The NeurologyLive® epilepsy clinical focus page provides information, podcasts, videos, and news about the latest FDA actions, clinical guideline updates, study and clinical trial findings, and interviews with physicians related to epilepsy and related epileptic conditions, including Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome, tuberous sclerosis complex, focal seizures, nonmotor seizures, and more.
August 26th 2025
Spanning across the United Kingdom, the United States, European Union, and Japan, the global phase 3 EMPEROR study of zorevunersen is expected to have data readout by the end of 2027.
Treatment Disparities, Neurologic Complications Clarified by COVID-19 Neurological Research
April 19th 2021The 2021 AAN Meeting Hot Topics plenary focused on neurological facets of COVID-19, and featured insight from Anthony Fauci, MD, of NIAID, and Walter Koroshetz, MD, of NINDS, among others.
Investigators Identify Links Between Clinical Seizure Characteristics and Continuous EEG
April 16th 2021Critically ill patients who were obtunded, stuporous, or comatose had pediatric lateralized epileptiform discharges, and acute brain insults were among many clinical characteristics to benefit from longer EEG.
Increased Levels of Status Epilepticus Result in Worse Overall Outcomes, Higher Costs
April 12th 2021Patients with highly refractory status epilepticus had greater median hospital length stays as well as greater median hospital costs compared to patients with moderate or low refractory status epilepticus.
World Coma Day and the State of Coma Care: Wendy Ziai, MD, MPH
April 8th 2021The professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins University, and a member of the Curing Coma Campaign’s Scientific Steering Committee shared her insight into the current management of coma and the need for better prognostication.