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rufinamide (Inovelon®)

 

Following a limited submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Recommended with restrictions

Rufinamide (Inovelon®) is recommended as an option for restricted use within NHS Wales. Rufinamide (Inovelon®) is licensed as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in patients 1 years of age and older. Rufinamide (Inovelon®) is restricted for use where other adjunctive treatments have proved sub-optimal or have not been tolerated. Rufinamide (Inovelon®) is not recommended for use within NHS Wales outside of this subpopulation.

 Final Recommendation: rufinamide (Inovelon) 991 (PDF, 340Kb)
 Appraisal Report: rufinamide (Inovelon) 991 (PDF, 345Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name rufinamide (Inovelon®)
Formulation 40 mg/ml oral suspension
Reference number 991
Indication

Adjunctive therapy in the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in patients aged 1 year to < 4 years

Company Eisai Ltd
BNF chapter Central nervous system
Submission type Limited
Status Recommended with restrictions
Advice number 0919
NMG meeting date 08/05/2019
AWMSG meeting date 19/06/2019
Date of issue 25/06/2019
Date of last review June 2022
Further information

This advice incorporates and replaces the AWMSG recommendation for rufinamide (Inovelon® ) as an option for use as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in patients 4 years of age and older where other adjunctive treatments have proved sub-optimal or have not been tolerated (advice number 3312, originally published October 2012).

This appraisal recommendation was reviewed in June 2022. No new evidence was identified that is likely to significantly affect the current recommendation. Therefore, this recommendation has been transferred to AWMSG’s static list of medicine recommendations.

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