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CompletedNCT07689084EPI-TrainUpdated Jul 8, 2026

Training Program to Improve EEG Competence

An interventional study of Training Program in Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus and Status Epilepticus, Electrographic, sponsored by University Hospital Marburg. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-08.

Sponsored by University Hospital Marburg · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 7 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2025, registered Jun 2026).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
18
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the extent to which a practice-oriented training program for intensive care nursing staff and non-physician treatment teams can contribute to the earlier detection of epileptic seizures, with particular emphasis on SE.

Further objectives include enhancing competence in EEG interpretation and minimizing existing communication and procedural barriers within the interdisciplinary treatment team.

Participants will participate in a half-day training session, which will include:

  • attending a specialist lecture,
  • completing two knowledge assessments and one evaluation questionnaire,
  • completing an additional brief evaluation questionnaire after one month, and
  • completing a further brief evaluation questionnaire after three months to assess the sustainability of the learning outcomes.
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Conditions studied

  • Epilepsy
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Status Epilepticus, Electrographic
  • Status Epilepticus, Non-Convulsive
  • Healthy
  • Training Study
  • Intensive Care (ICU)
  • Intensive Care Nurses
  • EEG
  • Electroencephalogram

Keywords

  • Training Program
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In context

Epilepsy

1,805 studies on the registry are indexed under Epilepsy; 417 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 18 is below the median of 50 across 1,206 interventional studies indexed under Epilepsy.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital Marburg is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • neurocritical care nursing staff and non-physician treatment teams at the Neurocritical Care Units of Marburg University Hospital

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • under 18 years old
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
18 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Training Group

    Other: Training Program

Interventions

  • OtherTraining Program

    1x Training Program for the neurocritical care nursing staff and non-physician treatment teams at the Neurocritical Care Units

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of correct responses on the study-specific 16-item EEG Knowledge Questionnaire

    Number of correctly answered items (range 0-16) on a study-specific 16-item multiple-choice questionnaire assessing EEG knowledge and seizure recognition.

    Time frame: Baseline (before the training session) and immediately after completion of the training session (Day 0).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Responses to items of a study-specific EEG training evaluation questionnaire (6-point Likert scale)

    Responses to individual questionnaire items evaluating participants' perceptions of the training program and EEG use in clinical practice. Individual item scores (1 = strongly agree to 6 = strongly disagree) will be reported separately.

    Time frame: Immediately after completion of the training session (Day 0), approximately 1 month (30 ± 7 days), and approximately 3 months (90 ± 14 days) after completion of the training session.

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Study locations

1 site
  • University Hospital Marburg
    Marburg, Hesse 35043, Germany
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References and documents

Publications

  • Thijs RD, Surges R, O'Brien TJ, Sander JW. Epilepsy in adults. Lancet. 2019 Feb 16;393(10172):689-701. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32596-0. Epub 2019 Jan 24. PubMed 30686584 ↗
  • Leitinger M, Trinka E, Giovannini G, Zimmermann G, Florea C, Rohracher A, Kalss G, Neuray C, Kreidenhuber R, Hofler J, Kuchukhidze G, Granbichler C, Dobesberger J, Novak HF, Pilz G, Meletti S, Siebert U. Epidemiology of status epilepticus in adults: A population-based study on incidence, causes, and outcomes. Epilepsia. 2019 Jan;60(1):53-62. doi: 10.1111/epi.14607. Epub 2018 Nov 26. PubMed 30478910 ↗
  • Kaleem S, Kang JH, Sahgal A, Hernandez CE, Sinha SR, Swisher CB. Electrographic Seizure Detection by Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Nurses via Bedside Real-Time Quantitative EEG. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Oct;11(5):420-428. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001107. PubMed 34840869 ↗
  • Goswami I, Bello-Espinosa L, Buchhalter J, Amin H, Howlett A, Esser M, Thomas S, Metcalfe C, Lind J, Oliver N, Kozlik S, Mohammad K. Introduction of Continuous Video EEG Monitoring into 2 Different NICU Models by Training Neonatal Nurses. Adv Neonatal Care. 2018 Aug;18(4):250-259. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000523. PubMed 29889725 ↗
  • Falco-Walter J. Epilepsy-Definition, Classification, Pathophysiology, and Epidemiology. Semin Neurol. 2020 Dec;40(6):617-623. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718719. Epub 2020 Nov 5. PubMed 33155183 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — * Two knowledge assessments and one evaluation questionnaire directly after the training program * Additional brief evaluation questionnaire after one month and after three months

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr, Analytic code

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 8, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07689084
Lead sponsor
University Hospital Marburg
Responsible party
Leona Möller (Leona Möller, MD; Principal Investigator, Consultant in Neurology, University Hospital Marburg) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 8, 2026
Start date
Nov 4, 2025
Primary completion
Jan 27, 2026
Completion
May 31, 2026
Last update
Jul 8, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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