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Evening Standard
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Health
Dave Higgens

Drug trial for severe epilepsy has transformed children’s lives, families say

Albie Kelly’s family said his life has been transformed after taking part in a drug trial (Family handout/PA) -

The mother of a seven-year-old boy said “I feel like a millionaire, like I’ve won the lottery” after a pioneering clinical trial transformed the life of her son, who has a severe form of epilepsy.

Albie Kelly and Freddie Truelove, both seven, are two of the children who have been given a new lease of life, their families said, following the research trial at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

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