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

NCT ID: NCT06309966

Last Updated: 2025-12-23

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

390 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-13

Study Completion Date

2026-05-31

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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Conditions

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Focal Epilepsy

Keywords

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Focal Epilepsy Epilepsy Seizure Refractory Epilepsy Partial 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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BHV-7000 50 mg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BHV-7000

Intervention Type DRUG

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

BHV-7000 75 mg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BHV-7000

Intervention Type DRUG

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

Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching placebo taken once daily

Interventions

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BHV-7000

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

Intervention Type DRUG

BHV-7000

BHV-7000 75 mg. Participants will take 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 with clinically observable signs and/or symptoms 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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Accel Research

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Onyx Clinical Trials

Peoria, Arizona, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Xenoscience, Inc.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Arizona / Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Trials, Inc.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Amicis Research Center

Lancaster, California, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Memorialcare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach

Long Beach, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Tri Valley Neurology Medical Associates, Inc.

Mission Hills, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Profound Research LLC

Poway, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Kaiser Permanente

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

UConn Health

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

EZR Research, LLC

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Nova Clinical Research, LLC

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Las Mercedes Medical Research

Hialeah, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Coral Clinic Research

Homestead, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Dm Healthworks

Kissimmee, Florida, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Y&L Advance Health Care, Inc d/b/a Elite Clinical Research

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Serenity Research Center

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Research Institute of Orlando

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Comprehensive Neurology Clinic

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Panhandle Research & Medical Clinic

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Knight Neurology

Rockledge, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

PENS

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Encore Medical Research of Weston LLC.

Weston, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Accelerated Clinical Trials, LLC

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Bluegrass Epilepsy Research

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

OLORMC

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

DelRicht Research

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Neurocare Of Louisiana

Covington, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University Medical Center New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

DelRicht Research

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

LSU Health Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Boston Clinical Trials

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Boston Neuro Research

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

SRI International

Plymouth, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Missouri Health Care

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Somnos Clinical Research

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NEREG

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Jersey Shore Medical Center

Neptune City, New Jersey, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Dent Neurosciences Research Center

Amherst, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Northwell Health

Great Neck, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Northwell Health Ped. Neurology

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Cincinatti Children's Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Wright State University

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Oregon Neurology Associates

Springfield, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

AHN

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

MUSC

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

WR-ClinSearch

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Horizon Clinical Research Group

Cypress, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

M3 Wake Research-Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

ANESC Research

El Paso, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Tarrant Neurology Associates

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UTHealth Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UTHSC

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Stryde Research

Plano, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Intermountain Health

Murray, Utah, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Medstar Health Research Institute

McLean, Virginia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Prince of Wales Hospital

Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

Herston, Queensland, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

St Vincents Hospital Melbourne - PPDS

Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Austin Health

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

The Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Flinders Medical Centre

Bedford Park, , Australia

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Odense Universitetshospital

Odense, Fyn, Denmark

Site Status RECRUITING

Kuopion yliopistollinen sairaala

Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland

Site Status RECRUITING

Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Site Status RECRUITING

Helsinki University Hospital

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Epilepsiezentrum Kork

Kehl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Ulm

Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

LMU Klinikum der Universität München - Campus Großhadern

München, Bavaria, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Epilepsieklinik Tabor

Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH - Standort Marburg

Marburg, Hesse, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Klinikum Osnabrück GmbH

Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Krankenhaus Mara gGmbH

Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Bonn

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Münster

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Kleinwachau Sächsisches Epilepsiezentrum Radeberg Gemeinnützige Gmbh

Radeberg, Saxony, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Vivantes - Humboldt Klinikum

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt

Frankfurt, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Epilepsie-Zentrum Bodensee

Ravensburg, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis

Alexandroupoli, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

University General Hospital ''ATTIKON''

Chaïdári, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

University General Hospital of Ioannina

Ioannina, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

Georgios Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

Nizam's Insti. of Medical Sciences

Hyderabad, , India

Site Status RECRUITING

Mallikatta Neuro Centre

Mangalore, , India

Site Status RECRUITING

Jaslok Hospital and Research

Mumbai, , India

Site Status RECRUITING

Dr G M Taori Memorial CIIMS

Nagpur, , India

Site Status RECRUITING

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

New Delhi, , India

Site Status RECRUITING

Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara

Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Renato Dulbecco - AO Mater Domini

Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

AORN Antonio Cardarelli

Napoli, Campania, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

AUSL di Bologna - Ospedale Bellaria

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Istituto G Gaslini Ospedale Pediatrico IRCCS - INCIPIT - PIN

Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. - PPDS

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo - Azienda Universitaria-Polo Universitario San Paolo

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino IRCCS

Pavia, Lombardy, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena - Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara

Baggiovara, Modena, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed

Pozzilli, Molise, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Università Politecnica delle Marche Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona

Ancona, The Marches, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria A Meyer - INCIPIT - PIN

Calambrone, Tuscany, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli-Rome

Roma, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - INCIPIT - PIN

Rome, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Di Verona

Verona, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Unidad de Investigación en Salud de Chihuahua S.C.-Mexico city

Mexico City, , Mexico

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinstile, S.A. de C.V.

Mexico City, , Mexico

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Accelerium, S. de R.L. de C.V. - PPDS

Monterrey, , Mexico

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Axis Heilsa S. de R.L. de C.V.

Obispado, , Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

Neurociencias Estudios Clinicos S.C.

Sinaloa, , Mexico

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Research Institute SC-Mexico

Tlalnepantla, , Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

FAICIC S De RL De CV

Veracruz, , Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

MTZ Clinical Research

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Pratia MCM Krakow

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

LANDA Specjalistyczne

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Neurosphera SP. Z O.O

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Premium Clinic Wrocław

Wroclaw, , Poland

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

ULS de Entre Douro e Vouga, EPE - Hospital de São Sebastião

Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro District, Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

ULS de Matosinhos, EPE - Hospital Pedro Hispano

Senhora da Hora, Porto District, Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro Clínico Académico, Braga - Hospital de Braga

Braga, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

ULS de Coimbra, EPE - Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra

Coimbra, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

ULS de Lisboa Ocidental, EPE - Hospital Egas Moniz

Lisbon, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital da Luz Torres de Lisboa

Lisbon, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

Targu-Mures Emergency Clinical County Hospital - Str. Gh. Marinescu nr.50

Târgu Mureş, Mureș County, Romania

Site Status RECRUITING

Emergency University Hospital

Bucharest, , Romania

Site Status RECRUITING

IN MEDIC, s.r.o.

Bardejov, , Slovakia

Site Status RECRUITING

Kraskova 2636, Neurologické oddelenie

Rimavská Sobota, , Slovakia

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol

Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario de Navarra

Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

CHUVI - H.U. Alvaro Cunqueiro

Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital del Mar

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron - PPDS

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Fundacio Assistencial Mutua de Terrassa

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio

Granada, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Vithas Granada

Granada, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las Nieves

Granada, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Ruber Internacional (Grupo Quironsalud)

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Blua Sanitas Valdebebas Hospital

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hospital blua sanitas valdebebas

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga - Hospital General

Málaga, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro de Neurologia Avanzada

Seville, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid

Valladolid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Morriston Hospital

Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital-PPDS

Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Salford Royal Hospital - PPDS

Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

The Walton Centre - PPDS

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

University College London Hospitals (UCLH)

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, South Glamorgan, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Australia Denmark Finland Germany Greece India Italy Mexico Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Spain United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Chief Medical Officer

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 203-404-0410

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Derek Soto

Role: primary

Corina Lugo

Role: primary

Francine Metcalf-Nodwell

Role: primary

April Tenorio

Role: primary

Ellen Ciesielski

Role: primary

Yalexis Lorenzo

Role: primary

Fernando Roa

Role: primary

Michelle Clevenger

Role: primary

Elliuz Leal

Role: primary

Joseph Hilde

Role: primary

Susan Ngo

Role: primary

Danielle Bryant

Role: primary

Heather Scuderi

Role: primary

Reggie Mister

Role: primary

Erin Yates

Role: primary

Pamela Coe

Role: primary

Joanne Monaghan

Role: primary

Wendy Bradford

Role: primary

Ayesha Rehman

Role: primary

Mariana Figuera Losada

Role: primary

Monica Coudurier

Role: primary

Megan Hendricks

Role: primary

Robin Bulgarino

Role: primary

Jessica Benvenuto

Role: primary

Kerry Moore

Role: primary

Shruti Konda

Role: primary

Maria Poblete

Role: primary

Lindsay Bosh

Role: primary

Emma Merrill

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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2023-508811-21

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

BHV7000-303

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id