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piracetam and Mental Disorders

piracetam has been researched along with Mental Disorders in 30 studies

Piracetam: A compound suggested to be both a nootropic and a neuroprotective agent.

Mental Disorders: Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.

Research Excerpts

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"5-year period was performed at the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center to identify children who were treated with levetiracetam doses titrated above the usual 40-60mg/kg/day."7.76Efficacy and tolerability of high oral doses of levetiracetam in children with epilepsy. ( Obeid, M; Pong, AW, 2010)
" Three regulatory trials have demonstrated that add-on levetiracetam is efficacious in patients with localization-related epilepsy."7.74Levetiracetam in clinical practice: long-term experience in patients with refractory epilepsy referred to a tertiary epilepsy center. ( Aldenkamp, AP; Bootsma, HP; de Krom, M; Diepman, L; Gehring, J; Hulsman, J; Lambrechts, D; Leenen, L; Majoie, M; Ricker, L; Schellekens, A, 2007)
" In Phase II/III trials, the adverse effects occurring more commonly in the treatment groups versus the placebo group were; somnolence (14."6.42Levetiracetam safety profiles and tolerability in epilepsy patients. ( Briggs, DE; French, JA, 2004)
"Levetiracetam is a new anticonvulsant (AED) with a novel mechanism of action."5.31Levetiracetam psychosis in children with epilepsy. ( Bergey, GK; Freeman, JM; Kossoff, EH; Vining, EP, 2001)
"5-year period was performed at the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center to identify children who were treated with levetiracetam doses titrated above the usual 40-60mg/kg/day."3.76Efficacy and tolerability of high oral doses of levetiracetam in children with epilepsy. ( Obeid, M; Pong, AW, 2010)
" Three regulatory trials have demonstrated that add-on levetiracetam is efficacious in patients with localization-related epilepsy."3.74Levetiracetam in clinical practice: long-term experience in patients with refractory epilepsy referred to a tertiary epilepsy center. ( Aldenkamp, AP; Bootsma, HP; de Krom, M; Diepman, L; Gehring, J; Hulsman, J; Lambrechts, D; Leenen, L; Majoie, M; Ricker, L; Schellekens, A, 2007)
"A study of 246 patients (with schizophrenia, manic depressive psychoses and psychoorganic syndrome) treated by some drugs of a metabolic action (encephalotropic", "nootropic" drugs, piracetam, piriditol and pantogam) permitted one to determine the place of these preparations in a comprehensive treatment of mental disorders."3.66[Certain principles for differential utilization of metabolic treatment preparations in the complex therapy of mental disorders]. ( Avrutskiĭ, GIa; Laskova, NB, 1979)
"Levetiracetam was discontinued in 4."2.53Safety of Levetiracetam in Paediatrics: A Systematic Review. ( Choonara, I; Egunsola, O; Sammons, HM, 2016)
"Levetiracetam is an effective AED with potential benefits in other neurologic and psychiatric disorders."2.45Levetiracetam for managing neurologic and psychiatric disorders. ( Bhatt, A; Farooq, MU; Gupta, R; Kassab, MY; Khasnis, A; Majid, A, 2009)
" In Phase II/III trials, the adverse effects occurring more commonly in the treatment groups versus the placebo group were; somnolence (14."2.42Levetiracetam safety profiles and tolerability in epilepsy patients. ( Briggs, DE; French, JA, 2004)
" Psychiatric symptoms occurring after initiation of AED therapy were considered as treatment emergent psychiatric adverse events (TE-PAEs) if they fulfilled the following conditions: (1) onset within 4 weeks after the beginning of AED therapy; (2) disappearance on drug discontinuation; (3) absence of any other identified possible concurrent cause."1.46Brain tumor location influences the onset of acute psychiatric adverse events of levetiracetam therapy: an observational study. ( Belcastro, V; Bellocchi, S; Casiraghi, P; Gorgone, G; Mula, M; Pisani, F; Pisani, LR, 2017)
" Following adjunctive AED treatment, neuropsychiatric adverse effects led to AED withdrawal in 1."1.46Psychiatric side effects and antiepileptic drugs: Observations from prospective audits. ( Brodie, MJ; Stephen, LJ; Wishart, A, 2017)
"To investigate the hypothesis that some patients with epilepsy are generally prone to develop psychiatric adverse events (PAEs) during antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy irrespective of the mechanism of action of the drugs."1.34Are psychiatric adverse events of antiepileptic drugs a unique entity? A study on topiramate and levetiracetam. ( Mula, M; Sander, JW; Trimble, MR, 2007)
"Levetiracetam is a new anticonvulsant (AED) with a novel mechanism of action."1.31Levetiracetam psychosis in children with epilepsy. ( Bergey, GK; Freeman, JM; Kossoff, EH; Vining, EP, 2001)

Research

Studies (30)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19907 (23.33)18.7374
1990's2 (6.67)18.2507
2000's10 (33.33)29.6817
2010's10 (33.33)24.3611
2020's1 (3.33)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Davis-Reyes, BD1
Smith, AE1
Xu, J1
Cunningham, KA1
Zhou, J1
Anastasio, NC1
Belcastro, V1
Pisani, LR1
Bellocchi, S1
Casiraghi, P1
Gorgone, G1
Mula, M2
Pisani, F1
Stephen, LJ1
Wishart, A1
Brodie, MJ2
McKee, KE1
Etherton, MR1
Lovitch, SB1
Gupta, AS1
Micalizzi, DS1
Tierney, T1
Wadleigh, M1
Vaitkevicus, H1
Yates, SL1
Fakhoury, T1
Liang, W1
Eckhardt, K1
Borghs, S1
D'Souza, J1
Chowdhury, A1
Egunsola, O1
Choonara, I1
Sammons, HM1
Habets, JGV1
Leentjens, AFG1
Schijns, OEMG1
Farooq, MU1
Bhatt, A1
Majid, A1
Gupta, R1
Khasnis, A1
Kassab, MY1
Obeid, M1
Pong, AW1
Mataam, K1
Ilboudo, JC1
Gazaigne, L1
Wafo, E1
Angenard, F1
Goodman, MJ1
Durkin, M1
Forlenza, J1
Ye, X1
Brixner, DI1
Cramer, JA1
Van Hammée, G1
Brodtkorb, E1
Klees, TM1
Nakken, KO1
Lossius, R1
Johannessen, SI1
Briggs, DE1
French, JA1
Bootsma, HP1
Ricker, L1
Diepman, L1
Gehring, J1
Hulsman, J1
Lambrechts, D1
Leenen, L1
Majoie, M1
Schellekens, A1
de Krom, M1
Aldenkamp, AP1
Plattner, B1
Pahs, G1
Kindler, J1
Williams, RP1
Hall, RE1
Mayer, H1
Steiner, H1
Feucht, M1
Trimble, MR1
Sander, JW1
Wittenborn, JR1
Gualtieri, CT1
Golden, RN1
Fahs, JJ1
Chouinard, G1
Annable, L1
Ross-Chouinard, A1
Olivier, M1
Fontaine, F1
Oswald, WD1
Matejcek, M1
Lukaschek, K1
Dennler, HJ1
Oswald, B1
Neznamov, GG1
Siuniakov, SA1
Davydova, IA1
Teleshova, ES1
Lapin, I1
Kossoff, EH1
Bergey, GK1
Freeman, JM1
Vining, EP1
Petrie, WM1
Ban, TA1
Avrutskiĭ, GIa1
Laskova, NB1
Pryce, IG1
Yonchev, V1
Mashonova, T1
Mashonov, N1
Nikolkova, S1
Mihailov, D1
Markov, E1
Gallai, V1
Mazzotta, G1
Del Gatto, F1
Montesi, S1
Mazzetti, A1
Dominici, P1
Della Monica, A1

Clinical Trials (1)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
An Open-label, Multicenter, Single-arm Study to Evaluate the Reduction in Nonpsychotic Behavioral Side Effects in Subjects With Epilepsy Switching From Levetiracetam to Brivaracetam Due to Nonpsychotic Behavioral Side Effects Phase 3b[NCT01653262]Phase 329 participants (Actual)Interventional2012-07-31Completed
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Trial Outcomes

Incidence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Study Period

An Adverse Event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. A treatment emergent AE is any event that emerges during treatment having been absent pre-treatment, or worsens relative to the pre-treatment state. (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Study Entry (Visit1, Week -1) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionevents (Number)
Brivaracetam67

Number of Subjects Who Are Free From Nonpsychotic Behavioral Side Effects Over the Entire Treatment Period

Nonpsychotic behavioral side effects (NBSE) include (but are not limited to) such symptoms as aggression, agitation, anger, anxiety, apathy, depersonalization, depression, emotional lability, hostility, irritability, etc. (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Visit 2 (Week 0) to Visit 6 (Week 12)

Interventionsubjects (Number)
Brivaracetam3

Number of Subjects Who Have a Complete Abatement of Nonpsychotic Behavioral Side Effects for the Last Assessment During the Treatment Period, Based on the Investigator's Overall Assessment

Nonpsychotic behavioral side effects include (but are not limited to) such symptoms as aggression, agitation, anger, anxiety, apathy, depersonalization, depression, emotional lability, hostility, irritability, etc. (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Baseline (maximum of 12 weeks prior to Study Entry at Week -1) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionsubjects (Number)
Brivaracetam18

Occurrence of Serious Adverse Events During the Study Period

A serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrences in a subject administered study treatment, whether or not the event is related to treatment, with at least one of the follow outcomes: death, life-threatening, initial inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization, significant or persistent disability/incapacity, congenital anomaly/birth defect, or an important medical event that may jeopardize the subject and require a medical/surgical intervention. (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Study Entry (Visit1, Week -1) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionevents (Number)
Brivaracetam1

Partial Onset Seizure (POS) Frequency Over the Treatment Period for Subjects With Focal Epilepsy

"The POS frequency is standardized to a 28-day duration and changes in POS frequency are measured relative to the reported seizure counts for the 4 weeks prior to Visit 2 (Week 0).~Partial seizures can be classified into one of the following three groups:~Simple partial seizures (IA)~Complex partial seizures (IB)~Partial seizures evolving to secondarily generalized seizures (IC)" (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From 4 weeks prior to Visit 2 (Week 0) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionpartial onset seizures (Median)
Brivaracetam6.0

Percentage of Subjects Who Achieved a Clinically Meaningful Reduction of Nonpsychotic Behavioral Side Effects Based on the Investigator's Overall Assessment From Study Entry to the End of the Treatment Period

"Nonpsychotic behavioral side effects include (but are not limited to) such symptoms as aggression, agitation, anger, anxiety, apathy, depersonalization, depression, emotional lability, hostility, irritability, etc.~The Investigator completed the assessment by answering the following:~Has there been a clinically meaningful reduction of nonpsychotic behavioral side effects since the start of BRV?~- Yes/No" (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Study Entry (Visit1, Week -1) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionpercentage of subjects (Number)
Brivaracetam93.1

Withdrawal Due to an Adverse Event (AE) During the Study Period

An Adverse Event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Study Entry (Visit1, Week -1) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionsubjects (Number)
Brivaracetam2

Change From Study Entry in Nonpsychotic Behavioral Side Effects to the End of the Treatment Period/Early Discontinuation Visit, Measured by Means of the Investigator Global Evaluation of Nonpsychotic Behavioral Side Effects (I-GEBSE) Scale

"There are seven levels for the I-GEBSE:~Marked improvement~Moderate improvement~Slight improvement~No change~Slight worsening~Moderate worsening~Marked worsening" (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Study Entry (Visit1, Week -1) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionsubjects (Number)
Marked improvementModerate improvementSlight improvementNo changeSlight worseningModerate worseningMarked worseningMissing
Brivaracetam1010421011

Shift in the Maximum Intensity From Baseline to the End of the Treatment Period for Side Effects Primarily Associated With Discontinuation of Levetiracetam (LEV) as Determined by the Investigator

Nonpsychotic behavioral side effects include (but are not limited to) such symptoms as aggression, agitation, anger, anxiety, apathy, depersonalization, depression, emotional lability, hostility, irritability, etc. (NCT01653262)
Timeframe: From Baseline (maximum of 12 weeks prior to Study Entry at Week -1) to the end of the Treatment Period (Visit 6, Week 12) or Early Discontinuation Visit

Interventionsubjects (Number)
ImprovementUnchangedWorseningResolved
Brivaracetam82019

Reviews

7 reviews available for piracetam and Mental Disorders

ArticleYear
Safety of Levetiracetam in Paediatrics: A Systematic Review.
    PloS one, 2016, Volume: 11, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Anticonvulsants; Child; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence; Epilepsy; Humans; Levetiracet

2016
Levetiracetam for managing neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
    American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2009, Mar-15, Volume: 66, Issue:6

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Humans; Levetiracetam; Mental Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Piracetam

2009
Levetiracetam safety profiles and tolerability in epilepsy patients.
    Expert opinion on drug safety, 2004, Volume: 3, Issue:5

    Topics: Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Animals; Anticonvulsants; Astheni

2004
Pharmacotherapy for age-related behavioral deficiencies.
    The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 1981, Volume: 169, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents; Antipsychotic Agents; Brain; Central

1981
New developments in pediatric psychopharmacology.
    Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, 1983, Volume: 4, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aggression; Anorexia Nervosa; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Autistic Disorder

1983
Phenibut (beta-phenyl-GABA): a tranquilizer and nootropic drug.
    CNS drug reviews, 2001,Winter, Volume: 7, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Baclofen; Brain; Diazepam; Dopamine Agonists; Dyskinesias; Emotions; GABA

2001
Drugs in geropsychiatry.
    Psychopharmacology bulletin, 1978, Volume: 14, Issue:4

    Topics: Aged; Anticoagulants; Central Nervous System Agents; Dementia; Dihydroergotoxine; Humans; Hypnotics

1978

Trials

6 trials available for piracetam and Mental Disorders

ArticleYear
An open-label, prospective, exploratory study of patients with epilepsy switching from levetiracetam to brivaracetam.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2015, Volume: 52, Issue:Pt A

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Mental Disorders;

2015
Maintenance of improvement in health-related quality of life during long-term treatment with levetiracetam.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2003, Volume: 4, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anticonvulsants; Cognition Disorders; Drug Administration Schedule; Epileps

2003
New developments in pediatric psychopharmacology.
    Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, 1983, Volume: 4, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aggression; Anorexia Nervosa; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Autistic Disorder

1983
Piracetam in elderly psychiatric patients with mild diffuse cerebral impairment.
    Psychopharmacology, 1983, Volume: 81, Issue:2

    Topics: Aged; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Behavior; Clinical Trials as Topic; Double-Blind Method; Female; Hemat

1983
[On the meaning of psychometrically operationalized therapeutic effects in the treatment of brain insufficiency phenomena caused by old age demonstrated by the "Nürnberger-Alters-Inventar" (author's transl)].
    Arzneimittel-Forschung, 1982, Volume: 32, Issue:5

    Topics: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aging; Cognition; Dihydroergotoxine; Electroencephalography; Human

1982
A clinical and neurophysiological trial on nootropic drugs in patients with mental decline.
    Acta neurologica, 1991, Volume: 13, Issue:1

    Topics: Aged; Cognition Disorders; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Piracetam; Psychometrics; Psychot

1991

Other Studies

18 other studies available for piracetam and Mental Disorders

ArticleYear
Subanesthetic ketamine with an AMPAkine attenuates motor impulsivity in rats.
    Behavioural pharmacology, 2021, 06-01, Volume: 32, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Cognition; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Glutamic Acid; Impulsiv

2021
Brain tumor location influences the onset of acute psychiatric adverse events of levetiracetam therapy: an observational study.
    Journal of neurology, 2017, Volume: 264, Issue:5

    Topics: Aged; Anticonvulsants; Brain Neoplasms; Cohort Studies; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Female; Hu

2017
Psychiatric side effects and antiepileptic drugs: Observations from prospective audits.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2017, Volume: 71, Issue:Pt A

    Topics: Acetamides; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anticonvulsants; Dibenzazepines; Drug-Relate

2017
A Man in His 40s With Headache, Lethargy, and Altered Mental Status.
    JAMA neurology, 2015, Volume: 72, Issue:9

    Topics: Adult; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Craniotomy; Dexamethasone; DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase; He

2015
Pharmacological outcomes in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Support for sodium valproate.
    Epilepsy research, 2016, Volume: 119

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Child; Comorbidity; Drug Resistant Epilepsy; Female; Follow-Up S

2016
Serious and reversible levetiracetam-induced psychiatric symptoms after resection of frontal low-grade glioma: two case histories.
    British journal of neurosurgery, 2017, Volume: 31, Issue:4

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Brain Neoplasms; Craniotomy; Epilepsy; Frontal Lobe; Humans; Levetiracetam; Magneti

2017
Efficacy and tolerability of high oral doses of levetiracetam in children with epilepsy.
    Epilepsy research, 2010, Volume: 91, Issue:1

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Age Factors; Anticonvulsants; Child; Child, Preschool; Dose-Respon

2010
[Two cases of autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies to N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in intensive care].
    Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation, 2012, Volume: 31, Issue:5

    Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System; Critical

2012
Assessing adherence-based quality measures in epilepsy.
    International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 2012, Volume: 24, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anticonvulsants; Carbamazepine; Cohort Studies; Epilepsy; Female; Follow-Up

2012
Levetiracetam in adult patients with and without learning disability: focus on behavioral adverse effects.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2004, Volume: 5, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anticonvulsants; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Resistance; Drug Th

2004
Levetiracetam in clinical practice: long-term experience in patients with refractory epilepsy referred to a tertiary epilepsy center.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2007, Volume: 10, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anticonvulsants; Child; Child, Preschool; Drug Resistance; Drug Therapy, Co

2007
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a benign disorder? Personality traits and psychiatric symptoms.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2007, Volume: 10, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Child; Ethosuximide; Female; Fructose; Humans; Lamotrigine; Leve

2007
Are psychiatric adverse events of antiepileptic drugs a unique entity? A study on topiramate and levetiracetam.
    Epilepsia, 2007, Volume: 48, Issue:12

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Comorbidity; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Epilepsy

2007
["Fast" and "slow" components of psychotropic activity of the drugs with nootropic effects].
    Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova, 2000, Volume: 100, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Female; Flavonoids; Ginkgo biloba; Humans; Male; Memory; Mental Disorders;

2000
Levetiracetam psychosis in children with epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 2001, Volume: 42, Issue:12

    Topics: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Anticonvulsants; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; Drug Administration Sched

2001
[Certain principles for differential utilization of metabolic treatment preparations in the complex therapy of mental disorders].
    Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952), 1979, Volume: 79, Issue:8

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bipolar Disorder; Brain Injuries; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Humans; Infectio

1979
Clinical research upon mentally ill subjects who cannot give informed consent.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1978, Volume: 133

    Topics: Ethics, Medical; Human Experimentation; Humans; Informed Consent; Mental Disorders; Piracetam; Resea

1978
Pyramem--investigation of its effect on mental disorders.
    Folia medica, 1991, Volume: 33, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Drug Administration Schedule; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Piracetam

1991