Effects of Perampanel on Cognition and Electroencephalography in Patients With Epilepsy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2020-11-20
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Perampanel, a novel AED, has been recently authorized in Korea and worldwide as a treatment
of refractory partial-onset seizures with a new anti-epileptic mechanism of a selective
non-competitive antagonist of AMPA receptors.
Evaluating adverse effects during the introduction of new AED is often difficult since the
complaints are subjective and objective assessment is complicated due to the polytherapy.
Majority of previous studies are focused on quantitative analysis of EEG for taking new AEDs
because of the correlation of EEG analysis results and side effects of AED such as cognitive
slowing. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of perampanel on EEG in terms
of EEG background spectra and to evaluate perampanel effects by using subjective
questionnaires assessing depression, anxiety, sleep quality and fatigue.