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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to precisely delineate human brain networks that modulate respiration and identify specific brain areas and stimulation techniques that can be used to prevent seizure-induced breathing failure.
The basis of this project is the application of cathodal tDCS in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy including patients whose seizures persist after epilepsy surgery, who rejected epilepsy surgery, and/or who are not suitable for surgery. For this purpose, 5-day consecutive cathodal electrical stimulation sessions will be used with personalized electrode montage according to the patient's seizure focus. In this context, the changes in seizures frequency and epileptic discharges will be examined for the first week and 12th week after the tDCS sessions through the seizure diary of the patients and the electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings to be taken. In addition, changes in cognitive functions, mood, and quality of life will be examined in patients after the intervention.
Evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of GD-iEXo-002 nasal drops in the treatment of focal refractory epilepsy
The purpose of this research is to use electrical neuromodulation on patients with focal epilepsy. The main objective is to assess safety and observe potential therapeutic effects.
Epilepsy is a serious chronic brain disorder that has a tendency towards recurrent seizures. This affects millions of people throughout the world and brings a heavy socioeconomic burden. The treatment of focal epilepsy is more challenging. Selecting an appropriate antiepileptic drug (AED) remains difficult because the chosen drug must be effective, safe and tolerable. It is important to consider the safety and efficacy of an AED for monotherapy separately. The goal of AED therapy is to achieve seizure control with little or no adverse efects, improve the patient's quality of life and ensure patient satisfaction. Different AEDs can be used to treat focal seizures in adults. First line medication for treating focal seizures is carbamazepine (CBZ), but it has drawbacks such as adverse effects including Steven Johnson syndrome, drug interactions and blood dyscrasia. There is also genetic linkage that Steven-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis with carbamazepine are more common in individuals of Asian descent who carry the HLA-B 1502 allele. Another 1st line drug is lamotrigine (LTG) , it has favourable side effect profile including less sedative effect, less cognitive impairment, less drug interactions and blood dyscrasia. It has an elimination half- life longer than 24 hour, so once daily dosing is possible and it is associated with good drug compliance. Because of its favorable pharmacokinetics and side effect profile, LTG may be preferred to CBZ for focal epileptic seizures. In a study showed that the seizure freedom rate at the end of 6 months was 65% in LTG group compared to 73% in CBZ group. 41% in CBZ group and 32% in LTG group had at least one adverse effects. Few trials have compared the effectiveness and safety of LTG with CBZ as monotherapy for focal seizures worldwide. By far, no study has yet been conducted addressing the issue of efficacy and safety between lamotrigine and carbamazepine among focal epilepsy patients in the context of Bangladeshi population. Since the usage of LTG is less common in Bangladesh, comparative study of efficacy and safety of LTG versus CBZ will be expected to give more confidence for the use of the drug. Considering this, the study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of carbamazepine and lamotrigine among focal epilepsy patients. This study finding have an implication in the treatment protocol which will be beneficial for the patients and physicians as well.
This study will evaluate the long term safety, tolerability, PK, and efficacy of XEN1101 25 mg QD taken orally in subjects with Focal Onset Seizures (FOS) or Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures (PGTCS) for the treatment of seizures for up to 3 years.
The purpose of this research is to see to what extent electrical stimulation applied to the scalp (transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS) can reduce the number and intensity of epileptic seizures.
Epilepsy is a disabling neurological disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide. Despite therapeutic advances, about a third of these patients suffer from treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy and still experience regular seizures.All seizures can last and lead to status epilepticus, which is a major neurological emergency. Epilepsy can also be accompanied with cognitive or psychiatric comorbidities. Reliable seizures count is an essential indicator for estimating the care quality and for optimizing treatment. Several studies have highlighted the difficulty for patients to keep a reliable seizure diary due for example to memory loss or perception alterations during crisis. Whatever the reasons, it has been observed that at least 50% of seizures are on average missed by patients. Seizure detection has been widely developed in recent decades and are generally based on physiological signs monitoring associated with biomarkers search and coupled with detection algorithms. Multimodal approaches, i.e. combining several sensors at the same time, are considered the most promising. Mobile or wearable non invasive devices, allowing an objective seizures documentation in daily life activities, appear to be of major interest for patients and care givers, in detecting and anticipating seizures occurence. This single-arm exploratory, multicenter study aims at assessing whether the use of such a non-invasive, wearable device can be useful in a real life setting in detecting seizures occurence through multimodal analysis of various parameters (heart rate, respiratory and accelerometry).
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of satralizumab in participants with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) and anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) encephalitis.
This project is a multicenter prospective study. By retrieving outpatient medical records and collecting clinical data of epilepsy patients, the efficacy and safety of single-drug perampanel in patients with focal epilepsy were analyzed.