Prevention of Post-traumatic Seizures With Levetiracetam — TRACK  

Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic Clinical Trial

Official title: Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind Study Assessing the Effects of Levetiracetam Compared to Placebo in the Prevention of Early Epileptic Seizures and Late Epilepsy in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

Post-traumatic seizures can appear frequently after a severe traumatic brain injury. Two types of seizures are usually identified: early seizures during the week following the trauma and late epilepsy afterward. Several antiepileptic drugs are usually used to prevent early seizures but no treatment has demonstrated any preventive effect against late epilepsy. Levetiracetam is an antiepileptic drug usually used for the treatment of epileptic patients and has pharmacologic properties that could also be interesting for the prevention of post-traumatic epilepsy.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epilepsy
• Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic

• NCT number: NCT00566046
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Rennes University Hospital
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: November 2007
• Completion date: May 2010