A Study to Determine if BHV-7000 is Effective and Safe in Adults With Refractory Focal Onset Epilepsy

NCT ID: NCT06132893

Last Updated: 2026-02-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

390 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-03-14

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether BHV-7000 is effective in the treatment of refractory focal epilepsy.

Detailed Description

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This study has two parts, Part A and Part B. Part A is randomized 1:1:1 25 mg of BHV-7000, 50 mg of BHV-7000 or matching placebo. Part B is randomized 1:1 75mg BHV-7000 or matching placebo. Part B will start after Part A.

Conditions

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Focal Epilepsy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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BHV-7000 25 mg Part A

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BHV-7000

Intervention Type DRUG

BHV-7000 25 mg. Participants will take blinded investigational product (IP) once daily

BHV-7000 50 mg Part A

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BHV-7000

Intervention Type DRUG

BHV-7000 50 mg. Participants will take blinded investigational product (IP) once daily

Placebo Part A

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching placebo taken once daily

BHV-7000 75 mg Part B

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BHV-7000

Intervention Type DRUG

BHV-7000 75 mg. Participants willtake blinded investigational product(IP) once daily

Placebo Part B

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching placebo taken once daily

Interventions

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BHV-7000

BHV-7000 25 mg. Participants will take blinded investigational product (IP) once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

BHV-7000

BHV-7000 50 mg. Participants will take blinded investigational product (IP) once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Matching placebo taken once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

BHV-7000

BHV-7000 75 mg. Participants willtake blinded investigational product(IP) once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Matching placebo taken once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Male and Female participants 18 to 75 years of age at time of consent.
2. Diagnosis of Focal Onset Epilepsy at least 1 year prior to screening visit defined by 2017 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification and based on requirements of Epilepsy Adjudication criteria.

a. Focal seizures i. Focal aware seizures with clinically observable signs and/or symptoms ii. Focal impaired awareness seizures iii. Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures
3. Subject meets the 2009 ILAE definition of drug resistant epilepsy, failure of adequate trials of two tolerated and appropriately chosen and used anti-seizure medication (ASM) schedules (whether as monotherapies or in combination) to achieve sustained seizure freedom.
4. Ability to keep accurate seizure diaries
5. Current treatment with at least 1 and up to 3 ASMs and 4 epilepsy treatments in total

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of status epilepticus (convulsive status epilepticus for \> 5 minutes or focal status epilepticus with impaired consciousness for \> 10 minutes) within the last 6 months prior to screening visit that is not consistent with the subject's habitual seizure.
2. History of repetitive/cluster seizures (where individual seizures cannot be counted) within the last 6 months prior to screening visit and during observation phase.
3. Resection neurosurgery for seizures \<4 months prior to the screening visit.
4. Radiosurgery performed \<2 years prior to the screening visit.
5. Subjects with only focal aware nonmotor seizures which involve subjective sensory or psychic phenomena only, without impairment of consciousness or awareness (formally called simple partial seizures), with or without ictal EEG correlation with clinical symptoms.
6. Any condition that would interfere with the subject's ability to comply with study instructions, place the subject at unacceptable risk, and/or confound the interpretation of safety or efficacy data from the study, as judged by the Investigator
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Barrow Neurological Institute

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Center for Neurosciences

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Trials, Inc.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

WRN

Rogers, Arkansas, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

University of California San Diego

La Jolla, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Stanford Health Care

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Profound Research LLC

Pasadena, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Yale School of Medicine - Yale-New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

EZR Research LLC

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Nova Clinical Research, LLC

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Florida (Jacksonville)

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Floridian Research Institute

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

AdventHealth Orlando

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Medsol Clinical Research Center

Port Charlotte, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Santos Research Center

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Encore Medical Research of Weston LLC.

Weston, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Pediatrix Medical Group of Florida

Winter Park, Florida, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Consultants in Epilepsy & Neurology, PLLC

Boise, Idaho, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Revive Research Institute, Inc.

Elgin, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Accellacare

Ames, Iowa, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Bluegrass Epilepsy Research

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

MAESC

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Javara

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

Revive Research Institute, Inc.

Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Minnesota Epilepsy Group, P.A.

Roseville, Minnesota, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NEREG

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Inst of Neurology

Livingston, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Dent Neurosciences Research Center

Amherst, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

BCHP

Hawthorne, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Northwell Health

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

New York, New York, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Stony Brook Medicine

Stony Brook, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Five Towns Neuroscience Research

Woodmere, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

OnSite Clinical Solutions

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Accellacare

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Wake Forest Baptist

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NeuroScience Research Center

Canton, Ohio, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

OSU

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Research Solutions LLC

Cypress, Texas, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Neurology Consultants of Dallas, PA

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Tarrant Neurology Consultants

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

UT Health San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Road Runner Research, Ltd

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UVM MC

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Henrico Doctors Neurology Associates, LLC

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

STAT Research S.A.

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital General de Agudos Dr. José María Ramos Mejia

Balvanera, Ciudad Autónoma de BuenosAires, Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno CEMIC-Elías Galván 4102

Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de BuenosAires, Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de BuenosAires, Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Investigaciones Sanatorio Del Sur

San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Sanatorio de la Trinidad - Mitre

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Fundación Para La Lucha Contra Las Enfermedades Neurológicas de La Infancia - FLENI

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Instituto Privado Kremer

Córdoba, , Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Conci Carpinella - Santa Rosa N° 748

Córdoba, , Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz - Med Campus III

Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Christian Doppler-Klinik - Universitätsklinikum der PMU

Salzburg, , Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten

Sankt Pölten, , Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Medizinische Universitat Wien (Medical University of Vienna)

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

UZ Antwerpen

Edegem, Antwerpen, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital Erasme

Anderlecht, Brussels Capital, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU UCL Namur - Site Godinne

Yvoir, Namur, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

UZ Gent

Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro de especialidades médicas Vanguardia

Temuco, Región de la Araucanía, Chile

Site Status RECRUITING

Instituto Neurologico Thalamus

Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Padre Hurtado

Santiago, Región-MetropolitanadeSantiago, Chile

Site Status RECRUITING

BIOCINETIC Ltda

Santiago, Región-MetropolitanadeSantiago, Chile

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro de Investigacion Clinica UC

Santiago, Región-MetropolitanadeSantiago, Chile

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Hospital Sveti duh

Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Croatia

Site Status RECRUITING

Klinicki bolnicki centar Sestre Milosrdnice - Vinogradska cesta 29

Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Croatia

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka - PPDS

Rijeka, , Croatia

Site Status RECRUITING

Fakultni nemocnice v Motole

Prague, Praha, Hlavní Mesto, Czechia

Site Status RECRUITING

Fakultni nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brne

Brno, South Moravian, Czechia

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Strasbourg - Hôpital de Hautepierre

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU Dijon Bourgogne

Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Toulouse-Hôpital Pierre-Paul Riquet-Site de Purpan

Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Montpellier- Hôpital Gui De Chauliac

Montpellier, Hérault, France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHRU de Tours - Hôpital Bretonneau

Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHRU Nancy

Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Lille - Hopital Claude Huriez

Lille, Nord, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospices Civils de Lyon - 59 Bd Pinel

Lyon, Rhône, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital Pontchaillou

Rennes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Pécsi Tudományegyetem Klinikai Kozpont -Ret u.

Pécs, Baranya, Hungary

Site Status RECRUITING

Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont Kenezy Gyula Campus

Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary

Site Status RECRUITING

Budapesti Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Korhaz es Rendelointezet

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status RECRUITING

SE INK Juhasz Pal Epilepszia Központ

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Kempenhaeghe - PPDS

Heeze, North Brabant, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland - Heemstede

Heemstede, North Holland, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland - Dokter Denekampweg 20

Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

AES - DRS - Synexus Polska Sp. z o.o. Oddzial w Poznaniu

Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Przychodnia VISTAMED

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Best Solutions - Lublin

Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

NZOZ IGNIS dr med. Alicja Lobinska

Świdnik, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Twoja Przychodnia Nowosolskie Centrum Medyczne sp. z o.o

Nowa Sól, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Santa Familia PTG Lodz

Lodz, Lódzkie, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

MTZ Clinical Research Powered by PRATIA - PPDS

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Neurosphera SP. Z O.O

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Instytut Psychiatrii i Neurologii

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Centrum Badan Klinicznych PI-House sp. z o.o.

Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Copernicus Podmiot Leczniczy Sp. z o.o. - ul. Nowe Ogrody 1-6

Gdansk, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Novo-Med Zielinski i wsp. Sp.J. - ul. Brynowska 44

Katowice, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Pratia MCM Kraków

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

LANDA Specjalistyczne Gabinety Lekarskie

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

University Clinical Centre Maribor

Maribor, , Slovenia

Site Status RECRUITING

InnoMed Clinical Trial Centre

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Site Status RECRUITING

Groote Schuur Hospital

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Site Status RECRUITING

Klinik Lengg AG

Zurich, Zürich (de), Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Argentina Austria Belgium Chile Croatia Czechia France Hungary Netherlands Poland Slovenia South Africa Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Chief Medical Officer

Role: CONTACT

203-404-0410

Facility Contacts

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Caitlin Goodman

Role: primary

602-406-6262

Rudolph Phillips

Role: primary

520-795-0229

Mark Franks

Role: primary

501-227-6179

Jonathan Rodriguez

Role: primary

Sucheta Waghmare

Role: primary

310-794-1195

Jordan Selinger

Role: primary

650-460-9260

Isabel Canas

Role: primary

213-222-7740

Chris Mizenko

Role: primary

720-848-8621

Olivia Campbell

Role: primary

561-788-7545

Showkat Hossain

Role: primary

941-792-6564

Yasmeen Shabbir

Role: primary

904-244-9856

Anabela Cieslicki

Role: primary

305-243-6732

Maria Vasconcelos

Role: primary

941-623-9744

Liz Santos

Role: primary

813-249-9100

Antonio Barreiro

Role: primary

954-777-8827

Josh West

Role: primary

706-721-9680

Kore Liow

Role: primary

808-564-6141

Lisa Gravett

Role: primary

208-275-8585 ext. 6

Elizabeth Cunningham

Role: primary

312-926-6562

Sikar Grewal

Role: primary

847-497-0421

Morgan Medley

Role: primary

859-313-4989

Salman Hashmi

Role: primary

301-530-9744

Sarah Ellis

Role: primary

651-377-8319

Patty Schaefer

Role: primary

314-362-7871

Hardik Rana

Role: primary

551-497-5000

Malik Munazza

Role: primary

973-322-7425

Hailley Pearson

Role: primary

716-250-7002

Donika Zogejani

Role: primary

914-768-8225

Ronnie Elsaadany

Role: primary

201-988-6177

Christine Pol

Role: primary

631-444-9083

Eric Garcia

Role: primary

516-239-1800 ext. 135

Carolyn Hedrick

Role: primary

336-716-8694

Shandell Mooney

Role: primary

330-244-2542

Lucy Mendoza

Role: primary

513-558-3020

Elizabeth Wiley

Role: primary

614-293-3660

Melissa Johnston Esparza

Role: primary

215-614-0520

Emily Patunas

Role: primary

215-503-3213

Melissa Osborn

Role: primary

615-322-8817

J. Christina Howell

Role: primary

214-750-9977 ext. 293

Jamie Hill

Role: primary

817-336-3968

Samantha Lewis

Role: primary

210-450-7370

Lori Santana

Role: primary

210-949-0505

Austin Strebel

Role: primary

801-585-9266

Stacy Thompson

Role: primary

434-982-4315

Gwendolyn Darby

Role: primary

804-288-2742

Kristina Cooper

Role: primary

540-224-5856

Other Identifiers

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2023-508539-30

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

BHV7000-302

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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