3. Results
3.1. Baseline demographics and characteristics
A total of 6823 patientswere enrolled in the registry as of August 26,
2014. At registry enrollment, 5546 were pediatric (b17 years old) patients
and 1200 were adult (≥17 years old) patients; 77 patients did
not have ages reported.
Themedian age at enrollment for adult patients was 32.3 years, half
were male, and the majority (86%) were naïve to vigabatrin (Table 1).
Most adult patients were diagnosed with rCPS. The second most common
indication marked on the form was “other”. In an analysis of the
free-text responses to the “other” category, the most common (≥20%)
treatment indications listed were “seizures, spasms, or epilepsy” and
“refractory, intractable seizures or prior AED failure”.
Thirty-five (2.9%) of the adult patients were identified as having IS.