Medicine to prevent or manage seizures after brain injury
Treatments studied
Part of Brain & nervous system, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study tests drug treatment strategies to reduce seizures after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It may help prevent new seizure problems or improve seizure control after certain types of brain injury events.
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Who can take part
- You are age 10 or older and have a traumatic brain injury treated in a neuro/special care unit (NSU).
- If you had an acute seizure during the hospital stay, you must have started phenytoin or levetiracetam for that seizure.
- If you did not have an acute seizure, you must be enrolled within 48 hours of arriving to the NSU.
- You must not have had epilepsy before your brain injury.
- You must not have been taking seizure medicines before the TBI, and you must not be prescribed a different seizure medicine instead of phenytoin or levetiracetam (for the “acute seizure” group).
- You must be willing to take the study medicine if it contains gelatin, and you must not have severe lactose intolerance or known allergy to the drug ingredients.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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