Efficacy and Safety of Eslicarbazepine Acetate (BIA 2-093) as Adjunctive Therapy for Refractory Partial Seizures

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Eslicarbazepine acetate (BIA 2-093) is an effective adjunct therapy in the treatment of refractory partial seizures

Timeline

Start

2008-12-02

Primary completion

2012-01-12

Completion

2012-01-12

Publications

• Andermann E, Rosenfeld W, Penovich P, Rogin J, Cendes F, Carreno M, Ramsay RE, Ben-Menachem E, Gama H, Rocha F, Soares-da-Silva P, Tosiello R, Blum D, Grinnell T. Comparative analysis of the safety and tolerability of eslicarbazepine acetate in older (>/=60 years) and younger (18-59 years) adults. Epilepsy Res. 2021 Jan;169:106478. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2020.106478. Epub 2020 Oct 10.
• Cramer JA, Colman S, Anastassopoulos KP, Grinnell T, Mehta D, Williams GR. Associations between seizure severity change and patient characteristics, changes in seizure frequency, and health-related quality of life in patients with focal seizures treated with adjunctive eslicarbazepine acetate: Post hoc analyses of clinical trial results. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Nov;112:107312. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107312. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

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