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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 2 May 2016
Main ID:  NCT01939561
Date of registration: 23/08/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Grete Andersen, MD
Public title: Lamotrigine as Treatment of Myotonia
Scientific title: Lamotrigine as Treatment of Myotonia - a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial Study
Date of first enrolment: November 2013
Target sample size: 27
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01939561
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Grete Andersen, MD
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Affiliation:  Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Europe
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical myotonia: Myotonia affecting patients daily life, such as chewing function,
handshake, initiation of walking and running, or dropping objects. Patients in
antimyotonic treatment.

- Gen-verified diagnosis: Myotonia Congenita, Paramyotonia Congenita,
Potassium-aggravated Myotonia or Dystrophia Myotonica type 1.

Exclusion Criteria:

- In treatment with medicines affecting the study results, estimated by investigators.

- Participated in other drug-trials within 30 days prior to study start.

- Known intolerance or allergy to Lamotrigine.

- Significant renal or liver function, epilepsy, or long QT interval on the ECG.

- Pregnancy and breast-feeding.

- After the investigators discretion



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Dystrophia Myotonica Type 1
Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
Potassium-Aggravated Myotonia
Myotonia Congenita
Paramyotonia Congenita
Intervention(s)
Drug: Lamotrigine
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
change from baseline in Myotonia Behavior Scale (MBS) [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline in evaluation of Myotonia [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
change from baseline in the SF-36 questionnaire [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
average in use of escape medicine [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
2013-003309-24
2013-MY
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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