Hormonal and Lipid Levels in Male Subjects After a Switch From Carbamazepine to Lacosamide (VICTOR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01375374 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Slow progress despite recruitment boosting efforts e.g., expert advice obtained from leading study center Investigators; decision thus made to terminate.)
First Posted : June 17, 2011
Results First Posted : November 26, 2014
Last Update Posted : August 28, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Epilepsy, Partial | Drug: Lacosamide Drug: Levetiracetam | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 11 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Multicenter, Open-label, Single-arm Study to Evaluate Hormone and Lipid Levels in Male Subjects With Partial-onset Seizures After a Switch of Treatment From Carbamazepine as Adjunctive Treatment to Levetiracetam to Lacosamide as Adjunctive Treatment to Levetiracetam |
Study Start Date : | July 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Lacosamide
commercial 50 mg (pinkish) and 100 mg (yellow) tablets
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Drug: Lacosamide
4-Week Titration Period: start dose Lacosamide (LCM) is 100 mg/day - up-titration of 100 mg/week LCM 8-Week Maintenance Period: dose can change first 4 weeks with 100 mg/week, must remain between 300 mg/day and 600 mg/day. Dose must remain stable last 4 weeks.
Other Name: Vimpat Drug: Levetiracetam Levetiracetam (LEV) is taken at a stable dose 30 days before study entry and is ≥ 1000 mg/day at the first visit. The LEV dose may not be changed at any time.
Other Name: Keppra |
- Change in Serum Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) From Baseline to Treatment Period End (Comprised of a 4-week Titration Period and an 8-week Maintenance Period) [ Time Frame: From Day 1 (Baseline) to Day 84 (Treatment Period End) ]Due to premature termination of enrollment prior to achieving the planned sample size (a total of 28 subjects), this primary safety variable was assessed for descriptive purposes only. A negative value indicates an improvement.
- Change in Sex Hormone Calculated Free Androgen Index Levels From Baseline to Treatment Period End (Comprised of a 4-week Titration Period and an 8-week Maintenance Period) [ Time Frame: From Day 1 (Baseline) to Day 84 (Treatment Period End) ]The change in sex hormone calculated free androgen index (100 x Testosterone/sex hormone binding globulin) levels from Baseline to the end of Maintenance Period was summarized descriptively by visit. A negative value indicates an improvement.
- Change in Serum Thyroid Hormone Free Thyroxine Level From Baseline to Treatment Period End (Comprised of a 4-week Titration Period and an 8-week Maintenance Period) [ Time Frame: From Day 1 (Baseline) to Day 84 (Treatment Period End) ]The change in the serum thyroid hormone free thyroxine level from Baseline to the end of the Maintenance Period was summarized descriptively by visit.
- Change in Total Cholesterol Level From Baseline to Treatment Period End (Comprised of a 4-week Titration Period and an 8-week Maintenance Period) [ Time Frame: From Day 1 (Baseline) to Day 84 (Treatment Period End) ]The change in total cholesterol levels from Baseline to the end of the Maintenance Period was summarized descriptively by visit. A negative value indicates an improvement.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 45 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male subject with diagnosis of Epilepsy with Partial-Onset Seizures
- Subject only taking Levetiracetam in combination with Carbamazepine as adjunctive treatment for Epilepsy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject is taking another Anti-Epileptic Drug (AED) than Carbamazepine (CBZ) and Levetiracetam (LEV)
- Subject is taking lipid lowering agents
- Subject is taking enzyme inducers

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01375374
Austria | |
11 | |
Innsbruck, Austria | |
12 | |
Salzburg, Austria | |
Germany | |
2 | |
Bielefeld, Germany | |
1 | |
Bonn, Germany | |
5 | |
Erlangen, Germany | |
Spain | |
22 | |
Alcorcon, Spain | |
20 | |
Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Study Director: | UCB Cares | +1 877 822 9493 (UCB) |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | UCB Pharma |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01375374 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SP0978 2010-022534-84 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | June 17, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | November 26, 2014 |
Last Update Posted: | August 28, 2017 |
Last Verified: | July 2017 |
Vimpat Partial seizures Carbamazepine |
Hormone levels Lipid levels Lacosamide |
Epilepsies, Partial Epilepsy Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Lacosamide Levetiracetam |
Anticonvulsants Nootropic Agents Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Blockers Sodium Channel Blockers Membrane Transport Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |