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| Efficacy of Lacosamide Tablets Combined with Levetiracetam Tablets in the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy |
| SUI Ruibin, GUO Cancan, XUE Hongfei, GAO Lan, YANG Yahong, FAN Jinlin, GUO Dayun |
| Department of Neurology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Henan 453000 |
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Abstract 【Objective】 To investigate the efficacy of lacosamide tablets combined with levetiracetam tablets in the treatment of drug-resistant focal epilepsy (DRE) and the impact on patients' cognitive function. 【Methods】 A total of 80 patients with DRE admitted to Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University from January 2022 to December 2024 were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 40 patients in each group. Patients in both groups continued to take their original antiepileptic drug regimens. The control group was additionally treated with levetiracetam tablets, while patients in the observation group received lacosamide tablets combined with levetiracetam tablets. Both groups were treated continuously for 6 months. Clinical efficacy, seizure frequency before and after treatment, cognitive function [assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score], and serum levels of S-100β protein and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) were compared between the two groups. 【Results】 The total clinical response rate in the observation group (95.00%) was higher than that in the control group (75.00%) (P<0.05). After treatment, seizure frequency and serum levels of S-100β and NSE decreased(all P<0.05), while MMSE and MoCA scores increased in both groups compared with those before treatment (all P<0.05). Moreover, the improvements in the above indicators were more significant in the observation group than in the control group (all P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 Lacosamide tablets combined with levetiracetam tablets can effectively improve clinical efficacy, reduce seizure frequency, improve cognitive function, and decrease serum S-100β and NSE levels in patients with DRE. The therapeutic efficacy of the combined therapy is superior to that of levetiracetam monotherapy.
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Received: 23 July 2025
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