FONDE Study Application
Clinicians caring for patients newly diagnosed with epilepsy are invited to become FONDE investigators, regardless of the settings of the epilepsy services provided. Participation will be on a voluntary basis and no direct financial benefit will accrue to the investigators or study subjects.
What does a FONDE investigator need to do?
- Enrol patients with newly diagnosed/newly treated epilepsy aged 2 years or above and follow them up prospectively (patients who do not start on treatment can also be included)
- Obtain ethical approval for the study according to local requirements and informed consent as appropriate from enrolled patients or their legal guardians
- Collect and submit data electronically to the FONDE data management centre in Milan on a regular basis.
How to become a FONDE Investigator?
- Review the study protocol click here
- Obtain approval from local ethics committee / intitutional review board, as appropriate to local requirement*
- Complete and submit the online application form below
*It is understood that requirement for ethical approval for observational studies of this kind may vary from country to country. It is the investigator’s responsibility to ensure that the local requirement is met.