Research recommendation(s) from an individual piece of guidance
- Guidance:
- Epilepsies in children, young people and adults
- Date issued:
Research recommendations coming out of this guidance
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Antibody testing: What immunomodulation strategies are effective in people with defined autoimmune epilepsy syndromes?
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Complex epilepsy syndromes: What antiseizure therapies (alternative or add-on) are effective in the treatment of complex epilepsy syndromes (that is, Dravet syndrome, Lennox–Gastaut syndrome, infantile spams syndrome and epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures [Doose syndrome]) when first-line therapy is unsuccessful or not tolerated?
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Risk prediction tool for all-cause epilepsy-related death: Development of a risk prediction tool to detect all-cause mortality including sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in people with epilepsy or those who have had a single seizure, and an external validation of a risk prediction tool to detect the probability of epilepsy-related death.
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Vagus nerve stimulation: What is the effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation in treating epilepsy (including people with learning disabilities as a subgroup)?
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Psychological treatments: What is the cost effectiveness of providing tailored psychological treatments for people with epilepsy?
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Monitoring antiseizure medications in women and girls: What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of therapeutic drug monitoring in girls, young women and women with epilepsy?
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Digital health technologies: What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of digital health technologies in people with epilepsy?
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Antiseizure medication for repeated or cluster seizures: What antiseizure medications (monotherapy or add-on) are effective in the treatment of repeated or cluster seizures?
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Risk prediction tool for second seizure: Development of a risk prediction tool for second seizures in people with a single seizure, and an external validation of a risk prediction tool to detect the probability of a second seizure in people with a single seizure at baseline.
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Ketogenic diets: What is the short-term and long-term clinical and cost effectiveness of ketogenic diets in adults and children with drug-resistant epilepsy, and what factors affect the long-term maintenance and tolerability of ketogenic diets?