Updated Clinical Guidelines on the Ketogenic Diet in Children with Epilepsy

The 36-month CORE-VNS study findings showed sustained seizure reduction, improved quality of life, and reduced seizure-related hospitalizations among people with drug-resistant epilepsy receiving vagus nerve stimulation therapy.

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Newly presented post hoc analyses examined diazepam nasal spray for status epilepticus in seizure clusters and intervals between clusters in children, alongside real-world data on rescue medication prescribing.

A retrospective 10-center U.S. study found stiripentol reduced convulsive seizure frequency, status epilepticus episodes, and emergency health care use in patients with Dravet syndrome.

A phase 1b/2 trial is testing an intrathecal antisense oligonucleotide designed to lower KCNT1 expression in children with a severe, drug-resistant epilepsy syndrome.

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Terry Livingston, PharmD, vice president of medical affairs at Octave Bioscience, discussed the evolving role of blood-based biomarkers in multiple sclerosis care.

New biomarker data showed smaller post-onset increases in plasma neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein with privosegtor added to steroids in patients with acute optic neuritis.