A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Prevention of Febrile Seizures in Children with Intermittent Oral Levetiracetam Versus Clobazam

Abstract

Background: When a kid between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old experiences a 
generalized seizure that lasts less than 15 minutes and does not recur within 24 hours but is 
not preceded by or related to an acute sickness of the neurological system, this is known as a 
simple febrile seizure. Febrile seizures are the most common type of epilepsy in youngsters. 
Material and Methods: Children having a previous episode of febrile seizures who are seen 
in an outpatient paediatric clinic. This randomised controlled experiment did not hide its 
identity from participants. The research was carried out in Department of Pediatrics, Bhaskar 
Medical College & General Hospital, Moinabad, Yenkapally, Telangana, India. Research was 
conducted from November 2021 to October 2022. Simplified random sampling was used to 
choose the study participants. The randomization process will be carried out by a computer. 
Results: Subjects were children aged 6 months to 5 years old who had a history of febrile 
seizures, defined as two or more episodes of febrile seizures in the previous 6 months, with at 
least one seizure recurrence in the previous 2 weeks.