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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02904265
Date of registration: 13/09/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Public title: Efficacy Study of Acetazolamide Versus Diazepam in Continuous Spike and Wave/Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
Scientific title: Non-inferiority Prospective Randomized Trial of Acetazolamide Versus Diazepam in Patients With Continuous Spike and Wave in Sleep (CSWS)/Landau Kleffner Syndrome (LKS)
Date of first enrolment: September 2016
Target sample size: 3
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02904265
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Katherine C. Nickels, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Mayo Clinic
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- ESES and clinical CSWS/LKS defined by all of the following:

- SWI =50% during first hour of sleep

- Bilateral synchrony of discharges during sleep

- Clinical evidence of behavior and/or academic regression

- Daytime SWI =20%

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous treatment with benzodiazepine or acetazolamide for Electrical Status
Epilepticus in Sleep (ESES)

- Current treatment with carbamazepine, phenytoin, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital,
vigabatrin or lamotrigine

- Antiepileptic medication changes over the month prior to enrollment

- Epileptic encephalopathy other than CSWS/LKS

- Prior serious adverse reaction to benzodiazepines or acetazolamide

- Sulfa allergy

- Progressive underlying neurologic condition

- Frequent seizures that would prevent the patient from maintaining a stable dose of
medications

- Female patient that has begun menses or is pregnant



Age minimum: 3 Years
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
Status Epilepticus, Electrographic
Intervention(s)
Drug: Acetazolamide
Drug: Diazepam
Primary Outcome(s)
Short-term Tolerability of Acetazolamide vs Diazepam [Time Frame: 4-8 weeks of start of medications]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
16-002442
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 11/06/2020
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02904265
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