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NCT Number: NCT01048255

Study of VX-765 in Subjects With Treatment-resistant Partial Epilepsy

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of VX-765 in subjects with Treatment-resistant Partial Epilepsy

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Key information

Age range

18 year–64 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Arkansas, Little Rock, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects that are male or female aged 18 to 64 years (inclusive) with a body mass index between 18 and 35 (kg/m2)
  • Subjects must have a diagnosis and history of treatment resistant partial onset seizures for which they are taking 1 to 4 concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AED). Treatment resistance is defined as failure to achieve seizure freedom despite adequate use of 2 different AEDs. All AED doses must remain stable for 4 weeks prior to the Screening Visit and throughout the entire study
  • Subjects must have had at least 1 electroencephalogram (EEG) consistent with partial epilepsy and a brain magnetic resource imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan within 5 years of Screening Visit negative for other confounding conditions
  • Subjects must have had at least 6 observable partial seizures in 6 weeks prior to randomization, with at least 1 seizure per week during 3 of the 6 weeks within the Baseline Period
  • Subjects who are male or female must agree to use acceptable contraceptive methods as defined in the protocol
  • Subjects who are in otherwise good health

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects with a history of non-epileptic transient alterations in consciousness
  • Subjects who have a history of status epilepticus in the past 12 months
  • Subjects whose seizure frequency cannot be quantified
  • Subjects who have significant medical illness including kidney, liver, pulmonary or gastrointestinal disease; or unstable or poorly controlled conditions
  • Subjects who have clinically significant psychiatric illness
  • Subjects with a positive drug screen (excluding any allowed prescribed medications) and history of alcoholism or drug addiction within past 2 years
  • Males subjects that have a female partner of childbearing potential who do not agree to use medically approved methods of birth control
  • Male subjects that have a female partner who is pregnant, nursing, or is planning to become pregnant during the study period, or within 90 days of the last dose of study drug
  • Female subjects who are pregnant or lactating, or who are of reproductive potential who do not agree to use medically approved birth-control methods
  • Subjects with a current or prior history of illness precluding them from immunomodulatory therapy (e.g. history of recurrent infections)
  • Subjects with active hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Subjects who have participated in any other clinical trials involving an investigational product or device and have received the last dose of study drug within 45 days or 5 half-lives of the Screening Visit

Treatment and study plan

VX-765

Drug

300mg Oral Tablet, 900mg TID

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety and tolerability (vital sign assessments, physical and neurological examinations, laboratory assessments, and adverse events)

    Time frame: 18 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percent reduction in seizure frequency

    Time frame: 6 weeks

  2. Percent of subjects with 50% or greater reduction in seizure frequency

    Time frame: 6 weeks

  3. Percent of subjects that become seizure free

    Time frame: 2 weeks

  4. Percent of subjects who discontinue study drug treatment

    Time frame: 6 weeks

  5. Plasma levels of study drug and other concomitant antiepileptic drugs

    Time frame: 13 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-blind,Placebo-controlled Study of VX-765 in Subjects With Treatment-resistant Partial Epilepsy

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jan 13, 2010
Registry last updated
Jan 27, 2014

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