Demonstration of Group-Level and Individual-Level Efficacy Using Time-to-Event Designs for Clinical Trials of Antiseizure Medications

Time-to-Event Design in Clinical Trials and Efficacy of Anti-Epileptic Drugs at Group and Individual Levels Background The significance of anti-epileptic drugs (ASM) in treating refractory epilepsy cannot be ignored. However, the current parallel assignment, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (RCT) designs have been in use for many years, requiri...

The Role of EEG Microstates in Predicting Oxcarbazepine Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Newly-Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy

The Role of EEG Microstates in Predicting Oxcarbazepine Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Newly-Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy

The Role of EEG Microstates in Predicting the Therapeutic Outcomes of Oxcarbazepine in Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy Patients Introduction Background Focal epilepsy is the most common type of epilepsy, accounting for about 60% of all epilepsy cases. The selection of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) varies depending on the type of epilepsy. In the treatm...