Levetiracetam and Pregabalin for Monotherapy in Patients With Brain Tumors and Seizures. A Phase II Randomized Study.
OBJECTIVES:
- To determine the safety and efficacy of antiepileptic drug monotherapy comprising
levetiracetam or pregabalin in treating seizures in patients undergoing chemotherapy
and/or radiotherapy for primary brain tumors.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive levetiracetam.
- Arm II: Patients receive pregabalin. Patients are followed at 2 weeks, 2 months, 6
months, and then at 1 year.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Survival without occurrence of status epilepticus, 2 seizures with consciousness impairment, need to add a second antiepileptic drug (AED) (except transitory benzodiazepine), and need to discontinue study drug for lack of efficacy or adverse events
baseline to visit at 12 months
Yes
Andrea O. Rossetti, MD
Principal Investigator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Switzerland: Swissmedic
CDR0000586523
NCT00629889
February 2008
May 2013
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