Comparative Trial of IV Lacosamide Versus Phenytoin for Seizure Management

Summary

The Investigator plans to perform a prospective, randomized, single blinded, study that will compare patients treated with IV lacosamide to those treated with Phenytoin in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) setting. The investigator will also evaluate the rate of clinically evident and sub-clinical seizures, and to compare long-term outcomes between patients treated with lacosamide and those treated with Phenytoin.

Timeline

Start

2014-08

Primary completion

2015-11

Completion

2015-11

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “due to slow recruitment and budgetary restraints study was prematurely terminated”

Drugs

Indications