# Does VNS Interact With the Serotonergic and Immune System in Children With Intractable Epilepsy?

> **NCT01378611** · PHASE2,PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Epilepsiecentrum Kempenhaeghe** · enrollment: 45 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Refractory Epilepsy in Children

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Vagus Nerve Stimulator: Neurocybernetic prothesis NCP, Cyberonics Inc., Webster, TX, USA

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01378611
- **Lead sponsor:** Epilepsiecentrum Kempenhaeghe
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE2,PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2006-03
- **Primary completion:** 2012-03
- **Final completion:** 2013-03
- **Target enrollment:** 45 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2011-06-29

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01378611

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01378611, "Does VNS Interact With the Serotonergic and Immune System in Children With Intractable Epilepsy?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01378611. Licensed CC0.

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