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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00012584
Date of registration: 29/06/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Epilepsiezentrum Kork
Public title: Therapeutic range of Brivaracetam, a historical observational study to define a therapeutic range
Scientific title: Therapeutic range of Brivaracetam, a historical observational study to define a therapeutic range
Date of first enrolment: 03/07/2017
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Pending
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00012584
Study type:  observational
Study design:  Allocation: ; Masking: ; Control: ; Assignment: ; Study design purpose: other  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Tassanai    Intravooth
Address:  Landstraße 1 77694 Kehl Germany
Telephone: 07851-842272
Email: tintravooth@epilepsiezentrum.de
Affiliation:  Epilepsiezentrum Kork
Name: Matthias    Schneider
Address:  Landstraße 1 77694 Kehl Germany
Telephone: 07851-849123
Email: maschneider@epilepsiezentrum.de
Affiliation:  Epilepsiezentrum Kork
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Retrospective analysis of already available data during the period of 01.03.2016 - 15.05.2017 of patients with age between 18 and 89 years and a diagnosis of epilepsy and a treatment of brivaracetam
Exclusion criteria: 1. Healthy volunteers
2. Data from the following patients will NOT be collected: minors, mentally disabled patients, dementia patients, pregnant women, breastfeeding or emergency patients.


Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 89 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
G40.2
Localization-related (focal)(partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures

G40.2
G40
Epilepsy
Intervention(s)
Group 1: Retrospective analysis of already available data of patients with age between 18 and 89 years and a diagnosis of epilepsy and a treatment of brivaracetam
Primary Outcome(s)
The aim of the study is to find out whether a therapeutic range of brivaracetam exists by examining the following parameters:

1. Serum concentration of brivaracetam which reduces the seizure attack by at least 50% over a period of at least 3 months.

2. Serum concentration of brivaracetam which lead to a documentation of the two most common neurotoxic side effects, which are fatigue and / or dizziness.
Secondary Outcome(s)
not applicable
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Epilepsiezentrum Kork
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 23/05/2017
Contact:
ekfr.mpg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Ethik-Kommission der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
+49-761-27072600
ekfr.mpg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00012584#studyResults
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