Response to treatment in a prospective national infantile spasms cohort.

TitleResponse to treatment in a prospective national infantile spasms cohort.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsKnupp KG, Coryell J, Nickels KC, Ryan N, Leister E, Loddenkemper T, Grinspan Z, Hartman AL, Kossoff EH, Gaillard WD, Mytinger JR, Joshi S, Shellhaas RA, Sullivan J, Dlugos D, Hamikawa L, Berg AT, Millichap J, Nordli DR, Wirrell E
Corporate AuthorsPediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium
JournalAnn Neurol
Volume79
Issue3
Pagination475-84
Date Published2016 Mar
ISSN1531-8249
KeywordsAdministration, Oral, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Anticonvulsants, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Spasms, Infantile, United States, Vigabatrin
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Infantile spasms are seizures associated with a severe epileptic encephalopathy presenting in the first 2 years of life, and optimal treatment continues to be debated. This study evaluates early and sustained response to initial treatments and addresses both clinical remission and electrographic resolution of hypsarrhythmia. Secondarily, it assesses whether response to treatment differs by etiology or developmental status.

METHODS: The National Infantile Spasms Consortium established a multicenter, prospective database enrolling infants with new diagnosis of infantile spasms. Children were considered responders if there was clinical remission and resolution of hypsarrhythmia that was sustained at 3 months after first treatment initiation. Standard treatments of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), oral corticosteroids, and vigabatrin were considered individually, and all other nonstandard therapies were analyzed collectively. Developmental status and etiology were assessed. We compared response rates by treatment group using chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression models.

RESULTS: Two hundred thirty infants were enrolled from 22 centers. Overall, 46% of children receiving standard therapy responded, compared to only 9% who responded to nonstandard therapy (pā€‰<ā€‰0.001). Fifty-five percent of infants receiving ACTH as initial treatment responded, compared to 39% for oral corticosteroids, 36% for vigabatrin, and 9% for other (pā€‰<ā€‰0.001). Neither etiology nor development significantly modified the response pattern by treatment group.

INTERPRETATION: Response rate varies by treatment choice. Standard therapies should be considered as initial treatment for infantile spasms, including those with impaired development or known structural or genetic/metabolic etiology. ACTH appeared to be more effective than other standard therapies.

DOI10.1002/ana.24594
Alternate JournalAnn. Neurol.
PubMed ID26704170
PubMed Central IDPMC5902168
Grant ListK23 NS092923 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States
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