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Open Label Safety and Efficacy Study of Levetiracetam in Korean Patients With Epilepsy

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00160628
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 12, 2005
Last Update Posted : November 26, 2013
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UCB Pharma

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

A Korean open-label, community-based trial assessing the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam as adjunctive therapy in partial epilepsy.

Similarity with a similar study conducted in Caucasian epileptic subjects will be assessed.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Epilepsy, Partial Drug: Levetiracetam Phase 3

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Enrollment : 100 participants
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Official Title: A Korean Open-label, Multi-center, Community-based Trial Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Levetiracetam as Adjunctive Therapy in Adult Subjects With Uncontrolled Partial Epilepsy for Bridging Purpose With a Similar Study on Caucasian Epileptic Subjects
Study Start Date : March 2004
Actual Primary Completion Date : October 2004
Actual Study Completion Date : October 2004

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MedlinePlus related topics: Epilepsy

Arms and Interventions
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Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. To evaluate efficacy of levetiracetam in community based practice (seizure frequency per week over 16 weeks).

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. To assess safety of levetiracetam

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects with epilepsy experiencing partial seizures, whether or not secondarily generalized.
  • Subjects must present between 3 and 42 partial seizures over the three months prior to protocol Visit 1.
  • Use of one (1), but no more than two (2) concomitant marketed AEDs at the time of trial entry.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects on felbamate with less than 18 months exposure.
  • Subjects on vigabatrin, whose visual field has not been assessed as per recommendation of the manufacturer, i.e. every 6 months.
  • Presence of known pseudoseizures within the last year.
  • Presence of progressive cerebral disease, any other progressively degenerative neurological disease, or any cerebral tumors.
  • Uncountable seizures (clusters) or history of convulsive status epilepticus within the last five years.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00160628


Sponsors and Collaborators
UCB Pharma
Investigators
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Study Director: UCB Clinical Trial Call Center UCB Pharma
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Publications of Results:

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00160628    
Other Study ID Numbers: N01099
First Posted: September 12, 2005    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: November 26, 2013
Last Verified: February 2010
Keywords provided by UCB Pharma:
Epilepsy
Partial Onset Seizures
Keppra
Levetiracetam
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Epilepsy
Epilepsies, Partial
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
 Nervous System Diseases
Levetiracetam
Anticonvulsants
Nootropic Agents