Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of USL261 in Patients With Increased Bouts of Seizure Activity in the EMU

NCT ID: NCT01999777

Last Updated: 2019-10-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

62 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-11-30

Study Completion Date

2015-08-31

Brief Summary

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This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of USL261 compared with that of intranasal (IN) placebo for the treatment of intermittent bouts of increased seizure activity.

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

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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USL261

5 mg intranasal midazolam

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

USL261

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

intranasal placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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USL261

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subject has been admitted to the institution's EMU for seizure characterization or pre-surgical evaluation, or such admission is planned within 28 days
* Subject body weight is ≥ 40 kg to ≤ 125 kg (inclusive)
* Subject has an established diagnosis of partial or generalized epilepsy

Exclusion Criteria

* Subject has history of status epilepticus in the 6 months prior to Screening
* Subject has a progressive neurological disorder such as brain tumor, demyelinating disease, or degenerative central nervous system (CNS) disease that is likely to progress in the next 12 months
* Subject has respiratory failure (or is at risk for respiratory failure) or other severe cardiorespiratory disease with New York Heart Association Class III or IV functional status, or requires supplemental oxygen
* Subject has acute narrow-angle glaucoma
* Subject is receiving chronic benzodiazepine treatment (defined as an average of ≥ 4 administrations per week) and cannot safely withdraw from such treatment within the washout period prior to treatment
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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UCB Biopharma S.P.R.L.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Tucson, Arizona, United States

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La Jolla, California, United States

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Orange, California, United States

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San Francisco, California, United States

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Denver, Colorado, United States

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Englewood, Colorado, United States

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Tampa, Florida, United States

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Augusta, Georgia, United States

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Winfield, Illinois, United States

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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Edison, New Jersey, United States

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Rochester, New York, United States

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Portland, Oregon, United States

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Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Dallas, Texas, United States

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Temple, Texas, United States

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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Linz, , Austria

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Brussels, , Belgium

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Ghent, , Belgium

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Leuven, , Belgium

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Brno, , Czechia

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Prague, , Czechia

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Bonn, , Germany

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Kork, , Germany

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Tübingen, , Germany

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Vilnius, , Lithuania

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Barcelona, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Valencia, , Spain

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Countries

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United States Australia Austria Belgium Czechia Germany Lithuania Spain

References

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Spencer DC, Sinha SR, Choi EJ, Cleveland JM, King A, Meng TC, Pullman WE, Sequeira DJ, Van Ess PJ, Wheless JW. Safety and efficacy of midazolam nasal spray for the treatment of intermittent bouts of increased seizure activity in the epilepsy monitoring unit: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Epilepsia. 2020 Nov;61(11):2415-2425. doi: 10.1111/epi.16704. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33140403 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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USL261-301

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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