A blinded, crossover study of the efficacy of the ketogenic diet.

Abstract:

:Despite over 80 years of use, the ketogenic diet (KD) has never been tested in a blinded manner. Twenty children with intractable Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) were fasted 36 h and then randomized to receive the classic KD in conjunction with a solution containing either 60 g/day of glucose or saccharin. Parents and physicians were blinded to both the solution composition and level of ketosis. A crossover to the KD with the alternate solution occurred following the sixth day and a repeat fast. A 24-h electroencephalography (EEG) was obtained at baseline and after each arm. After administration of the solution, there was moderate evidence of a reduction in parent-reported seizures between the glucose and saccharin arms, with a median difference of 1.5 seizures per day (p = 0.07). There was no reduction in the number of EEG-identified events, with a median reduction of 7 events per day (p = 0.33). Ketosis was not completely eliminated in the glucose-added arm.

journal_name

Epilepsia

journal_title

Epilepsia

authors

Freeman JM,Vining EP,Kossoff EH,Pyzik PL,Ye X,Goodman SN

doi

10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01740.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-02-01 00:00:00

pages

322-5

issue

2

eissn

0013-9580

issn

1528-1167

pii

EPI1740

journal_volume

50

pub_type

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