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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 200 and 400 mg/day of orally administered Lacosamide as adjunctive therapy compared with placebo in Japanese and Chinese adults with uncontrolled Partial-Onset Seizures with or without secondary generalization.
To investigate whether MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy in patients diagnosed with focal lesional epilepsy using the Visualase Thermal Therapy System is both a feasible and safe minimally invasive technique for control of seizures in such patients.
The purpose of this dose optimization study is to assess tolerability and efficacy of topiramate monotherapy in recently diagnosed patients with epilepsy who are treatment naive or have failed one anti-epileptic drug (AED) treatment in monotherapy.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term retention rate of topiramate in participants with epilepsy (seizure disorder).
To investigate the steady-state pharmacokinetics of once-daily and twice-daily regimens of BIA 2-093 and twice-daily regimen of Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®) in healthy subjects and to assess the tolerability of such regimens in healthy subjects.
To investigate the pharmacokinetics of a single 900 mg oral dose of BIA 2-093 and a single 900 mg oral dose of Oxcarbazepine in healthy volunteers and to assess the tolerability of a single 900 mg dose of BIA 2-093 and Oxcarbazepine.
This study will provide initial data on the safety and effectiveness of allopregnanolone in improving neurobehavioral outcome and reducing mortality in adults with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of retigabine/ezogabine as an adjunctive treatment in subjects with either partial onset seizures (12 to < 18 years old) or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (12 to <30 years old) who have participated in a previous ("parent") study.
Background: - The brain is protected by a barrier that keeps toxins in the blood from reaching the brain. However, this barrier can also keep useful medications from reaching the brain. P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a brain protein that is part of the blood-brain barrier. The level of P-gp is higher in people with epilepsy than in people without epilepsy. These different levels of P-gp may explain why some people have seizures that do not respond well to medications. Researchers want to see if P-gp can affect the response to epilepsy medications. - Epilepsy may also be associated with brain inflammation. Researchers also want to look at the part of the brain affected by epilepsy to see if inflammation is present. Objectives: - To see if P-gp can affect the response to epilepsy medications. - To see if inflammation is present in the part of the brain affected by epilepsy. Eligibility: - <TAB>Individuals between 18 and 60 years of age who have temporal lobe epilepsy. We plan to study some patients whose seizures are well controlled by drugs, and some whose seizures are not controlled. - <TAB> - Healthy volunteers between 18 and 60 years of age. Design: - This study requires four or five visits to the NIH Clinical Center over the course of a year. The visits will be outpatient visits and will last from 2 to 5 hours. - Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected. - All participants will have two positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The scans will take place during different visits. Different drugs will be used in each scan. One drug will be used to temporarily block the effect of P-gp in the brain. The other drug will show areas of inflammation in the brain. - Participants with epilepsy will have a third PET scan. This scan will also look at P-gp activity in the brain. However, it will not use the drug that blocks the effect of P-gp. - All participants will also have one magnetic resonance imaging scan. This scan will help show brain function.
The main purpose of this study is to develop a North American registry for SUDEP cases; requesting family members of epilepsy patients who died suddenly of unclear causes (SUDEP) to contact the study team. The family members who decide to participate in the study will be asked to complete a brief telephone interview about their loved one's epilepsy and seizure history and the circumstances of his or her death. If the death has occurred within the past 24 hours, and the family is willing to consider donating tissue to the study, the subject will be transferred to the Autism Tissue Program, and the remainder of the phone interview will be conducted at a later time. In addition to the phone interview, the family will be asked to provide access to the deceased's medical records. Any costs involved in obtaining medical records will be covered by the study, and all medical information will remain completely confidential.