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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-jRCTs031180173
Date of registration: 01/03/2019
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Kuwabara Satoshi
Public title: Open-label clinical trial: safety of lacosamide in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Scientific title: Open-label clinical trial: safety of lacosamide in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Date of first enrolment: 07/07/2017
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  https://jrct.niph.go.jp/latest-detail/jRCTs031180173
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  single arm study, open(masking not used), uncontrolled control, single assignment, treatment purpose  
Phase:  1-2
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name: Kazumoto    Shibuya
Address:  1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba prefecture 260-8677 Chiba Japan
Telephone: +81-43-226-2129
Email: kazumoto@net.email.ne.jp
Affiliation:  Chiba University Hospital
Name: Satoshi    Kuwabara
Address:  1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba prefecture 260-8677 Chiba Japan
Telephone: +81-43-226-2129
Email: kuwabara-s@faculty.chiba-u.jp
Affiliation:  Chiba University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Over 20year old
2) Probable of definite ALS disease by Awaji electrophysiological criteria
3) Subjects provided informed consent.

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patient without ability to comprehend informed consent
2) Patient with uncompensated medical illness
3) Patient with cardiac disease (myocardial infarction, valvular disease and cardiomyopathy etc.)
4) Patient with arrhythmia (incomplet AV-block and bundle branch block etc.)
5) Patient with sodium channel disorders, like Brugada syndrome
6) Patient already administered anti-arrhythmic drug which prolongs PR interval
7) Pregnant or breast-feeding women
8) Patient with forced vital capacity of< 60% predicted
9) Patient already performed tracheotomy or tube feeding
10) Patient take any other experimental agents 3 months before.
11) Not enough CMAP amplitude in the median nerve to be performed nerve excitability test
12) Patient plan to change medicine which affects nerve excitability
13) Familial ALS
14) Patient who is judged inappropriate for this trail by doctors responsible for this trial


Age minimum: >= 20age old
Age maximum: Not applicable
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
G122
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Intervention(s)
gradual increase of lacosamide from 100mg to 400mg for 4 weeks
Primary Outcome(s)
Safety for 5 weeks
Secondary Outcome(s)
nerve excitability
fasciculation
muscle cramp
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approval
Approval date:
Contact:
prc-jim@chiba-u.jp
Chiba University Certified Clinical Research Review Board
+81-43-226-2616
prc-jim@chiba-u.jp
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 30/11/2020
Date Completed: 07/06/2018
URL:
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