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ArticleZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics2022

Efficacy and safety of switching from brand-name to domestic generic levetiracetam in children with epilepsy.

Ming-Juan Liang, Wei-Feng Qiu, Jing-Wen Zhang, Xue-Ping Li, Gang-An Shi, Qiong-Xiang Zhai, Yu-Xin Zhang, Zhi-Hong Chen

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Article in Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming-Juan LiangSecond School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Wei-Feng Qiu
Jing-Wen Zhang
Xue-Ping Li
Gang-An Shi
Qiong-Xiang Zhai
Yu-Xin Zhang
Zhi-Hong ChenSecond School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo study the efficacy and safety of domestic generic levetiracetam in replacement of brand-name levetiracetam in the treatment of children with epilepsy.

methodsA retrospective analysis was performed on the medical data of 154 children with epilepsy who received domestic generic levetiracetam in the inpatient or outpatient service of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital from May 2019 to December 2020. Domestic generic levetiracetam and brand-name levetiracetam were compared in terms of efficacy and safety.

resultsFor these 154 children, the epilepsy control rate was 77.3% (119/154) at baseline. At 6 months after switching to domestic generic levetiracetam, the epilepsy control rate reached 83.8% (129/154), which showed a significant increase (

conclusionsSwitching from brand-name to generic levetiracetam is safe and effective and holds promise for clinical application, but more prospective randomized controlled trials are required in future.

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EpilepsyChildHumansLevetiracetamProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSeizuresLevetiracetamBrand-name drugChildEpilepsyGeneric drugLevetiracetamSwitching treatment

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PMID35351259
PMCPMC8974645
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