HEAD-Study Optimizing the Treatment of Children With BECTS

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age between 6 and 12 years 2. Weight between 15 kg and 60 kg 3. At least two preceding seizures within the last six months before study start 4. Typical electroencephalogram (EEG) with Rolando focus (centrotemporal spike or sharp-wave-focus) 5. Diagnosis of BECTS 6. Written informed consent from parents and child Exclusion Criteria: 1. Other forms of epilepsy (e.g. continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep \[CSWS\], Landau-Kleffner-syndrome) 2. Preceding treatment with antiepileptic drugs 3. Mental Retardation (intelligence quotient \[IQ\] \<85) 4. Focal neurological deficit 5. Relevant major internistic disease (e.g. hepatopathy, nephropathy, endocrinopathy) 6. Participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days