Active clinical trials for "Epilepsy"

SP0966 is an exploratory study to investigate safety and efficacy of Lacosamide (LCM) in children with epilepsy syndromes associated with generalized seizures. LCM will be added to current antiepileptic treatment.

This is an open-label, randomised, parallel-group study to demonstrate the bioequivalence of lamotrigine 100mg in two different formulations, dispersible/chewable tablet and compressed tablet, in healthy subjects under fasting conditions. Subjects will be randomized in equal numbers to be dosed with either lamotrigine dispersible/chewable (Test) 100mg tablet or lamotrigine compressed (Reference) 100mg tablet. Pharmacokinetic blood sampling will be collected over 216 hours post dose. Safety (tolerability) will be observed up to 216 hours post dose. Safety assessments will include regular monitoring of vital signs, ECG's, adverse events (AEs) and safety laboratory tests. A follow-up visit is scheduled within 10-17 days post-dose.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of BIA 2 093 in the treatment of epileptic patients with refractory simple or complex partial seizures with or without secondary generalization.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of single rising oral doses of BIA 2-093 (proposed doses 20mg, 50mg, 100mg, 200mg, 400mg, 600mg, 900mg and 1200mg) in groups of 8 healthy male adult volunteers.

To investigate the steady-state pharmacokinetics of once-daily and twice-daily regimens of BIA 2-093 and twice-daily regimen of Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®) in healthy subjects and to assess the tolerability of such regimens in healthy subjects.

The purpose of this Phase III study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability and health outcomes of retigabine Immediate Release (IR) as adjunctive therapy to each of the following monotherapy Antiepileptic Drug (AED) treatments: carbamazepine/oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, or valproic acid in adult subjects with partial-onset seizures (POS) using a flexible dosing regimen.

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of brivaracetam at doses of 100 and 200mg/day compared to placebo as adjunctive treatment in adult focal epilepsy subjects with partial onset seizures not fully controlled despite current treatment with 1 or 2 concomitant antiepileptic drugs.

The purpose of this study is to examine the safety and effectiveness of USL255 as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial onset-seizures.

This in an open-label, single dose, fixed sequence, two treatment period study enrolling 8 patients (to obtain 6 evaluable) with end stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving haemodialysis. Patients will remain in the unit during each treatment period from admission to the collection of the final PK sample. The doses of ezogabine/retigabine in the two treatment periods will be separated by at least 7 days.

Epilepsy requires long-term drug treatment and is frequently associated with other clinical conditions. Combinations of antiepileptic drugs and other compounds are fairly common and increase with age. Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions are expected and may affect compliance, particularly in patients not receiving adequate information. Primary objective of the study is to verify if a comprehensive and standardized educational plan is followed by a significant reduction of the number of adult patients with epilepsy and comorbidity presenting clinically relevant adverse treatment effects. Secondary objectives include effects on number of adverse treatment events, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), direct medical costs, and patient's compliance. The study is a randomized, controlled, open-label, pragmatic trial. Included are consecutive adult outpatients with 1+ concurrent clinical conditions on chronic treatment and at least one clinically relevant treatment-related adverse event and/or clinically relevant drug interaction. Eligible patients will be randomized to receive a comprehensive and standardized educational plan (experimental arm) or to usual care, ie management of adverse event/drug interaction as done in clinical practice (control arm). The experimental plan consists in discussing with patient and caregiver the cause and nature of adverse event/drug interaction, the tolerability profile of each drug, the clinical manifestations associated with current drug interaction(s), contraindications of potentially interfering over-the-counter drugs, indications and benefits of suggested treatment changes, and withdrawal of potentially interfering, contraindicated or ineffective drugs. All patients will be seen at one, three and six months after admission. Expected results: The number of patients free from clinically relevant adverse treatment events and/or drug interactions in each treatment arm at end of study is expected to be higher in patients assigned to comprehensive and standardized educational plan compared to usual care (primary outcome). Patients on the experimental plan are also expected to be more commonly free from relevant adverse events and/or drug interactions at each intermediate visit, to present a lower number of adverse treatment events, to imply lower costs for medical contacts, hospital admissions, and drugs, to present better HRQOL scores, and to present less weekly treatment omissions.