Neuropharmacology of antiseizure drugs

T Hakami - Neuropsychopharmacology reports, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Antiseizure drugs (ASDs) are the primary therapy for epilepsy, with
more than 20 drugs introduced into clinical practice to date. These drugs are typically …

Epilepsy treatment in adults and adolescents: expert opinion, 2016

JJ Shih, JB Whitlock, N Chimato, E Vargas… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction: There are over twenty anti-seizure medications and anti-seizure devices
available commercially in the United States. The multitude of treatment options for seizures …

Practice guideline update summary: Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: Treatment-resistant epilepsy: Report of the Guideline Development …

AM Kanner, E Ashman, D Gloss, C Harden… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To update the 2004 American Academy of Neurology guideline for managing
treatment-resistant (TR) epilepsy with second-and third-generation antiepileptic drugs …

Randomized phase 2 study of adjunctive cenobamate in patients with uncontrolled focal seizures

SS Chung, JA French, J Kowalski, GL Krauss, SK Lee… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive cenobamate 200 mg/d in patients
with uncontrolled focal (partial-onset) seizures despite treatment with 1 to 3 antiepileptic …

Safety and efficacy of adjunctive cenobamate (YKP3089) in patients with uncontrolled focal seizures: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled …

GL Krauss, P Klein, C Brandt, SK Lee, I Milanov… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background More than a third of patients with epilepsy are treatment resistant, and thus new,
more effective therapies to achieve seizure freedom are needed. Cenobamate (YKP3089) …

A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, multicenter, parallel‐group study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive brivaracetam in adult patients with …

P Klein, J Schiemann, MR Sperling, J Whitesides… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Brivaracetam (BRV), a selective and high‐affinity synaptic vesicle protein 2A
ligand, is in development as adjunctive treatment for partial‐onset (focal) seizures (POS) …

Efficacy and tolerability of antiseizure drugs

T Hakami - Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Drug-resistant epilepsy occurs in 25–30% of patients. Furthermore, treatment with a first-
generation antiseizure drug (ASD) fails in 30–40% of individuals because of their intolerable …

Increasing challenges to trial recruitment and conduct over time

WT Kerr, AS Reddy, SH Seo, N Kok, WC Stacey… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to evaluate how the challenges in the recruitment and
retention of participants in clinical trials for focal onset epilepsy have changed over time …

Challenges in the clinical development of new antiepileptic drugs

V Franco, JA French, E Perucca - Pharmacological research, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the current availability in the market of over two dozen antiepileptic drugs (AEDs),
about one third of people with epilepsy fail to achieve complete freedom from seizures with …

Time‐to‐event clinical trial designs: existing evidence and remaining concerns

WT Kerr, S Auvin, S Van der Geyten, C Kenney… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐designed placebo‐controlled clinical trials are critical to the development of novel
treatments for epilepsy, but their design has not changed for decades. Patients, clinicians …