Adjunctive Ganaxolone Treatment (Part A) in TSC Followed by Long-term Treatment (Part B)

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To assess preliminary safety and efficacy of ganaxolone as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of primary seizure types in patients with genetically- or clinically-confirmed TSC-related epilepsy through the end of the 12 week treatment period.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Marinus Pharmaceuticals
• Treatments: Ganaxolone; Pregnanolone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria (Part A):

• Clinical or mutational diagnosis of TSC

• Failure to control seizures despite appropriate trial of 2 or more ASMs at therapeutic doses.

• Have at least 8 countable/witnessed primary seizures during the 4-week baseline period with at least 1 primary seizure occurring in at least 3 of the 4 weeks of baseline.

Inclusion Criteria (Part B)

• Patients have experienced ≥ 35% reduction in primary seizure frequency during the Part A treatment period compared to the 4-week Baseline Period.

Exclusion Criteria (Part A):

• Previous exposure to GNX

• Pregnant or breastfeeding

• Concurrent use of strong inducers or inhibitors of cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4/5/7. Any strong inhibitor or inducer of CYP3A4/5/7 must be discontinued at least 28 days before Visit 2, study drug initiation. This does not include approved ASMs.

• Patients who have been taking felbamate for less than 1 year prior to screening

• Patients who test positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or non-approved cannabidiol (CBD) via plasma drug screen

• Chronic use of oral steroid medications, ketoconazole (except for topical formulations), St. John's Wort, or other IPs is not permitted

• Have an active CNS infection, demyelinating disease, degenerative neurological disease, or CNS disease deemed progressive. This includes tumor growth which in the opinion of the investigator could affect primary seizure control

• Patients with significant renal insufficiency, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 30 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula or Pediatric GFR calculator or Bedside Schwartz), will be excluded from study entry or will be discontinued if the criterion is met post baseline

• Have been exposed to any other investigational drug within 30 days or fewer than 5 half lives (whichever is shorter) prior to the screening visit