A Clinical Study to Investigate the Long-term Use of Lacosamide as Monotherapy in Subjects Who Completed Study SP0994
Epilepsy
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Epilepsy focused on measuring Lacosamide, Vimpat, Epilepsy, Partial onset seizures, Tonic-clonic seizures, Monotherapy, AED
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- An Institutional Review Board /Institutional Ethics Committee approved written Informed Consent Form (ICF) is signed and dated by the subject or by the parent(s) or legal representative. The ICF or a specific Assent form, where required, will be signed and dated by minors
- Subject/legal representative is considered reliable and capable of adhering to the protocol, visit schedule, and medication intake according to the judgment of the investigator
- Subject has completed the Termination Visit of SP0994 [NCT01465997] and has been treated with lacosamide monotherapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject is receiving any investigational drugs or using any experimental devices in addition to lacosamide (LCM)
- Subject experienced a seizure at the 3rd target dose (i.e. LCM 600 mg/day) during SP0994
- Subject required another Anti Epileptic Drug (AED) for the treatment of seizures
- Subject meets a "must" withdrawal criteria for SP0994
- Subject is experiencing an ongoing Serious Adverse Event from SP0994
- Female subject who is pregnant or nursing, and/or a woman of childbearing potential who is not surgically sterile, 2 year postmenopausal or does not practice one highly effective method of contraception, unless sexually abstinent, for the duration of the study
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Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Lacosamide
Lacosamide (LCM) will be administered orally twice daily from 200 mg/day to 600 mg/day (at approximately 12 hour intervals in the morning and in the evening) in 2 divided doses. Medication must not be chewed and must be swallowed with a sufficient amount of fluid. The investigator may maintain the subject's LCM dose, decrease the dose in decrements of 100 mg/day per week to a minimum dose of LCM 200 mg/day, or increase the dose in increments of 100 mg/day per week up to a maximum dose of LCM 600 mg/day. Subjects stopping LCM should be tapered off LCM at recommended decreasing steps of 200 mg/day/week. A slower taper (eg, 100 mg/day/week) or faster taper is permitted, if medically necessary; however, the maximum duration of tapering should not exceed 6 weeks.