A Double-blind, Randomized Conversion to Monotherapy Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Brivaracetam in Subjects (≥ 16 to 75 Years Old) With Partial Onset Seizures

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2010-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs) are the main treatment for epilepsy; however, only a limited number of AEDs are approved for use as monotherapy. The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of BRV in the conversion of partial onset seizure patients from combination treatment to monotherapy.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: UCB Pharma
• Treatments: Brivaracetam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects from 16 to 75 years, both inclusive

• Well-characterized focal epilepsy or epileptic syndrome

• Subjects having at least 2 but not exceeding 40 partial onset seizures, whether or not secondarily generalized per 4 weeks during the 8-week Baseline Period

• Subjects on a stable dose of at least 1 but no more than 2 concomitant Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs) with the second AED ≤ 50% of the minimum recommended maintenance dose

Exclusion Criteria:

• Seizure type IA non-motor as only seizure type

• History or presence of seizures occurring too frequently or indistinctly separated to be reliably counted during the 6 months preceding Visit 1 or during Baseline

• Other serious uncontrolled disease