A pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of levetiracetam and zonisamide versus standard treatments for epilepsy: a comparison of Standard And New Antiepileptic Drugs (SANAD-II)
Overview
- Phase
- 未知
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Topic: Medicines for Children Research Network, Neurological
- Sponsor
- niversity of Liverpool (UK)
- Enrollment
- 1510
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
2020 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32847927/ protocol (added 02/09/2020) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33838757/ results for newly diagnosed focal epilepsy (added 13/04/2021) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33838758/ results for newly diagnosed generalised and unclassifiable epilepsy (added 13/04/2021) 2021 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34225782/ sub study on methods (added 07/07/2021) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34931602/ HTA report (added 22/12/2021)
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. Male and female aged 5 years or older
- •2\. Two or more spontaneous seizures that require antiepileptic drug treatment
- •3\. Untreated and not previously treated with antiepileptic drugs
- •4\. Antiepileptic drug monotherapy considered the most appropriate option
- •5\. Willing to provide consent (patients parent/legal representative willing to give consent where the patient is aged under 16 years of age)
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. Provoked seizures (e.g. alcohol)
- •2\. Acute symptomatic seizures (e.g. acute brain haemorrhage or brain injury)
- •3\. Currently treated with antiepileptic drugs
- •4\. Progressive neurological disease (e.g. known brain tumour)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified