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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 26 September 2016
Main ID:  NCT00043875
Date of registration: 14/08/2002
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline
Public title: Pediatric Epilepsy Trial in Subjects 1-24 Months
Scientific title: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Add-On Clinical Trial of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of Lamictal in Pediatric Age Subjects (1-24 Months)
Date of first enrolment: May 2000
Target sample size: 177
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00043875
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Australia Egypt Estonia France Hungary Italy Latvia Lebanon
Lithuania Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Spain Turkey United States
Contacts
Name:     GSK Clinical Trials
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Affiliation:  GlaxoSmithKline
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

- Have a confident diagnosis of epilepsy

- Must be experiencing 4 or more reliably detectable partial seizures per month while
receiving at least 1 anti-epileptic drug (AED)

- Must weigh at least 7 lbs if currently receiving enzyme inducing antiepileptic drugs
(EIADs) OR weigh at least 15 lbs if currently receiving non-enzyme inducing
antiepileptic drugs (non-EIADs)

- Have no underlying chronic metabolism problems

- Have normal lab results

- Have a normal electrocardiogram (ECG)

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

- Have a diagnosis of severe, progressive myoclonus.

- Have seizures not related to epilepsy.

- Have previously demonstrated sensitivity or allergic reaction to the study drug or
its related compounds.

- Have progressive or unstable condition of the nervous system.

- Used experimental medication within 30 of enrollment into the study.

- Have any significant, chronic heart, kidney, liver or stomach/intestinal (GI)
condition.

- Current use of the medication felbamate.

- Current use of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH).

- Following a ketogenic diet.

- Receiving vagal nerve stimulation (VNS).



Age minimum: 1 Month
Age maximum: 24 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Epilepsy
Intervention(s)
Drug: lamotrigine
Primary Outcome(s)
The efficacy of LAMICTAL add-on therapy will be measured by the proportion of subjects who meet escape criteria during the Double-Blind Phase. [Time Frame: 36 Months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time to escape patterns in Double-Blind phase. Reduction in partial seizure frequency at end of Open-Label Phase. Investigators' global evaluation of subjects' status at end of Open-Label and Double-Blind Phases; Standard pharmacokinetics; Adverse Events [Time Frame: 36 Months]
Secondary ID(s)
LAM20006
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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