Efficacy and safety of perampanel as first adjunctive therapy in patients with focal‐onset seizures or generalized tonic‐clonic seizures in four post‐marketing studies across regions
This analysis looked at a medicine called perampanel and how well it works for people with epilepsy when it was one of the first medicines added to their regular seizure treatment. Data were collected from four separate studies that were done in South Korea, the United States, Germany, and Italy. Most patients had fewer seizures across all four studies after 6 months of treatment. The most common side effects reported in patients included dizziness and sleepiness. Perampanel worked well when used early during treatment, and most people were able to keep taking perampanel without significant difficulties.
Authors
- Anna Patten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1319-8680)
- Tobias Goldmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-9144)
- Ricardo Sáinz‐Fuertes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0980-5748)
- Stefano Meletti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0334-539X)
- Anna Gentile (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9106-7922)
- Amitabh Dash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9351-4021)
- Leock Y. Ngo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8184-1367)
- Bernhard J. Steinhoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-5862)
- Samantha Goldman
- Dinesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5488-951X)
- Vineet Punia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0552-6736)
Institutions
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Eisai (Germany) (DE)
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena (IT)
- Kulicke & Soffa (Singapore) (SG)
- Eisai (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Eisai (United States) (US)
- Diakonie Kork (DE)
- Eisai (Italy) (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsia Open
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.70183
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Eisai
- Eisai Korea