A Study to Look at the Efficacy and Safety of Keppra® Extended Release Formulation - XR

NCT ID: NCT00368069

Last Updated: 2020-07-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-08-31

Study Completion Date

2007-05-31

Brief Summary

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This is a safety and efficacy study of Keppra® extended release formulation - XR in patients with epilepsy.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Epilepsy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Keppra® XR

Keppra® extended release formulation -XR

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Keppra® extended release formulation - XR

Intervention Type DRUG

500mg extended release oral tablet, 2 tablets once daily

Placebo

placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

oral tablets, 2 tablets once daily

Interventions

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Keppra® extended release formulation - XR

500mg extended release oral tablet, 2 tablets once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

oral tablets, 2 tablets once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Levetiracetam XR

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of refractory epilepsy
* Patients must be receiving a stable dose of 1 - 3 concomitant Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AED)
* Female patients without childbearing potential. Female patients with childbearing potential are eligible if they use a medically accepted non-hormonal contraceptive method

Exclusion Criteria

* Seizures occurring in clusters
* Status epilepticus within 3 months of Visit 1
* History of non-epileptic seizures
* Known allergic reaction or intolerance to pyrrolidine derivatives and/or excipients
* Pregnant or lactating women. Any woman with childbearing potential who is not using a medically accepted, non-hormonal method of birth control
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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UCB Pharma

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

+1 877 822 9493 (UCB)

Locations

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N01235 1007

Curitiba, , Brazil

Site Status

N01235 2001

Kuopio, , Finland

Site Status

N01235 2003

Tampere, , Finland

Site Status

N01235 2002

Turku, , Finland

Site Status

N01235 3008

Chennai, , India

Site Status

N01235 3010

Chennai, , India

Site Status

N01235 3012

Gandhinagar, , India

Site Status

N01235 3003

Hyderabad, , India

Site Status

N01235 3004

Hyderabad, , India

Site Status

N01235 3001

Lucknow, , India

Site Status

N01235 3009

Madurai, , India

Site Status

N01235 3002

Mumbai, , India

Site Status

N01235 3007

Mumbai, , India

Site Status

N01235 3011

Visakhapatnam, , India

Site Status

N01235 4006

Aguascalientes, , Mexico

Site Status

N01235 4003

Distrio Federal, , Mexico

Site Status

N01235 4001

Guadalajara, , Mexico

Site Status

N01235 4005

Puebla City, , Mexico

Site Status

N01235 5001

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5002

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5003

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5005

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5006

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5007

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5004

Saint Petersburg, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5009

Saint Petersburg, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 5008

Smolensk, , Russia

Site Status

N01235 6002

Cape Town, , South Africa

Site Status

N01235 6003

Umhlanga, , South Africa

Site Status

N01235 7001

Kharkiv, , Ukraine

Site Status

N01235 7004

Kharkiv, , Ukraine

Site Status

N01235 7005

Lviv, , Ukraine

Site Status

N01235 7002

Odesa, , Ukraine

Site Status

N01235 7003

Poltava, , Ukraine

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil Finland India Mexico Russia South Africa Ukraine

References

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Peltola J, Coetzee C, Jimenez F, Litovchenko T, Ramaratnam S, Zaslavaskiy L, Lu ZS, Sykes DM; Levetiracetam XR N01235 Study Group. Once-daily extended-release levetiracetam as adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures in patients with epilepsy: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Epilepsia. 2009 Mar;50(3):406-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01817.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19317886 (View on PubMed)

Richy FF, Banerjee S, Brabant Y, Helmers S. Levetiracetam extended release and levetiracetam immediate release as adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizures: an indirect comparison of treatment-emergent adverse events using meta-analytic techniques. Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Oct;16(2):240-5. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.07.013. Epub 2009 Aug 20.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19699156 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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2006-000987-10

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

N01235

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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