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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages 1-8Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.06.022
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Electroencephalogram (EEG); Exacerbation; Focal epilepsy; Interictal epileptiform discharge (IED); Lacosamide (LCM); Seizure
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The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of lacosamide (LCM) on interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) and evaluate the relationships between IEDs and seizure outcome in pediatric patients with focal epilepsy. The study results showed that the effects of LCM on the number of IEDs may be unrelated to seizure outcome. LCM may be ineffective at improving seizure outcomes in patients with multiple regional or diffuse IEDs.
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of lacosamide (LCM) on interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) and evaluate the relationships between IEDs and seizure outcome in pediatric patients with focal epilepsy. Methods: Patient inclusion criteria included (1) newly diagnosed focal epilepsy with unknown etiology; and (2) electroencephalogram recorded twice (before and after starting LCM) under the same conditions. The difference between the highest number of IEDs over five successive minutes (IEDs/5 min) and the location of IEDs was determined. Seizure outcome was evaluated one year after achieving the maintenance dose of LCM. Responders were identified as showing a >50% reduction in the pre-LCM seizure frequency. Results: Of 22 patients, 10 showed an increase in IEDs/5 min after starting LCM. The median IEDs/5 min before and after starting LCM was not significantly different, at 1.5 (interquartile range: 0, 31.75) and 10.5 (0, 80.5), respectively. No relationship was identified between the difference in IEDs/5 min and seizure outcome. Patients with multiple regional or diffuse IEDs had significantly poorer seizure outcome compared with patients without those IEDs (P = 0.036 and P = 0.039, respectively). Of 10 patients with single regional IEDs, a tendency of IEDs to disappear was observed between patients with frontal and non-frontal IEDs. Conclusion: The effects of LCM on the number of IEDs may be unrelated to seizure outcome. LCM may be ineffective at improving seizure outcomes in patients with multiple regional or diffuse IEDs. & COPY; 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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