Epilepsy

The lead investigator of the study and assistant professor of neurology at University of Colorado School of Medicine, Jacob Pellinen, MD, spoke to the importance of identifying nonmotor seizures.

A number of poster presentations suggest that fenfluramine (Fintepla; Zogenix) offers a high percentage of patients with Dravet syndrome an opportunity to reduce monthly convulsive seizure frequency

Despite the continual epilepsy treatment landscape growth, there are only a few if any approved therapies for rare developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.

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The director of the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center in Bethesda, Maryland, explained when and how prescription management changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

For those with nonmotor seizures at onset who developed seizures with motor involvement later, the median number of days to diagnosis from motor symptom onset was only 13 days, compared to 616 days for the overall nonmotor group.

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The director of the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center in Bethesda, Maryland, shared his thoughts on how technology has affected patient care and the patient-physician dynamic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Patients with neurologic disorders were more often older, male, white, hypertensive, diabetic, intubated, and had higher sequential organ failure assessment scores.

Topiramate oral solution is Eton’s third neurology product candidate submitted to the FDA, this time seeking 3 indications.

Sucheta M. Joshi, MD, MS, FAES, FAAP, and Nicholas Beimer, MD, discussed the reasons why EpiTRAQ may influence earlier discussions with patients prior to the epilepsy transition process.

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The director of the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center in Bethesda, Maryland, discussed whether certain epilepsy populations were affected greater by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center provided insight on the importance of treating TSC early, and how far away we are from prevention.

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Sucheta M. Joshi, MD, MS, and Nicholas Beimer, MD, outline how EpiTRAQ may be incorporated in future studies and what outcomes may be observed.

The Clinical Global Impression of Change and Caregiver Global Impression of Change scores suggest improvements extending beyond motor seizure frequency reduction in both patients with CDD and Dup15q.

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The use of statins was also associated with a reduced risk of SUDEP, but there were no reduced risks with SSRIs or other antidepressants, neuroleptics, or beta-blockers.

The primary objective of the trial is to demonstrate that lorcaserin has superior efficacy compared to placebo as measured by percent change in frequency of convulsive seizures per 28 days.