Moderate-quality evidence suggested that levetiracetam was not significantly superior to phenytoin in seizure cessation in patients with established status epilepticus.
Ketogenic Diet
Ketogenic diet therapies in adults has expanded in the last two decades and has been accompanied by a surge of new retrospective as well as prospective studies evaluating its efficacy in adults with epilepsy.
Study finds that suicide risk was highest among youth with epilepsy, among other conditions. In addition, the odds of suicide decreased among those who had more mental health visits within the 30 days before the date of suicide.
CBD
XPhyto announced significant progress with respect to development of its cannabidiol-(CBD) based epilepsy product.
The findings of this study showed that emotional intelligence training led to improvement of happiness in patients with epilepsy.
Pediatric Epilepsy
The team completed enrollment significantly ahead of schedule in the placebo-controlled Phase 2 ELEKTRA trial in children with Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
This model may be useful in better understanding the seizure count fluctuations seen in patients in other clinical settings.
Genetics, Pediatric Epilepsy
This month’s research highlights feature promising work by former CURE Grantees and CURE partners on SUDEP, treatment-resistant epilepsy, and more.
This will also allow people to receive the RNS System before committing to an irreversible surgery such as laser ablation, while keeping their future treatment options open.
