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ReviewEpilepsia2026

Progress report on new epilepsy treatments: A summary of the Eighteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XVIII). I. Treatments in preclinical and early clinical development.

Meir Bialer, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Matthias J Koepp, Emilio Perucca, Piero Perucca, Torbjörn Tomson, H Steve White, Elaine Wirrell

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Review in Epilepsia, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Meir BialerInstitute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and David R. Bloom Center for Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2046-4171
Cecilie Johannessen LandmarkDepartment of Pharmacy, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0877-8912
Matthias J KoeppResearch Department of Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-8000
Emilio PeruccaEpilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine (Austin Health), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8703-223X
Piero PeruccaEpilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine (Austin Health), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7855-7066
Torbjörn TomsonDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-5352
H Steve WhiteCenter for Epilepsy Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4550-4408
Elaine WirrellDivisions of Child and Adolescent Neurology and Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3015-8282

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last 34 years, the Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices has provided an interactive forum for stakeholders to discuss investigational and recently licensed treatments for seizures and epilepsy. The Eighteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XVIII) took place in Madrid, Spain, on May 3-6, 2026. This article provides summaries of eight treatments in preclinical and early clinical development that were presented at EILAT XVIII. These include AUT00206, a positive allosteric modulator of Kv3.1 and Kv3.2 voltage-gated potassium channels in development for the treatment of rare epilepsy syndromes as well as neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders; ION283, an antisense oligonucleotide designed to suppress the expression of glycogen synthase 1, under investigation for the treatment of Lafora disease; MSCA-7136, a selective allosteric RAS/mitogen-activated protein kinase-extracellular signal regulated kinase (MEK) inhibitor being developed for the treatment of focal seizures associated with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex; OV329, a selective inhibitor of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) aminotransferase, in development for the treatment of drug-resistant focal seizures; PTI5803 (probenecid), an uricosuric agent and a blocker of pannexin 1 channels, repurposed as a treatment for seizures associated with focal cortical dysplasia; simufilam, a filamin A modulator under investigation for the treatment of tuberous sclerosis complex-related epilepsy; SN-2000, a selective allosteric phosphodiesterase 4B inhibitor, in development for the treatment of focal seizures; and sodium selenate, a promoter of the dephosphorylation of pathological hyperphosphorylated tau in the brain, under investigation as a disease-modifying agent in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Treatments in more advanced clinical development are discussed in an accompanying article.

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AnticonvulsantsDrug DevelopmentEpilepsyAnimalsHumansAnticonvulsantsanti‐seizure medicationsAUT‐00206drug developmentepilepsyION283MSCA‐7136OV329PTI5803 (probenecid)simufilamSN‐2000sodium selenate

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PMID42470358
PMCPMC13675778

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