Internet access Exclusion Criteria/PTE Participants: * Subjects self-reporting a dementing illness or a mention of a dementing illness in their medical record * Severe mental disability or estimated IQ less than 70 per clinical judgement * Significant visual impairment precluding reading or writing * No reliable telephone or internet access * No diagnosis of epilepsy Inclusion Criteria/Caregiver Participants * Age 18+ * Caregivers to a patient with a confirmed diagnosis of PTE * Literate and proficient in English * Telephone access * Internet access Exclusion Criteria/Caregiver Participants: * Significant visual impairment precluding reading or writing * No reliable telephone or internet access
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States
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