EP3820459A1 — Fenfluramine for use for treating epilepsy or epileptic encephalopathy in patients without pulmonary hypertension
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Provided herein are methods of identifying a patient population as candidates for effective treatment of symptoms of epilepsy or epileptic encephalopathy with fenfluramine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, by pre-selecting patients diagnosed with epilepsy or epilepti…
USPTO Abstract
Provided herein are methods of identifying a patient population as candidates for effective treatment of symptoms of epilepsy or epileptic encephalopathy with fenfluramine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, by pre-selecting patients diagnosed with epilepsy or epileptic encephalopathy, assessing the pre-selected patients for being at risk of or exhibiting symptoms of pulmonary hypertension, treating and re-assessing the selected and treated patients for pulmonary hypertension, and identifying treated and re-assessed patients not exhibiting pulmonary hypertension as candidates for effective treatment of epilepsy or epileptic encephalopathy with fenfluramine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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