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Last refreshed on: 8 June 2015
Main ID:  NCT00376766
Date of registration: 14/09/2006
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Grenoble
Public title: Clinical Trial : TROCC (Quick Oral Treatment of Cluster Epileptic Seizures)
Scientific title: Rapid Oral Treatment of Cluster Epileptic Seizures. Efficacy Assessment of Levetiracetam in Cluster Seizures.
Date of first enrolment: February 2007
Target sample size: 112
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00376766
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France
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Name:     Serge CHASSAGNON, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Strasbourg
Name:     Helene CATENOIX, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Lyon
Name:     Pierre THOMAS, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Nice
Name:     Philippe CONVERS, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of St Etienne
Name:     Louis Maillard, Dr
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Affiliation:  Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Name:     William SZHURAJ, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Lille
Name:     Edouard HIRSH, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Strasbourg
Name:     Philippe DERAMBURE, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Lille
Name:     Dominique ROSENBERG, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand
Name:     Cecile SABOURY, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Strasbourg
Name:     Jerome PETIT, Dr
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Affiliation:  La Teppe Institution
Name:     Vincent TAREL, Dr
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Affiliation:  Regional Hospital of Chambery
Name:     Philippe RYVELIN, Dr
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Lyon
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age from 18 to 65

- Drug resistant epilepsy, partial seizure

- Epilepsy diagnosed for more than 2 years

- Epilepsy treated for more than 1 year with no change of treatment in the month before
the enrolment

- Onset of cluster seizure in the 24 hours before enrolment

- For women : effective contraception

- Affiliation to the French social security

Exclusion Criteria:

- Inability to tolerate levetiracetam, likely poor compliance

- Patient taking antiepileptic treatment (benzodiazepine) in addition to current
treatment during the last 48h00.

- Patient taking 1g/day of levetiracetam with Creatinin clearance < 50ml/min

- Patient taking 2g/day of levetiracetam with Creatinin clearance < 80ml/min

- Patient taking more than 2g/day of levetiracetam

- Hepatic or cardiovascular pathology

- Progressive psychiatric pathology

- Degenerative neurologic disease

- Cluster seizure due to an acute symptomatic reason

- Disorder of consciousness

- Suspicion of status epilepticus or rapid evolution to status epilepticus

- Suspicion of psychogenic nonepileptic seizure

- Pregnant woman or nursing woman

- Suicidal thoughts

- Incapacity to give consent, minor patient



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Drug Resistant
Epilepsy
Intervention(s)
Drug: levetiracetam
Primary Outcome(s)
Ratio of patients who are free of seizure between H3 and H24 in both groups.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time between H0 and the last seizure.
Items 1,2,3 of the Clinical Global Impression scale.
Type and ratio of epileptic fit between H0 and H24.
Side effects during the study.
Number of seizures occured between H3 and H10, H10 and H17, H17 and H24, corresponding to the half-time of the treatment (7 hours).
Description of therapeutic adaptation at 1 month after patient enrolment.
Secondary ID(s)
DTCIC 05 24
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
UCB Pharma
Ethics review
Results
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