Active clinical trials for "Seizures"

This study is being conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of LAMICTAL (lamotrigine) extended-release with placebo in the treatment of Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic (PGTC) seizures. LAMICTAL extended-release is an investigational drug. Placebo tablets look like LAMICTAL extended-release tablets but do not contain active medication. In this study, LAMICTAL extended-release or placebo tablets will be added to current seizure treatments.

This trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of brivaracetam (at doses of 50 and 150 mg/day in twice a day administration) as add on therapy in subjects with focal epilepsy

This trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of brivaracetam (at doses of 5, 20 and 50 mg/day in twice a day administration) as add-on therapy in subjects with focal epilepsy.

This trial attempts to evaluate the treatment efficacy of magnetic seizure therapy (MST) and its safety for bipolar mania. Half of the participants will receive MST, while the other half will receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of brivaracetam (BRV) compared to placebo (PBO) as adjunctive treatment in subjects (>=16 to 80 years of age) with partial seizures with or without secondary generalization despite current treatment with 1 or 2 concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and to assess the safety and tolerability of BRV in subjects >= 16 years to 80 years of age.

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of intravenous brivaracetam (BRV) compared to intravenous lorazepam (LZP) in subjects with epilepsy undergoing Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) evaluation who experience seizures that require prompt treatment.

This is an open-label, multicenter study with an Extension Phase to evaluate the safety and tolerability of perampanel oral suspension when administered as an adjunctive therapy in children (ages 4 to less than [<] 12 years) with inadequately controlled partial onset seizures (POS) or primary generalized tonic clonic (PGTC) seizures.

The goal of this study is to prove that intramuscular midazolam is more effective than buccal midazolam in cessation of seizure activity with comparable side effects.

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a serious and rare form of epilepsy that begins in infancy and early childhood. Seizures and their consequences need medical attention, emergency encounters, and hospitalizations. Seizures disrupt home life for the patient and for family. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is typically accompanied by disabilities in motor, communication, eating, and other skills needed for daily function. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) has no cure. Although current treatments may help reduce the number of seizures, none are expected to eliminate them entirely; these treatments are palliative. The main treatments include anti-seizure medications and some surgical approaches, including the implantation of a vagus nerve stimulator (a pacemaker-like generator implanted in the chest wall and programmed by a physician to stimulate the vagus nerve in the neck) and corpus callosotomy (cutting through the band of fibers that connect the two sides of the brain). While both types of treatment (medications and surgeries) produce some benefit by reducing how often the seizures occur, both also have some risks. All medications can, in some patients, produce moderate to severe side effects. This is true of anti-seizure medications. Most patients with LGS take several anti-seizure medications at a time. Surgeries can also have associated risks and is additionally stressful for parents and family members. Currently, there is no strong evidence to support parents and physicians in deciding which type of treatment (more medicines or surgery) will be most successful for a child with LGS, and whether one or the other approach may lessen the toll that seizures take on a child's development and ability to function. This study has two components. It will engage a network of seven pediatric hospitals in the United States where children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are cared for and determine whether seizure-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations are more likely to be reduced following the use of additional medications or adding palliative surgery to existing medications. The investigators will determine whether medical versus surgical treatment is more likely to lessen some of the developmental and functional difficulties that affect patients with LGS. The study will also determine whether starting therapies at a younger versus older age makes a difference. The second component of the study will provide a description of the use of surgical versus medical treatment approaches across 18 pediatric hospitals in the United States (seven plus 11 centers). The investigators will describe how treatments differ across hospitals and over time. The results from this study will help parents and providers make more informed choices about treatment for children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and will highlight areas for improvement in providing the best possible health care for this severe, lifelong disorder.

Propofol is routinely used in our hospital for ECT. It causes hypotension and has anticonvulsant actions. Use of ketofol ( 1:1 combination of ketamine and propofol) during ECT can have longer seizure duration and better hemodynamics than propofol alone which ultimately leads to better therapeutic efficacy. Motor seizure duration of minimum 20-25 seconds is usually recommended for therapeutic efficacy of ECT.Patients planned for electroconvulsive therapy meeting the inclusion criteria and not having exclusion criteria will be randomized into two groups. Group K will receive titrated dose of Ketofol and Group P will receive titrated dose of Propofol for induction of anaesthesia