A Double-blind Confirmatory Trial of Levetiracetam in Epilepsy Patients With Partial Onset Seizures

NCT ID: NCT00280696

Last Updated: 2015-02-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

352 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-11-30

Study Completion Date

2007-11-30

Brief Summary

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A double-blind, randomized, multicenter, placebo controlled 5 parallel groups, confirmatory trial to evaluated the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam used as adjunctive treatment in patients from 16 to 65 years with epilepsy suffering from partial onset seizures.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Epilepsies, Partial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Lev 0.5 g

Levetiracetam 0.5 g/day as add-on therapy to ongoing treatment with 1 to 3 AED(s) administered orally twice daily (in the morning and evening).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Levetiracetam 250 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 250 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Lev 1 g

Levetiracetam 1 g/day as add-on therapy to ongoing treatment with 1 to 3 AED(s) administered orally twice daily (in the morning and evening).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Levetiracetam 250 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 250 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Levetiracetam 500 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 500 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Lev 2 g

Levetiracetam 2 g/day as add-on therapy to ongoing treatment with 1 to 3 AED(s) administered orally twice daily (in the morning and evening).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Levetiracetam 250 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 250 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Levetiracetam 500 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 500 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Lev 3 g

Levetiracetam 3 g/day as add-on therapy to ongoing treatment with 1 to 3 AED(s) administered orally twice daily (in the morning and evening).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Levetiracetam 250 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 250 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Levetiracetam 500 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 500 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Placebo

Placebo tablets as add-on therapy to ongoing treatment with 1 to 3 AED(s) administered orally twice daily (in the morning and evening).

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

* Active Substance: Placebo
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 250 mg and 500 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Interventions

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Levetiracetam 250 mg

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 250 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Intervention Type DRUG

Levetiracetam 500 mg

* Active Substance: Levetiracetam
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 500 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

* Active Substance: Placebo
* Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
* Concentration: 250 mg and 500 mg
* Route of Administration: Oral Use

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Keppra Keppra

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Epileptic patients who fulfill the following criteria are eligible for inclusion in the study:

* Subjects aged from 16 to 65 years at the acquisition of informed consent to the trial participation
* Seizure type: subjects with epileptic seizures which were diagnosed as partial seizures more than 2 years ago according to "Clinical and electroencephalographic classification of epileptic seizures (1981)" defined by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and confirmed with an EEG that has been performed within 1 year before Screening or at the Screening Visit
* Subjects whose previous therapy before screening involved at least two standard anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) for partial seizures, and in whom it can be confirmed that the doses met the daily dose specified for the treatment of epilepsy in the package insert and that the therapy has been continued for at least 3 months
* Frequency of epileptic seizures: subjects experiencing partial seizures at least 12 times in 12 weeks during the Baseline Period (Week -12 to Week 0) and at least twice in every 4 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

The following patients are not eligible for inclusion into the study:

* Subjects who were diagnosed with status epilepticus within 3 months before screening
* Subjects with no partial seizures of which frequency was measured during the Baseline Period
* Subjects who underwent surgery for epilepsy within 2 years before Screening or who were scheduled to undergo brain surgery during the study period and within 4 weeks after the completion of this study
* Subjects with a history of oral treatment with Levetiracetam (LEV)
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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UCB Japan Co. Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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UCB Clinical Trial Call Center

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

UCB Pharma

Locations

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Aichi-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan

Site Status

Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

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Nayoga, Aichi-ken, Japan

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Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

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Chiba, Chiba, Japan

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Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

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Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

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Gifu, Gihu, Japan

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Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

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Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

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Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

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Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan

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Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa-ken, Japan

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Kagoshima, Kagoshima-ken, Japan

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Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto, Japan

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Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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Nagaoka, Nagaoka, Japan

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Ōmura, Nagasaki, Japan

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Niigata, Niigata, Japan

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Okayama, Okayama-ken, Japan

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Izumi, Osaka, Japan

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Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan

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Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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Suita, Osaka, Japan

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Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

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Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, Japan

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Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Toyama, Toyama, Japan

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Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan

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Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

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Kobe, , Japan

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Countries

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Japan

References

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Inoue Y, Yagi K, Ikeda A, Sasagawa M, Ishida S, Suzuki A, Yoshida K; Japan Levetiracetam N01221 Study Group. Efficacy and tolerability of levetiracetam as adjunctive therapy in Japanese patients with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2015 Oct;69(10):640-8. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12300. Epub 2015 May 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25854635 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2014-004333-57

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

N01221

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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