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Filter by:The main purpose of this study is to investigate effects of Lu AG06466 on seizure activity after increasing daily doses during 4 weeks in participants with an implanted responsive neurostimulation system.
This phase IV trial studies the side effects and how well perampanel works in reducing seizure frequency in patients with high-grade glioma and focal epilepsy. Perampanel is a drug used to treat seizures. Giving perampanel together with other anti-seizure drugs may work better in reducing seizure frequency in patients with high-grade glioma and focal epilepsy compared to alternate anti-seizure drugs alone.
This is a non-randomized open-label extension study for subjects having completed protocol DA071976 or CLN100P.01.
The purpose of this research study to investigate, classify, and quantify chronic cardiac rhythm disorders in three groups of patients with epilepsy (intractable focal epilepsy, controlled focal epilepsy and symptomatic generalized epilepsy). Patients with epilepsy have a higher risk for cardiac complications than the general population. With this study, we aim to understand more about these potential complications in patients with epilepsy and assess if treatments for cardiac problems should be evaluated more carefully in patients with epilepsy.
Epilepsy is a frequent group of diseases, affecting 1% of the general population with a higher incidence in children. Anti-epileptic drugs are used as part of the drug treatment. Even if children with epilepsy have its own characteristics, as in adults, the choice of an anti-epileptic treatment is also based on the benefit-risk balance. The purpose of the treatment should not only be the seizure control. The occurence of side effects is a major factor to be taken into account. In the special populatIon of children with resistant epilepsy (20 to 30% of epilepsy), the treatment goal is not any more to be seizure free but to achieve the lowest possible frequency of seizures with the lowest level of side effects. When assessing the benefit-risk balance of antiepileptic treatment, it is important to keep in mind that the child is a developing human being whose main activity is learning. Special attention should be paid to minimize treatments with excessive cognitive consequences. Be particularly wary of combination therapies (combinations of several antiepileptic treatments). Indeed, it is well established that they are more harmful than monotherapy. It is also important to avoid the use of drugs with too strong a cognitive effect. Some molecules such as phenobarbital or topiramate have been the subject of a few studies that have established their deleterious effect on the cognitive level. Among antiepileptics, benzodiazepines are sometimes used as disease-modifying therapy. In France, clobazam is the clonazepam have a Marketing Authorization for children. However, there is no study to determine whether these molecules have cognitive consequences. In order to have more data to better establish the risk-benefit balance of benzodiazepines in the treatment of children with epilepsy, the investigators wish to conduct work to evaluate the cognitive consequences of benzodiazepines in children treated for epilepsy.
The goal of the present study is to evaluate ("screen") a large number (12) of different dual therapies of perampanel + another AED ("PMP+") for a large, 75-100% seizure frequency reduction. The design of the study will differ from usual AED studies. The study will be (i) open label, with (ii) a small n per group, n=6, with (iii) outcome measures a 'blockbuster effect': (a) ≥75 seizure frequency reduction; and (b) seizure freedom.
The purpose of this study is to investigate a novel stimulation protocol of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of unifocal neocortical epilepsy, namely continuous thetaburst stimulation (cTBS). As this is a pilot study, the primary endpoint is on safety and tolerability of the treatment. However, information on clinical efficacy and mechanism of action will also be collected.
The purpose of study EP0073 is to assess the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy during 5 years of treatment with the drug UCB0942 in patients with highly drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Also, the effects of UCB0942 on the patient's quality of life will be explored.
Seizures that arise in specific areas in the brain are called Localization Related Epilepsy (LRE) and are the most common seizure disorder in children. Children that receive drug treatment for this disorder may suffer from treatment related side effects which impact their ability to think or concentrate and their ability to interact socially. These negative treatment effects can impact the child's performance in school and long term may impact employment and job options. This study will determine whether changes in attention and social interactions are seen in children treated for LRE using three of the most common medications used to treat pediatric LRE. Children who are newly diagnosed with LRE by their doctors and are between the ages of 5 years 6 months and 16 years 0 months will be randomized to receive levetiracetam, lamotrigine, or oxcarbazepine. There will be 14 study sites throughout the US. Children will undergo evaluation of their thinking and ability to pay attention before and after starting drug treatment for LRE. Regardless of the specific findings, results of this study will provide the information needed to help parents and their clinicians choose treatment options that maximize cognitive abilities in children with LRE, and provide the data needed for practice guidelines to be established on the basis of cognitive side effect risks.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of different intravenous doses (IV) of a new anti-epileptic drug (AED) called lacosamide on continuous EEG (electroencephalogram) rhythms (or brain rhythms) in subjects with focal seizures and the tolerability of those doses by patients. In addition, this study will assess the effect of IV lacosamide on EKG (electrocardiogram), a test which checks for problems with the electrical activity of the heart.