Active clinical trials for "Epilepsy"

The purpose of this study is to check the Effects of JNJ-26489112 on the Photic Induced Paroxysmal electroencephalogram (EEG) Response in Patients with Photosensitive Epilepsy.

To evaluate the safety of IV Lacosamide in children with partial-onset epilepsy, ages 4-35 years old, inclusive, who are either unable to take oral medication or require intravenous administration of IV Lacosamide.

Seizures are a frequent cause of morbidity in the pediatric age group. Uncontrolled seizures pose a variety of risks to children, including higher rates of mortality, developmental delay and/or regression, and cognitive impairment. The ketogenic diet is a well known treatment option for refractory epilepsy. However it is very restrictive and requires strict weighing of foods. The modified Atkins diet is a dietary therapy for intractable childhood epilepsy that was designed to be a less restrictive alternative to the traditional ketogenic diet. Early studies have demonstrated efficacy and safety.There are no randomized trials evaluating the efficacy of the modified Atkins diet in children with refractory epilepsy. Hence this study has been planned to investigate whether there are clear benefits in terms of seizure control in children with refractory epilepsy who are treated with the modified Atkins diet, versus controls.

Patients with partial-onset seizures seen in community-based practices were to be included in this therapeutic use study to assess the safety and tolerability of Keppra (Levetiracetam) and to confirm the favorable safety of the drug found during clinical development to obtain further information about optimal dosing in daily clinical practice. Compared to previous registration trials, the study population corresponded more closely to that seen in daily clinical practice.

This research is being done to find out if the Atkins Diet can be used safely and effectively to reduce seizures in children who have Sturge Weber syndrome. The ketogenic diet is a proven therapy for epilepsy, but can be difficult to use in children. The Atkins Diet is a high fat, high protein, low carbohydrate diet introduced in the 1970s to help with weight loss. It is different from the ketogenic diet in four major ways: no calorie restriction, no fluid restriction, no protein restriction, and is easy to start outside the hospital. People on the Atkins Diet become ketotic (produce high levels of ketones, a certain substance in the body), like patients on the ketogenic diet, and the investigators believe this may lead to seizure control. Children aged 2-18 with Sturge Weber syndrome and seizures at least monthly, who have used at least two anti-seizure drugs may join. 5 children in total will be enrolled.

To assess the tolerability of switching from Depakote Sprinkle Capsules or Depakote tablets to Depakote ER tablets in the pediatric population.

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Levetiracetam dry syrup at doses up to 60 mg/kg/day or 3000 mg/day used as adjunctive therapy in Japanese pediatric patients aged ≥4 to <16 years with uncontrolled Generalized Tonic-Clonic (GTC) seizures despite treatment with 1 or 2 Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs).

The purpose of this study is to determine whether levetiracetam as adjunctive therapy is effective in the treatment of partial seizures, with or without secondary generalization, associated with refractory focal epilepsy.

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of perampanel on Primary Generalized Tonic Clonic (PGTC) seizure frequency in adolescents and adults maintained on one to two stable antiepileptic drugs (AED).

This is a study to determine whether a combination of low dose lacosamide and levetiracetam is more effective than high dose levetiracetam in patients who have failed low dose levetiracetam.