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What is Talampanel?

A Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Assess the Efficacy, Tolerability and Safety of Talampanel in Subjects With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 16 10 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Participate in clinical trial 2 2 Efficacy_none
drug trail 2 1 Efficacy_none

See all 9 patients currently taking Talampanel

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 2
Mild
 2
None
 6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Talampanel

Dizziness 3
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 2
Depression with increased dosage 1
disequalibrium 1
thick, raspy speech 1
Lethargy 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Talampanel (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 58%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 33%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 17%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 17%
Other 2   Other: 17%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Talampanel

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Talampanel

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Talampanel

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Talampanel

Always
 9 75%
Usually
 1 8%
Sometimes
 1 8%
Never
 1 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Talampanel

Very
 1 8%
Somewhat
 1 8%
A little
 3 25%
Not at all
 7 58%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Talampanel

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 7 100%

Report created on February 11, 2012.