Immunotherapy in Intractable Cryptogenic Epilepsy Patients With Autoimmune Antibody

Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate effect of immunotherapy in intractable cryptogenic epilepsy patients with autoimmune antibody.

Timeline

Start

2015-09

Primary completion

2016-12

Completion

2016-12

Publications

• Background Shorvon SD. The etiologic classification of epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2011 Jun;52(6):1052-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03041.x. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
• Background Dalmau J, Rosenfeld MR. Paraneoplastic syndromes of the CNS. Lancet Neurol. 2008 Apr;7(4):327-40. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70060-7.
• Background Dalmau J, Rosenfeld MR. Autoimmune encephalitis update. Neuro Oncol. 2014 Jun;16(6):771-8. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nou030. Epub 2014 Mar 16.
• Background Shin YW, Lee ST, Shin JW, Moon J, Lim JA, Byun JI, Kim TJ, Lee KJ, Kim YS, Park KI, Jung KH, Lee SK, Chu K. VGKC-complex/LGI1-antibody encephalitis: clinical manifestations and response to immunotherapy. J Neuroimmunol. 2013 Dec 15;265(1-2):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Oct 17.
• Background Titulaer MJ, McCracken L, Gabilondo I, Armangue T, Glaser C, Iizuka T, Honig LS, Benseler SM, Kawachi I, Martinez-Hernandez E, Aguilar E, Gresa-Arribas N, Ryan-Florance N, Torrents A, Saiz A, Rosenfeld MR, Balice-Gordon R, Graus F, Dalmau J. Treatment and prognostic factors for long-term outcome in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: an observational cohort study. Lancet Neurol. 2013 Feb;12(2):157-65. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70310-1. Epub 2013 Jan 3.
• Background Lim JA, Lee ST, Jung KH, Kim S, Shin JW, Moon J, Byun JI, Kim TJ, Shin YW, Lee KJ, Kim YS, Park KI, Lee SK, Chu K. Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis in Korea: clinical features, treatment, and outcome. J Clin Neurol. 2014 Apr;10(2):157-61. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2014.10.2.157. Epub 2014 Apr 23.
• Background Kim TJ, Lee ST, Shin JW, Moon J, Lim JA, Byun JI, Shin YW, Lee KJ, Jung KH, Kim YS, Park KI, Chu K, Lee SK. Clinical manifestations and outcomes of the treatment of patients with GABAB encephalitis. J Neuroimmunol. 2014 May 15;270(1-2):45-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.02.011. Epub 2014 Feb 28.
• Background Barajas RF, Collins DE, Cha S, Geschwind MD. Adult-onset drug-refractory seizure disorder associated with anti-voltage-gated potassium-channel antibody. Epilepsia. 2010 Mar;51(3):473-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02287.x. Epub 2009 Sep 22.
• Background Majoie HJ, de Baets M, Renier W, Lang B, Vincent A. Antibodies to voltage-gated potassium and calcium channels in epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. 2006 Oct;71(2-3):135-41. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.06.003. Epub 2006 Jul 25.
• Background Liimatainen S, Peltola M, Sabater L, Fallah M, Kharazmi E, Haapala AM, Dastidar P, Knip M, Saiz A, Peltola J. Clinical significance of glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2010 May;51(5):760-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02325.x. Epub 2009 Oct 8.
• Background Peltola J, Kulmala P, Isojarvi J, Saiz A, Latvala K, Palmio J, Savola K, Knip M, Keranen T, Graus F. Autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase in patients with therapy-resistant epilepsy. Neurology. 2000 Jul 12;55(1):46-50. doi: 10.1212/wnl.55.1.46.
• Background Bien CG. Value of autoantibodies for prediction of treatment response in patients with autoimmune epilepsy: review of the literature and suggestions for clinical management. Epilepsia. 2013 May;54 Suppl 2:48-55. doi: 10.1111/epi.12184.
• Background Toledano M, Britton JW, McKeon A, Shin C, Lennon VA, Quek AM, So E, Worrell GA, Cascino GD, Klein CJ, Lagerlund TD, Wirrell EC, Nickels KC, Pittock SJ. Utility of an immunotherapy trial in evaluating patients with presumed autoimmune epilepsy. Neurology. 2014 May 6;82(18):1578-86. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000383. Epub 2014 Apr 4.
• Background Brenner T, Sills GJ, Hart Y, Howell S, Waters P, Brodie MJ, Vincent A, Lang B. Prevalence of neurologic autoantibodies in cohorts of patients with new and established epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2013 Jun;54(6):1028-35. doi: 10.1111/epi.12127. Epub 2013 Mar 6.
• Background Iorio R, Assenza G, Tombini M, Colicchio G, Della Marca G, Benvenga A, Damato V, Rossini PM, Vollono C, Plantone D, Marti A, Batocchi AP, Evoli A. The detection of neural autoantibodies in patients with antiepileptic-drug-resistant epilepsy predicts response to immunotherapy. Eur J Neurol. 2015 Jan;22(1):70-8. doi: 10.1111/ene.12529. Epub 2014 Aug 12.

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