Research projects in epilepsy
SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital now has 3 research projects in progress on themes related to epilepsy in children and adolescents.
- Prospective study: mood and neurobehavioural disorders in children with new/recent onset epilepsy.
- Pilot study on the frequency of care difficulties in patients with epilepsy: detection, relation to demographic and clinical variables, effect of pharmacological treatment with methylphenidate.
- Mood and neurobehavioural disorders in children with new/recent onset epilepsy: a Lyon_Barcelona_Bologna longitudinal study.
Clinical trials with antiepileptic drugs
- Efficacy and safety of brivaracetam as added treatment in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy between the ages of 1 month and 16 years.
- Efficacy and safety of pregabalin as added treatment in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy between the ages of 1 month to 4 years.
- Efficacy and safety of fenfluramine as added treatment in paediatric patients with Dravet Syndrome.