Double-blind, Randomized Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Brivaracetam in Adults With Partial Onset Seizures

UCB

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Epilepsy

Treatments: Drug: Brivaracetam; Other: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00490035

2006-006344-59 (EudraCT Number)

N01252

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Brivaracetam to support the submission file in the indication of adjunctive treatment in adolescents and adults with partial onset seizures.

Enrollment: 399 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects were from 16 to 70 years, both inclusive. Subjects under 18 years of age were only included where legally permitted and ethically accepted
• Subjects with well-characterized focal epilepsy or epileptic syndrome according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification
• Subjects had a history of partial onset seizures (POS) whether or not secondarily generalized (Type I seizures according to the ILAE classification)
• Subjects had at least 2 POS whether or not secondarily generalized per month during the 3 months preceding Visit 1
• Subjects had at least 8 POS whether or not secondarily generalized during the 8-Week Baseline Period
• Subjects were uncontrolled while treated by 1 to 2 permitted concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Vagal nerve stimulation was allowed and was not counted as a concomitant AED

Exclusion criteria

• History or presence of seizures occurring only in clusters (too frequently or indistinctly separated to be reliably counted) before Visit 3
• History or presence of status epilepticus during the year preceding Visit 1 or during Baseline

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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399 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Matching Placebo tablets administered twice a day

Treatment:

Other: Placebo

Brivaracetam 20 mg/day

Experimental group

Description:

Brivaracetam 20 mg/day, 10 mg administered twice a day

Treatment:

Drug: Brivaracetam

Drug: Brivaracetam

Drug: Brivaracetam

Brivaracetam 50 mg/day

Experimental group

Description:

Brivaracetam 50 mg/day, 25 mg administered twice a day

Treatment:

Drug: Brivaracetam

Drug: Brivaracetam

Drug: Brivaracetam

Brivaracetam 100 mg/day

Experimental group

Description:

Brivaracetam 100 mg/day, 50 mg administered twice a day

Treatment:

Drug: Brivaracetam

Drug: Brivaracetam

Drug: Brivaracetam