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Active, not recruitingNCT07877896Updated Oct 16, 2026

A Device to Prevent Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

An interventional study of Study Subjects in Epilepsy, sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-16.

Sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 4 years 4 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2022, registered Sep 2026).
Updated Oct 16, 2026Newly registeredGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study has the objective to demonstrate safety and effectiveness of the Korus device in identifying body positioning.

Primary Objective Validate the sensor system in Korus for body position detection using a pressure-based sensory system.

Secondary Objective Efficacy in repositioning from a prone position

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Conditions studied

  • Epilepsy

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In context

Epilepsy

1,842 studies on the registry are indexed under Epilepsy; 423 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 50 is close to the median of 50 across 1,228 interventional studies indexed under Epilepsy.

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Lead sponsor

Brigham and Women's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 1,263 studies on the registry; 225 are open to participants now.

Of its 116 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 65 (56%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

-Adults ages 18-70, at least 30% subjects will be self-identified as prone sleepers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  • History of neurological dysfunction, including spinal cord abnormalities
  • History of cardiac dysfunction
  • History of osteoporosis or osteopenia
  • History of significant orthopedic dysfunction
  • History of falls
  • History of sleep disorder
  • Taking neuroactive medications that increase risk of falls or are taken to induce sleep
  • Taking anticoagulants
  • Current substance use disorder
  • BMI under 18 or over 30
  • Systolic BP >180 or \<90
  • Condition for which body movements will be potentially harmful such as open wounds
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Study subjects

    The subject will lie with on the Korus Smart Mattress. Subjects will initially be asked to lie in the 4 cardinal body positions (prone, supine, left, and right) to calibrate the body position recognition software. During the overnight stay, subjects may be repositioned by the mattress from the prone to the sideways recovery position.

    Device: Study Subjects

Interventions

  • DeviceStudy Subjects

    The subject will lie with on the Korus Smart Mattress. Subjects will initially be asked to lie in the 4 cardinal body positions (prone, supine, left, and right) to calibrate the body position recognition software. During the overnight stay, subjects may be repositioned by the mattress from the prone to the sideways recovery position.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Primary Outcome

    Validate the sensor system in Korus for body position detection using a pressure-based sensory system. Prone position detection \>95%

    Time frame: Two years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Secondary Outcome

    Percentage of patients successfully repositioned from a prone to recovery position \>90%

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Sowers LP, Massey CA, Gehlbach BK, Granner MA, Richerson GB. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: fatal post-ictal respiratory and arousal mechanisms. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2013 Nov 1;189(2):315-23. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.05.010. Epub 2013 May 23. PubMed 23707877 ↗
  • Shmuely S, Surges R, Sander JW, Thijs RD. Prone sleeping and SUDEP risk: The dynamics of body positions in nonfatal convulsive seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Sep;62:176-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.06.017. Epub 2016 Aug 1. PubMed 27490904 ↗
  • Wang S, Graf S, Xu J, Issa NP, Ali A, Rose S, Wu S, Jacobsen J, Warnke P, Tao JX. The incidence of peri-ictal prone position in patients with generalized convulsive seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Aug;61:158-161. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.05.033. Epub 2016 Jun 25. PubMed 27351726 ↗
  • Liebenthal JA, Wu S, Rose S, Ebersole JS, Tao JX. Association of prone position with sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Neurology. 2015 Feb 17;84(7):703-9. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001260. Epub 2015 Jan 21. PubMed 25609764 ↗
  • Ryvlin P, Nashef L, Lhatoo SD, Bateman LM, Bird J, Bleasel A, Boon P, Crespel A, Dworetzky BA, Hogenhaven H, Lerche H, Maillard L, Malter MP, Marchal C, Murthy JM, Nitsche M, Pataraia E, Rabben T, Rheims S, Sadzot B, Schulze-Bonhage A, Seyal M, So EL, Spitz M, Szucs A, Tan M, Tao JX, Tomson T. Incidence and mechanisms of cardiorespiratory arrests in epilepsy monitoring units (MORTEMUS): a retrospective study. Lancet Neurol. 2013 Oct;12(10):966-77. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70214-X. Epub 2013 Sep 4. PubMed 24012372 ↗
  • Lamberts RJ, Thijs RD, Laffan A, Langan Y, Sander JW. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: people with nocturnal seizures may be at highest risk. Epilepsia. 2012 Feb;53(2):253-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03360.x. Epub 2011 Dec 22. PubMed 22192074 ↗
  • Ali A, Wu S, Issa NP, Rose S, Towle VL, Warnke P, Tao JX. Association of sleep with sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Nov;76:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.08.021. Epub 2017 Sep 13. PubMed 28917499 ↗
  • Massey CA, Sowers LP, Dlouhy BJ, Richerson GB. Mechanisms of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: the pathway to prevention. Nat Rev Neurol. 2014 May;10(5):271-82. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.64. Epub 2014 Apr 22. PubMed 24752120 ↗
  • Devinsky O, Friedman D, Cheng JY, Moffatt E, Kim A, Tseng ZH. Underestimation of sudden deaths among patients with seizures and epilepsy. Neurology. 2017 Aug 29;89(9):886-892. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004292. Epub 2017 Aug 2. PubMed 28768851 ↗
  • Chen Z, Brodie MJ, Liew D, Kwan P. Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy Treated With Established and New Antiepileptic Drugs: A 30-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study. JAMA Neurol. 2018 Mar 1;75(3):279-286. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3949. PubMed 29279892 ↗
  • Doumlele K, Friedman D, Buchhalter J, Donner EJ, Louik J, Devinsky O. Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Among Patients With Benign Childhood Epilepsy With Centrotemporal Spikes. JAMA Neurol. 2017 Jun 1;74(6):645-649. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.6126. PubMed 28384699 ↗
  • Devinsky O, Hesdorffer DC, Thurman DJ, Lhatoo S, Richerson G. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: epidemiology, mechanisms, and prevention. Lancet Neurol. 2016 Sep;15(10):1075-88. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30158-2. Epub 2016 Aug 8. PubMed 27571159 ↗
  • Thurman DJ, Hesdorffer DC, French JA. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: assessing the public health burden. Epilepsia. 2014 Oct;55(10):1479-85. doi: 10.1111/epi.12666. Epub 2014 Jun 5. PubMed 24903551 ↗
  • van der Lende M, Hesdorffer DC, Sander JW, Thijs RD. Nocturnal supervision and SUDEP risk at different epilepsy care settings. Neurology. 2018 Oct 16;91(16):e1508-e1518. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006356. Epub 2018 Sep 21. PubMed 30242018 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — We will collect and generate the following data from 50 normative control subjects: a) spontaneous body position as recorded by the KORUS sensor; b) subject demographics: age, sex, height, weight

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report, Analytic code

Time frame: All data will be deposited starting 12 months after the study completion

Access criteria: To request access of the data, researchers will use the standard processes at PhysioNet, where the data will be stored, which will decide which requests to grant.

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started May 2022 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jul 2028, 74 months after the start.

Of 347 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Epilepsy, half reached primary completion within 41 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 19 and three quarters within 78. This study's planned 74 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 371 studies reached it within 40 months; a quarter within 19 and three quarters within 78.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 24, 2026
First posted
Oct 16, 2026
StartActual
May 5, 2022
Primary completionEst.
Jul 2028
CompletionEst.
Jul 2028
Last update
Oct 16, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Registered
First appeared on the registry. No changes since
Oct 16, 2026
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  1. Oct 16, 2026
    First appeared on the registry

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07877896
Responsible party
Jong Woo Lee (Associate Professor of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 16, 2026
Start date
May 5, 2022
Primary completion
Jul 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 16, 2026

Oversight

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