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Sachdeo, Rajesh C., Leroy, Robert F., Krauss, Gregory L., Drake, Miles E., Green, Philip M., Leppik, Ilo E., Shu, Vincent S., Ringham, Gary L., Sommerville, Kenneth W. |
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Archives of Neurology; May 1997, Vol. 54 Issue: 5 p595-601, 7p |
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 2 regimens of tiagabine as add-on therapy for patients with complex partial seizures (CPSs) that are refractory to other treatment. DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled, add-on, parallel-group trial with an 8-week baseline period, 12-week experimental period (4 weeks of dose titration and 8 weeks of fixed-dose therapy), and 4-week termination period. SETTING: Twenty-six centers throughout the United States. PATIENTS: Three hundred fifty-one patients were enrolled, 318 were entered in the double-blind period, and 271 completed the study. INTERVENTIONS: Tiagabine, 16 mg 2 times per day (106 patients); tiagabine, 8 mg 4 times daily (105 patients); and placebo (107 patients). The doses of tiagabine were titrated in 3 steps to the fixed dose. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The median change in the 4-week rate of CPSs from baseline to experimental period. RESULTS: The median change from baseline was −1.6 CPSs per 4 weeks in the group of patients who were given tiagabine 2 times per day, and it was −1.2 CPSs in the group of patients who were given tiagabine 4 times per day (P=.06 and P=.02, respectively, compared with placebo). The 4-week seizure frequency was reduced by 50% or more in 31% of the patients who were given tiagabine 2 times per day and in 27% of the patients who were given tiagabine 4 times per day vs 10% of the placebo-treated patients (P≤.001 for each tiagabine-treated group compared with the placebo group). The most frequent adverse events involved the central nervous system and occurred in comparable proportions in the 3 treatment groups. Similar proportions of patients discontinued the study prematurely for adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: Tiagabine administered 2 and 4 times daily as add-on pharmacotherapy was effective in reducing CPSs in patients with epilepsy whose conditions were refractory to treatment with other antiepileptic agents, and it was well tolerated. |
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