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Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: A summary of the Twelfth Eilat Conference (EILAT XII).

By March 11, 2015No Comments
2015 Mar;111:85-141. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.01.001. Epub 2015 Jan 19.

Abstract

pm1The Twelfth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs) – EILAT XII, took place in Madrid, Spain from August 31st to September 3rd 2014. About 130 basic scientists, clinical pharmacologists and neurologists from 22 countries attended the conference, whose main themes included “Conquering pharmacoresistant epilepsy”, “Innovative emergency treatments”, “Progress report on second-generation treatment” and “New methods and formulations”. Consistent with previous formats of this conference, a large part of the program was devoted to a review of AEDs in development, as well as updates on AEDs introduced since 2004. Like the EILAT X and EILAT XI reports, the current article focuses on the preclinical and clinical pharmacology of AEDs that are currently in development. These include adenosine-releasing silk, allopregnanolone (SAGE-547), AMP-X-0079, brivaracetam, bumetanide, cannabidiol, cannabidivarin, 2-deoxy-glucose, everolimus, ganaxolone, huperzine A, imepitoin, minocycline, NAX 801-2, pitolisant, PRX 0023, SAGE-217, valnoctamide and its homologue sec-butyl-propylacetamide (SPD), and VLB-01. Since the previous Eilat conference, perampanel has been introduced into the market and twelve novel potential epilepsy treatments are presented for the first time.
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KEYWORDS:

Antiepileptic drugs; Clinical trials; Conference; Drug development; Epilepsy; Pharmacology

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25769377

 

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