The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of open-label lacosamide in patients with refractory sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy. The study was a case review of eight patients with refractory sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy treated with lacosamide. Seizure diaries compared the mean baseline seizure frequency with the most recent 3 months of follow-up. Five (62.5%) patients were responders, defined as ≥50% reduction in seizure frequency, over a mean duration of exposure of 21.5 months. The mean maintenance dose of lacosamide was 400 mg/day. No-one reported worsening of seizures. Lacosamide was well tolerated with initial fatigue being the main side-effect. Lacosamide is a potentially efficacious adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy. A double-blind placebo-controlled study would determine its efficacy.
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Samarasekera, S. R., Berkovic, S. F., & Scheffer, I. E. (2018). A case series of lacosamide as adjunctive therapy in refractory sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (previously nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy). Journal of Sleep Research, 27(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12669
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