Pesántez Ríos Gabriela, Armijos Acurio Luciana, Jimbo Sotomayor Ruth, Cueva Victor, Pesántez Ríos Ximena, Navarrete Zambrano Hugo, Pascual Samuel, Pesántez Cuesta Galo
Servicio de Neurología Pediátrica, Centro Nacional de Epilepsia, Quito 170121, Ecuador.
Departamento de Neurociencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Life (Basel). 2022 Dec 9;12(12):2065. doi: 10.3390/life12122065.
Due to its anticonvulsant properties, cannabidiol can be supportive as an adjuvant therapy in the management of drug resistant epilepsy. This retrospective observational study evaluates the intensity and frequency of the seizures of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy that have been treated with antiepileptic medication associated with CBD in low doses for at least 12 months. Thirty-four patients were included in the study. The most frequent diagnosis of epilepsy was focal symptomatic epilepsy and Lennox−Gastaut syndrome (35.2%). During the follow-up, there was a statistically significant decrease in the seizure frequency (t student p < 0.001). A high proportion of patients, 16, concluded the study with a total control of the seizures reaching a 100% improvement, 12 reported ≥ 75% improvement, 3 ≥ 50%, and 2 ≥ 25%; only 1 patient had an improvement of less than 25%. This is the first Latin American study that demonstrates that long-term CBD added to the usual drugs significantly reduces the frequency, duration, and type of seizures in the different etiologies of epilepsy, being especially effective on the seizures that are the most incapacitating, improving the quality of life of the individual and their family.
由于具有抗惊厥特性,大麻二酚可作为辅助疗法用于耐药性癫痫的治疗。这项回顾性观察研究评估了接受低剂量与大麻二酚相关的抗癫痫药物治疗至少12个月的耐药性癫痫患者癫痫发作的强度和频率。34名患者被纳入研究。最常见的癫痫诊断是局灶性症状性癫痫和Lennox-Gastaut综合征(35.2%)。在随访期间,癫痫发作频率有统计学意义的下降(t检验p<0.001)。高比例患者,即16名患者,在研究结束时癫痫发作得到完全控制,改善率达100%;12名患者报告改善率≥75%,3名患者≥50%,2名患者≥25%;只有1名患者改善率低于25%。这是第一项拉丁美洲研究,表明在常用药物中添加长期大麻二酚可显著降低不同病因癫痫发作的频率、持续时间和类型,对最使人丧失能力的癫痫发作尤其有效,改善了个体及其家庭的生活质量。