A Pooled Analysis of lacosamide clinical trial data grouped by mechanism of action of concomitant antiepileptic drugs

CNS Drugs

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1055-1068

  Sake, John Kenneth ^a   Hebert, David ^b   Isojrvi, Jouko ^b   Doty, Pamela ^b   De Backer, Marc ^a   Davies, Kendra ^a   Eggert Formella, Andrea ^a   Zackheim, James ^a  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

^b Triangle Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs, therapeutic use; Epilepsy; Lacosamide, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COORDINATION DISORDER; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649357007     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11587550-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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