Preventing seizures with medication for brain tumors in movement area
Treatments studied
Part of Brain & nervous system, Cancer clinical trials.
This study tests whether giving a seizure medication (levetiracetam) to people with brain tumors in the movement area can prevent seizures. It compares taking the medication to not taking it, starting before any seizure occurs.
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Who can take part
- You must have a solid cancer that has spread to the brain, with at least one tumor in the movement area that is at least half a centimeter wide.
- You must be 18 years or older.
- You must be able to care for yourself (performance status 60 or higher).
- You must have had no seizures before (this study is for people who have never had a seizure).
- You must not be allergic to the study drug levetiracetam (Keppra).
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