Evaluating the Occurrence of Adverse Events Among Pediatric Patients Exposed to IV Lacosamide Using Real World Data


dc.contributorUCB Pharma (United States)
dc.contributor.authorKalilani, Linda
dc.contributor.otherUCB Pharma (United States)
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-25T21:12:03Z
dc.descriptionEpilepsy affects the pediatric population with an estimated prevalence of 6.8 per 1,000 insured children. Newly introduced antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may be used off-label in children with epilepsy before completion of pediatric regulatory studies, creating an opportunity to evaluate the real-world use and safety of these drugs in children to support the pediatric clinical trial program. Vimpat® (lacosamide, LCM) is an AED that selectively enhances the slow inactivation of voltage-gated sodium channels without affecting rapid inactivation. It is available as oral solution, oral tablet, and intravenous (IV) solution. It is currently approved in USA for use as oral solution, oral tablet in patients over 4 years of age and as IV solution in patients over 16 years of age as an alternative to oral administration. Vimpat® was approved on October 2008 and first introduced to the market in 2009. IV use of lacosamide in children over four years is however authorized in the EU; its benefit risk profile is assessed as favorable by UCB and by the EU Health Authorities. Vimpat® injection is only indicated in USA for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in adults (17 years of age and older). Vimpat® dosage in adult patients can be started with the recommended initial dosage (as monotherapy 100 mg twice daily; as adjunctive therapy 50 mg twice daily) followed by a titration regimen (increase by 50 mg twice daily every week). Alternatively, it may be initiated with a single loading dose of 200 mg. The use of a loading dose in pediatric patients for Vimpat® (lacosamide, LCM) has not been studied yet. The purpose of the present study is to characterize further the safety of IV LCM in a pediatric population by using available data from electronic healthcare databases.
dc.description.abstractStudy to characterize further the safety of IV Vimpat® (lacosamide, LCM) in a pediatric population by using available data from electronic healthcare databases and investigate the use of a loading dose and detection of targeted toxicities.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14642/865
dc.publisherPEDSnet
dc.relation.isreferencedbyFong SL, Utidjian L, Kaur M, Abend NS, et al. September 2023. "Safety of intravenous lacosamide in hospitalized children and neonates". _Epilepsia_. 64(9):2297-2309. DOI: [10.1111/epi.17676](doi.org/10.1111/epi.17676)
dc.rightsa CC-BY 4.0 Attribution license.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectPEDSnet Data Source
dc.subjectIndustry-Funded Research
dc.subject.meshEpilepsy
dc.subject.meshOutcome Assessment, Health Care
dc.subject.meshAnticonvulsants
dc.subject.meshCentral Nervous System Agents
dc.subject.meshPharmacological Agents
dc.subject.meshLacosimide
dc.subject.meshNervous System Diseases
dc.subject.meshPharmacology
dc.titleEvaluating the Occurrence of Adverse Events Among Pediatric Patients Exposed to IV Lacosamide Using Real World Data
dc.title.alternative2021.KALL.IND.DCC
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local.admin.noteStudy PM: , Study Analysts: Kim Dickinson, Mitch Maltenfort https://atlassian.chop.edu/jira/browse/STUD-489
local.contributor.siteLeadPEDSnet Data Coordinating Center
local.contributor.sitesNationwide Children�s Hospital
local.contributor.sitesChildren�s Hospital of Philadelphia
local.contributor.sitesCincinnati Children�s Hospital Medical Center
local.contributor.sitesChildren�s Hospital Colorado
local.contributor.sitesNemours Children�s Health
local.contributor.sitesSt. Louis Children�s Hospital
local.contributor.sitesSeattle Children�s Hospital
project.endDateUnknown
project.startDate2021
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