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Cocito Dario

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Sustained seizure freedom with adjunctive brivaracetam in patients with focal onset seizures

2022

The maintenance of seizure control over time is a clinical priority in patients with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to assess the sustained seizure frequency reduction with adjunctive brivaracetam (BRV) in real-world practice. Patients with focal epilepsy prescribed add-on BRV were identified. Study outcomes included sustained seizure freedom and sustained seizure response, defined as a 100% and a ≥50% reduction in baseline seizure frequency that continued without interruption and without BRV withdrawal through the 12-month follow-up. Nine hundred ninety-four patients with a median age of 45 (interquartile range = 32-56) years were included. During the 1-year study period, sustained se…

AdultFreedomfocal seizuresEpilepsiesSettore MED/26Double-Blind MethodDrug Therapyantiseizure medication; brivaracetam; focal seizures; seizure freedom; sodium channel blockers; Adult; Double-Blind Method; Drug Therapy Combination; Freedom; Humans; Middle Aged; Pyrrolidinones; Seizures; Treatment Outcome; Anticonvulsants; Epilepsies PartialSeizuresseizure freedomHumansanti-seizure medication; focal seizures; epilepsyantiseizure medicationbrivaracetamanti-seizure medicationMiddle AgedPyrrolidinonesTreatment OutcomeNeurologysodium channel blockersCombinationepilepsyDrug Therapy CombinationAnticonvulsantsNeurology (clinical)Epilepsies PartialPartial
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Atypical CIDP: diagnostic criteria, progression and treatment response. Data from the Italian CIDP Database

2019

ObjectivesA few variants of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) have been described, but their frequency and evolution to typical CIDP remain unclear. To determine the frequency and characteristics of the CIDP variants, their possible evolution to typical CIDP, and treatment response.MethodsWe applied a set of diagnostic criteria to 460 patients included in a database of Italian patients with CIDP. Clinical characteristics and treatment response were reviewed for each patient. The Kaplan-Meier curve was used to estimate the progression rate from atypical to typical CIDP.ResultsAt the time of inclusion, 376 (82%) patients had a diagnosis of typical CIDP while 84 …

AdultMaleTreatment responselewis-sumner syndromeAdolescentDatabases FactualDisease durationchronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; CIDP; diagnostic criteria; distal acquired demyelinating symmetric neuropathy; lewis-sumner syndrome; Surgery; Neurology (clinical); Psychiatry and Mental HealthKaplan-Meier EstimateCIDPcomputer.software_genreDisease courseYoung Adultlewis–sumner syndrome03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineHumansMedicineIn patientChildAgedRetrospective StudiesAged 80 and overchronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathyRetrospective reviewdistal acquired demyelinating symmetric neuropathyDatabasebusiness.industryPolyradiculoneuropathyMiddle Agedchronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; CIDP; diagnostic criteria; distal acquired demyelinating symmetric neuropathy; lewis-sumner syndromemedicine.diseasePsychiatry and Mental healthchronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; CIDP; diagnostic criteria; distal acquired demyelinating symmetric neuropathy; lewis-sumner syndrome; surgery; neurology ; psychiatry and mental healthItalyPolyradiculoneuropathy Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinatingdiagnostic criteriaDisease ProgressionFemaleSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaSurgeryProgression rateNeurology (clinical)CIDP; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; diagnostic criteria; distal acquired demyelinating symmetric neuropathy; lewis–sumner syndromebusinesscomputer030217 neurology & neurosurgeryJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
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Adjunctive Brivaracetam in Older Patients with Focal Seizures: Evidence from the BRIVAracetam add‑on First Italian netwoRk Study (BRIVAFIRST).

2022

BACKGROUND: The management of epilepsy in older adults has become part of daily practice because of an aging population. Older patients with epilepsy represent a distinct and more vulnerable clinical group as compared with younger patients, and they are generally under-represented in randomized placebo-controlled trials. Real-world studies can therefore be a useful complement to characterize the drug's profile. Brivaracetam is a rationally developed compound characterized by high-affinity binding to synaptic vesicle protein 2A and approved as adjunctive therapy for focal seizures in adults with epilepsy. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the 12-month effectiveness and tolerabil…

Antiseizure medicationEpilepsySettore MED/26PyrrolidinonesFocal seizuresTreatment OutcomeDrug TherapyDouble-Blind MethodItalySeizuresBrivaracetamCombinationAntiseizure medication; Brivaracetam; Focal seizuresAged; Double-Blind Method; Drug Therapy Combination; Humans; Italy; Pyrrolidinones; Retrospective Studies; Seizures; Treatment Outcome; Anticonvulsants; EpilepsyHumansPharmacology (medical)Settore MED/26 - NeurologiaAnticonvulsantsDrug Therapy CombinationGeriatrics and GerontologyAgedRetrospective StudiesDrugsaging
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