Compassionate Use Program With Lacosamide in Patients With Partial-onset or Generalized Tonic-clonic Seizures
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03559673 |
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First Posted : June 18, 2018
Last Update Posted : October 31, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Epilepsies, Partial | Drug: Lacosamide |
Study Type : | Expanded Access |
Expanded Access Type : | Treatment IND/Protocol |
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Official Title: | Compassionate Use Program With Lacosamide in Patients With Partial-onset or Generalized Tonic-clonic Seizures ≥16 Years of Age Coming From the SP0994 Study |

- Drug: Lacosamide
Patients will start on the individual Lacosamide (LCM) dose that they had reached at the completion of the previous monotherapy study. LCM will be administered orally twice daily in 2 divided doses.Other Name: Vimpat

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient has completed the Termination Visit of SP0994 and has been treated with Lacosamide (LCM) monotherapy
- Patient is expected to benefit from participation in the Compassionate Use Program (CUP) with LCM monotherapy, in the opinion of the treating physician
- Patient is willing and able to comply with all program requirements
- Patient is informed of the details of this CUP, is given ample time and opportunity to ask questions and consider his/her participation in this CUP, and the patient or the legally authorized representative (LAR) has provided verbal consent to participate, and, if applicable to local regulations, has given written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient is receiving any investigational drugs or using any experimental devices in addition to LCM
- For countries where LCM is reimbursed: Patient requires another anti-epileptic drug (AED) for the treatment of seizures For countries where LCM is not reimbursed (or conditionally reimbursed: Belgium, Australia e.g.): Patient requires another AED for the treatment of seizures and qualifies for commercial LCM (and LCM is being reimbursed)
- Patient experienced emergence of a seizure type other than partial-onset or generalized tonic-clonic seizures, or occurrence of status epilepticus
- Patient developed second- or third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block or another clinically relevant change in medical condition (or electrocardiogram (ECG) or laboratory parameter)
- Patient having liver function test (LFT) results of transaminases (aspartate aminotransferase [AST] and/or alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) ≥3×ULN to <5×upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Patient has actual suicidal ideation or behavior
- Patient is experiencing an ongoing serious adverse event (SAE) and there is no expected benefit for him/her to continue on LCM treatment
- Female patient 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 (according to ICH guidance defined as those that result in a failure rate of less than 1 % per year when used consistently and correctly), unless sexually abstinent, for the duration of the study
- Patient was treated with carbamazepine controlled release (CBZ-CR) in SP0994

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03559673
Study Director: | UCB Cares | 001 844 599 2273 (UCB) |
Responsible Party: | UCB Biopharma S.P.R.L. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03559673 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
EP0072 |
First Posted: | June 18, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 31, 2019 |
Last Verified: | October 2019 |
Seizures Epilepsies, Partial Epilepsy Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations |
Lacosamide Anticonvulsants Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Blockers Sodium Channel Blockers Membrane Transport Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |