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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 3 October 2022
Main ID:  NCT02224703
Date of registration: 21/08/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Public title: GWPCARE2 A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Cannabidiol (GWP42003-P) in Children and Young Adults With Dravet Syndrome
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Cannabidiol (GWP42003-P) in Children and Young Adults With Dravet Syndrome.
Date of first enrolment: April 13, 2015
Target sample size: 199
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02224703
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Australia Israel Netherlands Poland Spain United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

- Participant must have been male or female, aged between 2 and 18 years (inclusive).

- Participant must have had a documented history of Dravet syndrome that was not
completely controlled by current antiepileptic drugs.

- Participant must have been taking 1 or more antiepileptic drugs at a dose that had
been stable for at least 4 weeks.

- All medications or interventions for epilepsy (including ketogenic diet and vagus
nerve stimulation) must have been stable for 4 weeks prior to screening and
participant was willing to maintain a stable regimen throughout the study.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

- Participant had clinically significant unstable medical conditions other than
epilepsy.

- Participant had clinically relevant symptoms or a clinically significant illness in
the 4 weeks prior to screening or randomization, other than epilepsy.

- Participant was currently using or had in the past used recreational cannabis,
medicinal cannabis, or synthetic cannabinoid-based medications (including Sativex®)
within the 3 months prior to study entry and was unwilling to abstain for the duration
for the study.

- Participant had any known or suspected hypersensitivity to cannabinoids or any of the
excipients of the investigational medicinal products.

- There were plans for the participant to travel outside their country of residence
during the study.

- Any history of suicidal behavior or any suicidal ideation of type four or five on the
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (Children's) at screening.



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Epilepsy
Dravet Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: GWP42003-P
Drug: Placebo Control
Primary Outcome(s)
Change In Convulsive Seizures During The Treatment Period Compared To Baseline [Time Frame: Baseline to Day 99 or Early Termination (ET)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change In Total Seizures During The Treatment Period Compared To Baseline [Time Frame: Baseline to Day 99 or ET]
Caregiver Global Impression Of Change (CGIC) At The Last Visit [Time Frame: Baseline to Last Visit]
Participants With A =50% Reduction From Baseline In Convulsive Seizure Frequency During The Treatment Period [Time Frame: Baseline to Day 99 or ET]
Secondary ID(s)
2014-002939-34
GWEP1424
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 01/08/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02224703
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