Pregabalin Versus Levetiracetam In Partial Seizures

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects (male or female) must be > 18 years of age, with a diagnosis of epilepsy withpartial seizures, as defined in the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)classification of seizures.
• Partial seizures may be simple or complex, with or without secondary tonic-clonicgeneralization.
• Subjects must be have been diagnosed with epilepsy for at least 2 years, and must havebeen unresponsive to treatment with at least two but no more than five priorantiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and at the time of study enrollment are on stable dosagesof 1 or 2 standard AEDs.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Females who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or intend to become pregnant during thecourse of the trial will be excluded
• Subjects with other neurologic illness that could impair endpoint assessment, orsubjects with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, absence seizures, status epileptics within the 12 months prior to trial entry, or with seizures due to an underlying medical illnessor metabolic syndrome, will be excluded.