Open-Label Study to Assess Lacosamide Safety as Add-on Therapy for Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures in Subjects With Epilepsy



Status:Completed
Conditions:Neurology, Epilepsy
Therapuetic Areas:Neurology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:16 - 65
Updated:7/19/2018
Start Date:May 2010
End Date:August 2011

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An Open-Label Pilot Study to Assess the Safety of Oral Lacosamide as Adjunctive Therapy for Uncontrolled Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures in Subjects With Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

The purpose is to assess the safety of Lacosamide in subjects with uncontrolled Primary
Generalized Tonic-Clonic (PGTC) seizures with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject has a diagnosis of uncontrolled epilepsy with primary generalized tonic-clonic
(PGTC) seizures and idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Diagnosis should have been
established by an electroencephalogram (EEG) with generalized spike-wave discharges
within 5 years of the screening visit

- Subject has ≥1 PGTC seizure within the 12 weeks prior to the screening visit

- Subject has a stable dose regimen of 1 to 3 marketed antiepileptic drug(s) (AEDs) with
or without additional concurrent stable Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS). The VNS must
have been in place for at least 6 months prior to study entry with constant settings
for at least 28 days prior to the screening visit and during the Baseline Phase.
Benzodiazepines will be counted as an AED

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject has a history of partial-onset seizures or EEG findings consistent with
partial onset seizures

- Subject has a history of status epilepticus within the 5-year Period prior to Visit 1

- Subject has a current or previous diagnosis of pseudoseizures, conversion disorders,
or other non-epileptic ictal events

- Subject has any medical or psychiatric condition

- Subject has any history of alcohol or drug abuse

- Subject is currently taking felbamate

- Subject has ever taken vigabatrin and has no visual fields examination report
available or if results of the examination are abnormal

- Subject is on a ketogenic diet

- Subject has a known sodium channelopathy
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