Osborne, John P;
Edwards, Stuart W;
Alber, Fabienne Dietrich;
Hancock, Eleanor;
Johnson, Anthony L;
Kennedy, Colin R;
Likeman, Marcus;
... O'Callaghan, FinbarJ K; + view all
(2023)
Prednisolone or tetracosactide depot for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome? A prospective analysis of data embedded within two randomised controlled trials.
European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
, 42
pp. 110-116.
10.1016/j.ejpn.2022.12.007.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report a prospectively planned analysis of two randomised controlled trials with embedded comparisons of prednisolone versus tetracosactide depot for the treatment of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS). METHODS: Individual patient data from patients randomly allocated to prednisolone or tetracosactide depot were analysed from two trials (UKISS, ICISS). The comparison was embedded within trials in which some patients also received vigabatrin but only patients receiving monotherapy with randomly allocated hormonal treatments are included in this analysis. The main outcome was cessation of spasms (Days 13-14 after randomisation). Lead time to treatment and underlying aetiology were taken into account. Cessation of spasms on Days 14-42 inclusive, electroclinical response (EEG Day 14), plus developmental and epilepsy outcomes (at 14 months in UKISS and 18 months in ICISS) are also reported. Minimum treatment was prednisolone 40 mg per day for two weeks or tetracosactide depot 0·5 mg IM on alternate days for two weeks, all followed by a reducing dose of prednisolone over two weeks. RESULTS: 126 infants were included in this study. On tetracosactide depot, 47 of 62 (76%) were free of spasms on Days 13-14 compared to 43 of 64 (67%) on prednisolone (difference 9%, 95% CI -7·2% to +25·2%, chi square 1·15, p = 0·28). For Day 14-42 cessation of spasms, on tetracosactide depot, 41 of 61 (67%) were free of spasms compared to 35 of 62 (56%) on prednisolone (difference 11%, 95% CI -6·4% to +28·4%, chi square 1·51, p = 0·22). There was no significant difference in mean VABS score between infants who received prednisolone compared with those who received tetracosactide depot (74·8 (SD 18·3) versus 78·0 (SD 20·2) t = -0·91 p = 0·36). The proportion with ongoing epilepsy at the time of developmental assessment was 20 of 61 (33%) in the tetracosactide group compared with 26 out of 63 (41%) in the prednisolone group (difference 8%, 95% CI -9·2% to +25·2%, Chi [2] 0·95, p = 0·33). SIGNIFICANCE: With hormone monotherapy, either prednisolone or tetracosactide depot may be recommended for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Prednisolone or tetracosactide depot for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome? A prospective analysis of data embedded within two randomised controlled trials |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejpn.2022.12.007 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpn.2022.12.007 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Paediatric Neurology Society under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Prednisolone, Tetracosactide, Randomised controlled trial, United Kingdom Infantile spasms study, International collaborative infantile spasms study, Infantile spasms, Epileptic spasms, West syndrome, Infantile epileptic spasm syndrome |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10163537 |
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