LevetIracetam in Patients Being Treated for Epilepsy

NCT ID: NCT02356731

Last Updated: 2017-01-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

450 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-03-31

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases.Approximately 53 million people suffering from chronic recurrent epilepsy in 1990 and that number increased about 58 million in 2005.

The annual incidence of epilepsy varies considerably in different epidemiological studies, ranging from 11 cases per 100,000 general population to 230 cases per 100,000 people.

To date there has been discovered the ideal Antiepileptic Drugs. The drug, ie, that are safe and effective, it has good daily administration frequency, easily administered from all roads, which has high bioavailability, which is not highly bound to proteins, and not holding inductive or inhibitory effect.

Detailed Description

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There are broad-spectrum anticonvulsant, which means that a drug can be very effective for a patient, but may or may not regulate and increase the frequency of another crisis. Thus there remains now only to choose one among a number of drugs, the most appropriate.This study intends to register within 12 months clinical practice in Greek reality as regards the elements of diagnosis and management of patients with epilepsy and those who already are, or are part of treatment with levetiracetam.

The aims of this clinical study is to record data on

* the diagnosis
* The management of epilepsy in daily clinical practice in a sample of Greek population
* The monitoring of patients entering or already undergoing treatment with levetiracetam.
* The assessment of quality of life between visits of the study by using quality of life QOLIE-31 questionnaire
* The economic evaluation of the change in treatment from original to generic levetiracetam This is a data recording study and evaluation of treatment with levetiracetam. The study will take place in 15 antiepileptic centers throughout Greece. Researchers will have to successively record all incidents of patients (30 per center) with epilepsy, which are new diagnoses or already diagnosed and are treated with levetiracetam.

Conditions

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Epilepsy

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Outpatients
* Males and Females
* Age\> 6 years
* Patients diagnosed with epilepsy or
* Patients who are diagnosed and treated with antiepileptic treatment levetiracetam
* Patients who consent to their participation in the study
* Patients will comply with the requirements and procedures of the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who did not consent to their participation in the study
* Patients who will not comply to the needs and the design process
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Elpen Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Gennimatas General State Hospital

Athens, Attica, Greece

Site Status

Papageorgiou Hospital

Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Site Status

Countries

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Greece

References

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Hauser WA. Recent developments in the epidemiology of epilepsy. Acta Neurol Scand Suppl. 1995;162:17-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00493.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7495183 (View on PubMed)

Sander JW, Shorvon SD. Epidemiology of the epilepsies. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1996 Nov;61(5):433-43. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.61.5.433. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8965090 (View on PubMed)

Piperidou H, Terzoudi A, Vorvolakos T, Davis E, Heliopoulos I, Vadikolias K, Giassakis G, Aggelopoulos P, Georgios G, Karlovasitou A. The Greek version of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31). Qual Life Res. 2006 Jun;15(5):833-9. doi: 10.1007/s11136-005-5149-9.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16721643 (View on PubMed)

3. Hauser WA. Incidence and prevalence. In: ENGEL J Jr., PEDLEY A eds. Epilepsy: a comprehensive textbook. Philadelphia: Lippincot-Raven Publishers, 1997; 47-57

Reference Type RESULT

ILAE Commission Report. The epidemiology of the epilepsies: future directions. International League Against Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 1997 May;38(5):614-8. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 9184609 (View on PubMed)

Hart YM, Sander JW, Johnson AL, Shorvon SD. National General Practice Study of Epilepsy: recurrence after a first seizure. Lancet. 1990 Nov 24;336(8726):1271-4. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)92960-p.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 1978114 (View on PubMed)

8. ENGEL J Jr. The epilepsies. In: Wyngaarden JB, Smith LH, Claude Bennet J (eds) Cecil Textbook of Medicine. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1992:2202-2213

Reference Type RESULT

Triantafyllou NI, Zalonis I, Kokotis P, Anthracopoulos M, Siafacas A, Malliara S, Hamburger HL, Papageorgiou C. Cognition in epilepsy: a multichannel event related potential (P300) study. Acta Neurol Scand. 1992 Nov;86(5):462-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1992.tb05124.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 1481627 (View on PubMed)

Trimble MR. Anticonvulsant drugs and cognitive function: a review of the literature. Epilepsia. 1987;28 Suppl 3:S37-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1987.tb05776.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 3319542 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2015-LVT-EL-54

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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