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. 2018 Jun 13;3(3):323–330. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12230

Table 1.

Summary of the retrospective studies regarding clobazam efficacy in status epilepticus

Author (year) Study type n Male, n (%) Age (years) History of seizures/epilepsy, n (%) SE type, n (%) Clobazam dose Order of initiation (excluding initial BDZ) Time from SE onset to clobazam initiation (day) SE control in CLB responders Response, n (%)
Madzar et al.3 (2016) Retrospective study of CLB use in SE 24 8 (33) 64 (52–72) 10 (41.7) RSE
NCSE 4 (16.7)
GCSE 8 (33.3)
CPSE 12 (50)
MD 20 (14–23) mg/day 4th (3rd–6th) 2 (3–6) Duration of SE 6 (4–36) days
CLB was the last agent added
6 (25)
Sivakumar et al.4 (2015) Retrospective study of CLB use in SE 17 10 (59) 63 (14–75) 11 (65) RSE
FSE 15 (88)
GCSE 2 (12)
Initial 10 (10–40) mg/day
MD 20 (10–60) mg/day
4th (3rd–7th) 4 (1–61) Remission within 24 h of CLB initiation 13 (76.5)
Lu et al.13 (2016) Retrospective study of pregnancy related SE 1 0 (0) 23 0 (0) GCSE progressed to NCSE 1 (100) NR NR NR N/A 0 (0)
Kravljanac et al.16 (2015) Retrospective study of children with SE (n = 392) 5 NR NR NR NR 0.5–1.5 mg/kg NR NR Seizure remission while on CLB 4 (80)
Holzer et al.14 (2012) Retrospective study of patients with antibody mediated SE (n = 13) 3 0 (0) 30 (17–37) 0 (0) NCSE 2 (66.7)
GCSE 1 (33.3)
NR NR NR N/A 0 (0)
Mameniskiene et al.15 (2011) Retrospective study of patients with FSE (n = 65) 8 NR NR NR FSE 8 (100) NR NR NR N/A 0 (0)
Manning and Rosenbloom17 (1987) Retrospective study of children with SE 1 NR NR NR Myoclonic SE NR NR NR CLB was reported successful 1 (100)
Swisher et al.12 (2017)
(Abstract)
Retrospective study of CLB use in refractory NCS, NCSE 17 NR NR 7 (41) NCS 7 (41)
NCSE 10 (59)
MD 20 (10–60) mg/day 3rd–6th 2 (1–55) CLB was the last agent added 12 (71)

BDZ, benzodiazepine; CLB, clobazam; CPSE, complex partial status epilepticus; FSE, focal status epilepticus; GCSE, generalized convulsive status epilepticus; MD, maintenance dose; N/A, not applicable; NCS, nonconvulsive seizures; NCSE, nonconvulsive status epilepticus; NR, not reported; RSE, refractory status epilepticus; SE, status epilepticus.