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Long-term, Prospective Study Evaluating Clinical and Molecular Biomarkers of Epileptogenesis in a Genetic Model of Epilepsy - Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (EPISTOP)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02098759
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified April 2014 by Sergiusz Jozwiak, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland.
Recruitment status was:  Recruiting
First Posted : March 28, 2014
Last Update Posted : April 4, 2014
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
General University Hospital, Prague
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
KU Leuven
Medical University of Vienna
Rudolf Magnus Institute - University of Utrecht
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sergiusz Jozwiak, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

Brief Summary:

The primary objective of clinical part of EPISTOP project is to identify the clinical and molecular biomarkers of epileptogenesis in a prospective clinical study of patients with TSC.

Secondary objective of the clinical part of EPISTOP is to compare the effects of standard antiepileptic treatment in patients diagnosed as having epilepsy after clinical seizures vs after electroencephalographic epileptiform discharges, in a randomized trial in TSC patients.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
TSC Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Epilepsy Device: epilepsy early diagnosis protocol Not Applicable

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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 100 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Official Title: Long-term, Prospective Study Evaluating Clinical and Molecular Biomarkers of Epileptogenesis in a Genetic Model of Epilepsy - Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Study Start Date : November 2013
Estimated Primary Completion Date : October 2018
Estimated Study Completion Date : October 2018


Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: epilepsy early diagnosis
Infants that have epileptiform discharges on vEEG and no clinical seizures, if their parents/caregivers give consent, will enter the randomized part of the study. Those children will be randomized into two groups: group A will be diagnosed as having epilepsy after subclinical (electroencephalographic) epileptiform discharges, and the patients in group B will be diagnosed as epileptic after clinical seizures appear. All infants diagnosed with epilepsy will receive standard therapy with recommended first line antiepileptic drug starting from the day of diagnosis.
Device: epilepsy early diagnosis protocol
Infants that have epileptiform discharges on vEEG and no clinical seizures, if their parents/caregivers give consent, will enter the randomized part of the study. Those children will be randomized into two groups: group A will be diagnosed as having epilepsy after subclinical (electroencephalographic) epileptiform discharges (based on epilepsy early diagnosis protocol), and the patients in group B will be diagnosed as epileptic after clinical seizures appear. All infants diagnosed with epilepsy will receive standard therapy with recommended first line antiepileptic drug starting from the day of diagnosis.

Experimental: standard epilepsy diagnosis
Infants that have epileptiform discharges on vEEG and no clinical seizures, if their parents/caregivers give consent, will enter the randomized part of the study. Those children will be randomized into two groups: group A will be diagnosed as having epilepsy after subclinical (electroencephalographic) epileptiform discharges, and the patients in group B will be diagnosed as epileptic after clinical seizures appear. All infants diagnosed with epilepsy will receive standard therapy with recommended first line antiepileptic drug starting from the day of diagnosis.
Device: epilepsy early diagnosis protocol
Infants that have epileptiform discharges on vEEG and no clinical seizures, if their parents/caregivers give consent, will enter the randomized part of the study. Those children will be randomized into two groups: group A will be diagnosed as having epilepsy after subclinical (electroencephalographic) epileptiform discharges (based on epilepsy early diagnosis protocol), and the patients in group B will be diagnosed as epileptic after clinical seizures appear. All infants diagnosed with epilepsy will receive standard therapy with recommended first line antiepileptic drug starting from the day of diagnosis.




Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. number of patients with epilepsy [ Time Frame: at 24 month of life ]
    Full analysis set comprises all patients participating in the study, including the control group. This set will be divided into subsets: control group, TSC patients with epilepsy, and TSC patients with no epilepsy. Among TSC patients with epilepsy, patients with well-controlled seizures and patients with drug-resistant epilepsy will be identified. In full analysis set the blood biomarkers will be analysed. Clinical analysis set will comprise of all TSC infants enrolled in the study and the clinical biomarkers of epileptogenesis (neuroimaging, vEEG, data from medical history) will be analysed in this set. Treatment analysis set will comprise of infants participating in the randomized part of the study and the efficacy of antiepileptic treatment in respect to the point of epilepsy diagnosis (electroencephalographic epileptiform discharges onset in group A and clinical seizures onset in group B) will be assessed in this set.



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Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 4 Months   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria for TSC patients:

  • male or female infants with a definite diagnosis of TSC (Roach criteria; Roach 1998 or DNA confirmed),
  • age up to 4 months at the moment of enrolment,
  • no clinical seizures seen by caregivers or on baseline videoEEG recording,
  • written informed consent of caregivers. It is possible to give consent for the observational part of the study only. In this case, the child will not enter the randomized part of the study.

Inclusion criteria for the control group:

  • male or female infants who have undergone routine MRI for reasons other than epilepsy and brain tumor or cortical defects,
  • age up to 24 months at the moment of study entry,
  • written informed consent of caregivers. Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria for TSC patients:

  • any type of seizures observed till baseline visit,
  • antiepileptic treatment at or prior to study entry,
  • contraindications to MRI,
  • any severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that is considered by the investigator as possibly affecting the EPISTOP analyses or procedures.

Exclusion criteria for the control group:

  • any sign or symptom suggesting TSC diagnosis,
  • any type of seizures observed at study entry,
  • antiepileptic treatment at study entry,
  • history of seizures, with the exception of febrile seizures,
  • any severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that is considered by the investigator as possibly affecting the EPISTOP analyses or procedures.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02098759


Contacts
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Contact: Sergiusz Jozwiak, Md, PhD 0048228157404 s.jozwiak@czd.pl
Contact: Katarzyna Kotulska-Jozwiak, Md, PhD 0048228157405 k.kotulska@czd.pl

Locations
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Austria
Medizinische Universitaet Wien Not yet recruiting
Vienna, Austria
Contact: Martha Feucht, MD, PhD    00431404003805      
Principal Investigator: Martha Feucht, MD, PhD         
Belgium
Vrije Universiteit Brussel Not yet recruiting
Brussels, Belgium
Contact: Anna Jansen, MD, PhD    003224775785      
Principal Investigator: Anna Jansen, MD, PhD         
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Not yet recruiting
Leuven, Belgium
Contact: Lieven Lagae, MD, PhD    003216343845      
Principal Investigator: Lieven Lagae, MD, PhD         
Czech Republic
Fakultni Nemocnice V Motole Active, not recruiting
Prague, Czech Republic
France
Institut National De La Sante et de la Recherche Medicale Not yet recruiting
Paris, France
Contact: Rima Nabbout, Md, PhD    0033144381536      
Principal Investigator: Rima Nabbout, Md, PhD         
Germany
Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin Not yet recruiting
Berlin, Germany
Contact: Bernhard Weschke, MD, PhD    004930450666617      
Principal Investigator: Bernhard Weschke, MD, PhD         
Italy
Universita Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata Active, not recruiting
Rome, Italy
Netherlands
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht Not yet recruiting
Utrecht, Netherlands
Contact: Floor Jansen, MD, PhD    0031887554341      
Principal Investigator: Floor Jansen, MD, PhD         
Poland
Children's Memorial Health Institute Recruiting
Warsaw, Poland
Contact: Sergiusz Jozwiak, Md, PhD    0048228157404      
Contact: Katarzyna Kotulska-Jozwiak, Md, PhD    0048228157405      
Principal Investigator: Sergiusz Jozwiak, Md, PhD         
Sponsors and Collaborators
Sergiusz Jozwiak
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
General University Hospital, Prague
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
KU Leuven
Medical University of Vienna
Rudolf Magnus Institute - University of Utrecht
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Seriusz Jozwiak, Md, PhD Children's Memorial Health Institute
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
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Responsible Party: Sergiusz Jozwiak, MD, PhD, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02098759    
Other Study ID Numbers: EPISTOP
602391 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: European Commission, 7th Framework Programme )
First Posted: March 28, 2014    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: April 4, 2014
Last Verified: April 2014
Keywords provided by Sergiusz Jozwiak, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland:
TSC
tuberous sclerosis complex
epilepsy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Epilepsy
Tuberous Sclerosis
Sclerosis
Pathologic Processes
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Hamartoma
Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Malformations of Cortical Development, Group I
Malformations of Cortical Development
Nervous System Malformations
Neurocutaneous Syndromes
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn