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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00698581




Registration number
NCT00698581
Ethics application status
Date submitted
12/06/2008
Date registered
17/06/2008
Date last updated
11/07/2018

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Double-blind, Randomized Conversion to Monotherapy Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Brivaracetam in Subjects (= 16 to 75 Years Old) With Partial Onset Seizures
Scientific title
An International, Double-blind, Randomized, Multi-center, Parallel Group, Historical-control Conversion to Monotherapy Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Brivaracetam in Subjects (= 16 to 75 Years Old) With Partial Onset Seizures With or Without Secondary Generalization
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2008-000144-14
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
N01276
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Epilepsy 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Epilepsy
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Other neurological disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional(has expanded access)
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Brivaracetam
Treatment: Drugs - Brivaracetam

Experimental: Brivaracetam 50 mg - 50 mg/day

Experimental: Brivaracetam 100 mg - 100 mg/day


Treatment: Drugs: Brivaracetam
25 mg tablet - 50 mg daily for 17 weeks (or 21 weeks if down-titrated (50 mg \> 20 mg) for subjects not participating in the follow-up study)

Treatment: Drugs: Brivaracetam
25 mg tablet - 100 mg daily for 17 weeks (or 21 weeks if down-titrated (100 mg \> 50 mg \> 20 mg) for subjects not participating in the follow-up study)
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
The Cumulative Exit Rate at 112 Days After the Beginning of the Baseline Antiepileptic Drug (AED) Tapering Phase
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From Week 1 up to Week 17
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
The Number of Patients Reporting at Least One Treatment-Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE) During the Course of the Study
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline through Re-conversion (approximately 31 weeks)
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
The Number of Patient Withdrawal Due to Adverse Events (AEs) During the Course of the Study
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline through Re-conversion (approximately 31 weeks)
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
The Number of Patients Reporting at Least One Serious Adverse Event (SAE) During the Course of the Study
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline through Re-conversion (approximately 31 weeks)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Subjects from 16 to 75 years, both inclusive
* Well-characterized focal epilepsy or epileptic syndrome
* Subjects having at least 2 but not exceeding 40 partial onset seizures, whether or not secondarily generalized per 4 weeks during the 8-week Baseline Period
* Subjects on a stable dose of at least 1 but no more than 2 concomitant Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs) with the second AED = 50 % of the minimum recommended maintenance dose
Minimum age
16 Years
Maximum age
75 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Seizure type IA non-motor as only seizure type
* History or presence of seizures occurring too frequently or indistinctly separated to be reliably counted during the 6 months preceding Visit 1 or during Baseline
* Other serious uncontrolled disease

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s

The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Stopped early
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2008
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2010
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
88
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,SA,VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
- Chatswood
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- Adelaide
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- Clayton
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- Fitzroy
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- Parkville
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- West Heidelberg
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- Chatswood
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- Adelaide
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- Clayton
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- Fitzroy
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- Parkville
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- West Heidelberg
Recruitment outside Australia
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Arizona
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California
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Kentucky
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New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Virginia
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Belgium
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Gent
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Belgium
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Kortrijk
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Canada
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Alberta
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Canada
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Ontario
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Canada
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Saskatchewan
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Czechia
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Brno
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Czechia
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Litomysl
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Czechia
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Ostava
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Czechia
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Ostrava-Trebovice
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Czechia
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Praha 2
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Czechia
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Praha-4
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Germany
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Aschaffenburg
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Germany
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Halle (Saale)
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Germany
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Mainz
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Germany
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Regensburg
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Goteborg
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Lund
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Stockholm
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Sweden
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Uppsala

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
UCB Pharma
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
UCB Clinical Trial Call Center
Address 0 0
+1 877 822 9493 (UCB)
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Phone 0 0
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Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

TypeCitations or Other Details
Journal Arnold S, Badalamenti V, Diaz A, Gasalla T, McShea... [More Details]

Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00698581