Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: A summary of the Thirteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XIII)

Meir Bialer*, Svein I. Johannessen, René H. Levy, Emilio Perucca, Torbjörn Tomson, H. Steve White

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Abstract

The Thirteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XIII) took place in Madrid, Spain, on June 26–29, 2016, and was attended by >200 delegates from 31 countries. The present Progress Report provides an update on experimental and clinical results for drugs presented at the Conference. Compounds for which summary data are presented include an AED approved in 2016 (brivaracetam), 12 drugs in phase I–III clinical development (adenosine, allopregnanolone, bumetanide, cannabidiol, cannabidivarin, 2-deoxy-d-glucose, everolimus, fenfluramine, huperzine A, minocycline, SAGE-217, and valnoctamide) and 6 compounds or classes of compounds for which only preclinical data are available (bumetanide derivatives, sec-butylpropylacetamide, FV-082, 1OP-2198, NAX 810-2, and SAGE-689). Overall, the results presented at the Conference show that considerable efforts are ongoing into discovery and development of AEDs with potentially improved therapeutic profiles compared with existing agents. Many of the drugs discussed in this report show innovative mechanisms of action and many have shown promising results in patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsies, including previously neglected rare and severe epilepsy syndromes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-221
Number of pages41
JournalEpilepsia
Volume58
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2017

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Publisher Copyright:
Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2017 International League Against Epilepsy

Keywords

  • Antiepileptic drugs
  • Drug development
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy targets

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