The study is to evaluate safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered fosphenytoin in patients with neurosurgery, head trauma, epilepsy or status epilepticus who are requiring a loading dose of phenytoin.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
15mg/kg, 18mg/kg or 22.5mg/kg of loading doses of fosphenytoin
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
Incidence of adverse events
Time frame: 8 to 12 days
frequency and nature of seizures
Time frame: 8 to 12 days
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