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NCT Number: NCT00162981

Clobazam in Subjects With Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of clobazam as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of seizures which lead to drop attacks (drop seizures) in subjects 2 to 30 years of age with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS). Subjects will be enrolled at approximately 10 investigational sites in the U.S. for up to 15 weeks. Subjects will be randomly assigned to either a low dose or a high dose. The study will include a baseline period, a titration period and a maintenance period. After the maintenance period, subjects will either continue into an open-label extension study or enter the taper period with a final visit 1 week after the last dose.

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Key information

Conditions

Epilepsy Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Epilepsy, Generalized Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Seizures Signs and Symptoms

Age range

2 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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About this study

LGS poses a significant treatment challenge. While antiepileptic medications are the mainstay of treatment, no one antiepileptic drug (AED) provides satisfactory relief for all or most patients with LGS and a combination of treatments is often required. Many patients with LGS are refractory to standard AED treatment.

More effective and better tolerated treatment options are needed for this population of medically intractable epilepsy patients. Clobazam is unique in that it is the only non-1, 4-benzodiazepine used in the treatment of epilepsy.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subject must have been <11 years of age at the onset of LGS
  • Subject must have LGS
  • Subject must be on at least 1 stable dose AED
  • Parent or caregiver must be able to keep an accurate seizure diary

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Etiology of subject's seizures is a progressive neurologic disease. Subjects with tuberous sclerosis will not be excluded from study participation
  • Subject has had an episode of status epilepticus within 12 weeks of baseline
  • Subject has had an anoxic episode requiring resuscitation within 1 year of screening
  • Subject has had a clinically significant history of an allergic reaction or significant sensitivity to benzodiazepines
  • Subject is taking more than 3 concurrent AEDs. Note: Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) or ketogenic diet is allowed and each will be counted as one of the three allowed AEDs
  • If the subject is on the ketogenic diet, has been for less than 4 weeks prior to screening or suffers from frequent stooling
  • If the subject has a VNS, the settings have not been stable for at least 4 weeks prior to screening
  • Subject has taken corticotropins in the 6 months prior to screening
  • Subject is currently taking long-term systemic steroids (excluding inhaled medication for asthma treatment) or any other daily medication known to exacerbate epilepsy. An exception will be made of prophylactic medication, for example, for urinary tract infections or asthma
  • If the subject is taking felbamate, has been taking it for less than 1 year prior to screening or previous treatment with felbamate resulted in withdrawal due to liver or bone marrow adverse events

Treatment and study plan

Clobazam Low Dose

Drug

5 to 10 mg/day with doses in the morning and at bedtime; orally

Other names: Onfi™

Clobazam High Dose

Drug

5 to 40 mg/day with doses in the morning and at bedtime; orally

Other names: Onfi™

Primary outcomes

  1. Percent Reduction in Number of Drop Seizures.

    Time frame: 4-week baseline period and 4-week maintenance period

    Number of drop seizures (average per week) was obtained from seizure diaries. The average drop in seizures per week for patients who did not complete the maintenance period was calculated based on the time from the beginning of the maintenance period to date of withdrawal.

  2. A Comparison of the High Dose Group to Low Dose Group of the Percent Reduction in Number of Drop Seizures.

    Time frame: 4-week baseline period and the 4-week maintenance period

    Number of drop seizures (average per week) was obtained from seizure diaries. The average drop in seizures per week for patients who did not complete the maintenance period was calculated based on the time from the beginning of the maintenance period to date of withdrawal.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percent of Patients Considered Treatment Responders Defined as Those With a >= 25%, >= 50%, >= 75%, and 100% Reduction in Drop Seizures.

    Time frame: 4-week baseline period and 4-week maintenance period

    Number of drop seizures (average per week) was obtained from seizure diaries. The average drop in seizures per week for patients who did not complete the maintenance period was calculated based on the time from the beginning of the maintenance period to date of withdrawal.

  2. Parent/Caregiver Global Evaluations of the Patient's Overall Change in Symptoms.

    Time frame: Week 3

    The parent/caregiver was asked to rate the patient's overall change in symptoms and overall change in seizure activity and Quality of Life since the beginning of clobazam treatment by checking "very much improved", "much improved", "minimally improved", "no change", "minimally worse", "much worse", or "very much worse".

  3. Parent/Caregiver Global Evaluations of the Patient's Overall Change in Symptoms.

    Time frame: Week 7

    The parent/caregiver was asked to rate the patient's overall change in symptoms and overall change in seizure activity and Quality of Life since the beginning of clobazam treatment by checking "very much improved", "much improved", "minimally improved", "no change", "minimally worse", "much worse", or "very much worse".

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Lundbeck LLC

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Registry information

Official study title

Safety and Efficacy of Clobazam in Subjects With Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2006
Study completion
2006
First posted
Sep 13, 2005
Registry last updated
Feb 9, 2012

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