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2020 Aug 18


J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

Efficacy and safety of adjunctive lacosamide in the treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

Authors

Vossler DG, Knake S, O'Brien TJ, Watanabe M, Brock M, Steiniger-Brach B, Williams P, Roebling R
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Aug 18.
PMID: 32817358.

Abstract

To evaluate efficacy and safety of lacosamide (up to 12 mg/kg/day or 400 mg/day) as adjunctive treatment for uncontrolled primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures (PGTCS) in patients (≥4 years) with idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE).