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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02256124
Date of registration: 17/09/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center
Public title: Effect of Lamotrigine on Cognition in NF1 NF1-EXCEL
Scientific title: The Effect of Lamotrigine on Cognitive Deficits Associated With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: a Phase II Randomized Controlled Multi-centre Trial (NF1-EXCEL)
Date of first enrolment: October 2014
Target sample size: 41
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02256124
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Netherlands Spain
Contacts
Name:     Ype Elgersma, PhD
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Affiliation:  Erasmus Medical Center
Name:     Henriette A Moll, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Erasmus Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- NF1 patients with a genetically confirmed diagnosis

- Age 12-17.5 years at inclusion

- Oral and written informed consent by parents and assent from participants

Exclusion Criteria:

- Segmental NF1

- Severe hearing problems or deafness

- Severe visual problems or blindness

- Use of the following medication, as of interaction with lamotrigine: phenytoin,
carbamazepine, phenobarbital, primidon, rifampicin, atazanavir/ritonavir,
lopinavir/ritonavir, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, oral contraceptive pill including
stop-week (estrogen and progesterone) and valproic acid during 3 months before
inclusion.

- Use of psycho-active medication other than methylphenidate

- Previous allergic reactions to anti-epileptic drugs

- Epilepsy or epilepsy in the past

- Suicidal thoughts or behaviour

- Renal insufficiency

- Liver insufficiency

- Pregnancy

- Brain tumour or other brain pathology potentially influencing the outcome measures



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Intervention(s)
Drug: Lamotrigine
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Performance intelligence quotient (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 26 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Visual-motor integration (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 26 weeks]
Attention problems (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline, 10 weeks, 26 weeks and 52 weeks]
Visual perception (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 26 weeks]
Visual-spatial working memory (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 26 weeks]
Long-term potentiation-like plasticity (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 10 weeks]
Fine motor coordination (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 26 weeks]
Short intracortical inhibition (SICI) (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 10 weeks]
Executive functioning (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline, 26 weeks and 52 weeks]
Sustained attention (change from baseline) [Time Frame: Baseline and 26 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
113303003
MEC-2013-460
2013-003405-26
NL 44912.078.13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Ethics review
Results
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