Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Oxcarbazepine Monotherapy in Children With Partial Seizures

February 20, 2017 updated by: Novartis

A 24-week Prospective Open-label Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Effect on Seizure Frequency, Safety and Tolerability of Oxcarbazepine Monotherapy in Children With Partial Seizures

This study is aimed to collect additional data regarding the efficacy in reducing the frequency of partial seizures, as well as the safety and tolerability, of oxcarbazepine monotherapy in children.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Russian Federation
      • Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
        • Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital №1 EkaterinburgRegional Pediatric Clinical Hospital №1
      • Moscow, Russian Federation
        • Moscow Scientific Research Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery
      • Moscow, Russian Federation
        • Russian State Medical University clinically based on Russian Pediatric Clinical Hospital
      • Moscow, Russian Federation
        • Scientific-practical centre of children treatment suffering from craniofacial malformation and congenital pathology of nervous system
      • St Petersburg, Russian Federation
        • St. Petersburg State Pediatrics Medical Academy

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 months to 17 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • males and females, 6 months - 17 years of age;
  • diagnosis of epilepsy, partial seizures;
  • ineffective or intolerable present therapy with 1 antiepileptic drug, or none of previous antiepileptic therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • progressive lesion of brain revealed by CT/MRI that performed no earlier than 2 years prior to screening;
  • non-epileptic seizures;
  • drug or alcohol dependence during a year prior to screening;

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Epileptic activity at electroencephalography in rest
Flash light and hyperventilation test with electroencephalography
Frequency of epileptic episodes according to patient's diary
Electrocardiogram analysis for rhythm and conduction
Blood test for sodium, hepatic enzymes and blood cells

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Rate of patients with total and partial control of epilepsy
Rate of patients requiring additional antiepileptic drugs
Tolerability and safety of 24 week's treatment with oxcarbazepine monotherapy in children with partial seizures

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Novartis

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 11, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 28, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

September 28, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 11, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

January 12, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 23, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 20, 2017

Last Verified

February 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CTRI476BRU02

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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