Brivaracetam UCB

Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2005 Jul;6(7):740-6.

Abstract

Brivaracetam (UCB-34714), an orally active, high-affinity synaptic vesicle protein 2A ligand, is being developed by UCB for the potential treatment of neurological disorders, namely epilepsy and neuropathic pain. By December 2003, UCB reported that phase II epilepsy trials had begun [517569].

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticonvulsants / chemistry
  • Anticonvulsants / pharmacology
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
  • Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
  • Epilepsy / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neuralgia / drug therapy
  • Pyrrolidinones / chemistry
  • Pyrrolidinones / pharmacology
  • Pyrrolidinones / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • brivaracetam