Clinical Trial: Levetiracetam Treatment of Neonatal Seizures

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Levetiracetam Treatment of Neonatal Seizures: A Multi-Centre Randomized Blinded Controlled Study of the Efficacy of Oral Levetiracetam as First Line Treatment for Neonatal

Brief Summary: Current treatments for the brain damaging complication of neonatal seizures are unsatisfactory. A multi-centre Chinese clinical trials with the aim to using oral Levetiracetam to develop new treatment strategies for the treatment of neonatal seizures. The purpose of this study is to determine the correct oral dosing, safety and efficacy for oral Levetiracetam as first line treatment in term new born babies with seizures.