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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00175825
Date of registration: 09/09/2005
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: UCB Pharma
Public title: A Dose-ranging Study With Brivaracetam in Patients From 16 to 65 Years With Refractory Partial Onset Seizures.
Scientific title: A Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, 4 Parallel Groups, Dose-ranging Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Brivaracetam Used as Adjunctive Treatment at Doses of 5, 20 and 50 mg/Day in b.i.d. Administration (Oral Tablets of 2.5 or 10 mg) for a Maximum of 7 Weeks in Subjects From 16 to 65 Years With Refractory Epilepsy Suffering From Partial Onset Seizures Whether or Not Secondarily Generalized
Date of first enrolment: November 7, 2005
Target sample size: 210
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00175825
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Brazil India Mexico Panama United States
Contacts
Name:     UCB Cares
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  +1 844 599 2273 (UCB)
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male/female from 16 to 65 years

- Well-characterized focal epilepsy or epileptic syndrome according to the International
League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification

- History of partial onset seizures

- Subjects having at least 4 partial onset seizures during the 4-week Baseline Period
and at least 2 partial onset seizures during the 3 months prior to Visit 1

- Subjects taking 1 or 2 concomitant Antiepileptic drugs (AED(s)) that have been at a
stable dose.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Seizure type IA non-motor as only seizure type

- Seizures occurring only in clusters

- Status epilepticus during the last 2 years before Visit 1

- History of cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

- Presence of any sign suggesting rapidly progressing brain disorder or brain tumor



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Epilepsy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Brivaracetam
Other: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Partial Onset Seizure Frequency Per Week During the 7-week Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Absolute Change From Baseline in Seizure Frequency Per Week for All Seizures (Types I + II + III) Over the Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Absolute Change From Baseline in Seizure Frequency Per Week for Partial Onset Seizures (Type I) Over the Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Responder Rate in Partial Onset Seizures (Type I) Over the Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Percentage of Subjects With Categorized Response to the Treatment in Partial Onset Seizures (Type I) Over the Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Percentage Change From Baseline in Partial Onset Seizure Frequency Per Week (Type I) Over the 7-week Treatment Period [Time Frame: Baseline, during the 7-week Treatment Period]
Percentage of Subjects Who Are Seizure Free During the 7-week Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Number of Seizure-free Days Per 4 Weeks [Time Frame: Baseline, during the 7-week Treatment Period]
Time to Nth (n= 1, 5, 10) Seizure During the 7-week Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Seizure Frequency Per Week for All Seizures (Types I +II +III) Over the Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Percentage Change From Baseline in Seizure Frequency Per Week for All Seizures (Types I + II + III) Over the Treatment Period [Time Frame: During the 7-week Treatment Period]
Secondary ID(s)
N01193
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 22/08/2018
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00175825
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