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Women with Epilepsy: Pregnancy Outcomes and Deliveries (WEPOD)

The purpose of this research study is to see if it is more difficult for women with epilepsy to become pregnant than healthy women without epilepsy, and to compare seizure frequency in women with epilepsy before and during pregnancy.

Key Inclusion Criteria: women between ages 18 and 40 who are planning pregnancy and have stopped or planning to stop birth control.

Key Exclusion Criteria: use of hormonal therapies for contraception, diagnosis of infertility, diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome.

This study is open for recruitment at the following locations:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Principal Investigator: Page Pennell, MD (617-732-7547 / ppennell@partners.org)
Study Coordinator: Yasmin Elsayed (617-732-5423 / yelsayed@partners.org)
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Harden, MD (718-470-7310 / charden@nshs.edu)
Study Coordinator: Connie Lau, MS, CCRC (718-470-7074 / clau@nshs.edu)
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline French, MD (646-558-0868 / Jacqueline.french@nyumc.org)
Study Coordinator: Brigid Staley, MPH (646-558-0843 / brigid.staley@nyumc.org)
This study is also posted on clinicaltrials.gov: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01259310

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