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Trial of Cannabidiol (CBD; GWP42003-P) for Infantile Spasms (GWPCARE7)

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Infantile Spasms
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02953548
Lead Sponsor
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

This trial consists of 3 parts: a pilot safety phase, a pivotal randomized controlled phase, and an open-label extension phase. The pilot phase only will be described in this record. 2 cohorts of 5 participants will be enrolled sequentially. All participants will receive GWP42003-P.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
9
Inclusion Criteria
  • Participant is aged 6- 24 months (inclusive) in the first cohort or aged 1-24 months (inclusive) in the second cohort, at the time of consent.
  • Participant is diagnosed with IS and has failed to respond adequately following treatment with 1 or more approved IS therapies.
  • To be considered hypsarrhythmia, as defined for use in the study, the electroencephalography (EEG) background must be slowed and have multifocal spikes. In addition, it must be either high voltage (above 300 µV) or have electrodecrement/discontinuity.

Key

Exclusion Criteria
  • Participant is currently taking or has taken clobazam or any mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor within the 2 weeks prior to the screening visit.
  • Participant has a QT interval, corrected for heart rate with Bazett's formula (QTcB), of 460 msec or greater on ECG.
  • Participant's caregiver is currently giving or has given recreational or medicinal cannabis, or synthetic cannabinoid-based medications, within the 1 month prior to the screening visit.
  • Participant's caregiver is unwilling to abstain from giving the participant (including the participant's mother abstaining themselves, if breastfeeding)recreational or medicinal cannabis, or synthetic cannabinoid-based medications (other than the study drug) during the trial.
  • Participant has any known or suspected hypersensitivity to cannabinoids or any of the excipients of the study drug, such as sesame oil.
  • Participant has significantly impaired hepatic function at the screening visit.
  • Participant has received an investigational medicinal product as part of a clinical trial within a minimum of 5 half-lives prior to the screening visit.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
GWP42003-PGWP42003-PAdministered orally, titrating to a target dose of 40 mg/kg/day. Participants continue at the target dose, or the highest tolerated dose up to the target dose, for the remainder of the 2-week treatment period.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants With Severe Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)From signing of informed consent up to Day 15

TEAEs are defined as all adverse events not present prior to the first investigational medicinal product (IMP) or placebo administration or any event already present that worsened in severity or frequency following IMP.

Number of Participants With Any Low or High Hematology Laboratory Parameter ValueDay 4 and Day 15
Number of Participants With Any Low or High Biochemistry Laboratory Parameter ValueDay 4 and Day 15
Number of Participant With Any Clinically Relevant Urinalysis Parameter ValueDay 4 and Day 15

Clinical relevance was determined by the investigator.

Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Electrocardiogram FindingsFrom signing of informed consent up to Day 15

Clinical significance was determined by the investigator.

Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Physical Examination FindingsFrom signing of informed consent up to Day 15

Clinical significance was determined by the investigator.

Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Vital Sign FindingsFrom signing of informed consent up to Day 15

Clinical significance was determined by the investigator.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants Free of Clinical SpasmsDay 15

Clinical spasms were determined by VEEG for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.

Number of Participants With Resolution of HypsarrhythmiaDay 15

Resolution of hypsarrhythmia was determined by VEEG for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.

Percentage of Participants With Resolution of HypsarrhythmiaDay 15

Resolution of hypsarrhythmia was determined by VEEG for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.

Number of RespondersBaseline to Day 15

A responder is defined as a participant experiencing a resolution of hypsarrhythmia and free of spasms. Testing for responders was conducted by VEEG for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.

Percentage of RespondersBaseline to Day 15

A responder is defined as a participant experiencing a resolution of hypsarrhythmia and free of spasms. Testing for responders was conducted by VEEG for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.

Number of Participants Free of Clinical SpasmsDay 15

Clinical spasms were determined by video-electroencephalography (VEEG) for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.

Number of Participants Experiencing Spasms and Seizures by SubtypeDay 4 and Day 15

Caregivers recorded the participant's spasms and seizures by category in a daily diary. Subtypes of spasms and seizures included: clonic, tonic-clonic, myoclonic, focal, and absence.

Caregiver Clinical Global Impression of Change (CGIC)Day 15

The CGIC is a single-question assessment completed by the caregiver. The question assessed the status of the participant's condition since treatment start. The caregiver provided a rating on a 7-point scale from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse).

Physician Global Impression of Change (PGIC)Day 15

The PGIC is a single-question assessment completed by the investigator. The question assesses the status of the participant's condition since treatment start. The investigator provided a rating on a 7-point scale from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse).

Average Time to Cessation of SpasmsDay 1 to start of Open-label Extension (OLE) Phase

Analysis could not be conducted for this outcome measure because the study met No Go Criteria. The Pilot Phase concluded after 9 participants completed treatment and demonstrated continued hypsarrhythmia and spasms on follow-up VEEG. The Pivotal Phase was not initiated; however, participants completing the Pilot Phase could roll into the Open Label Extension Phase (NCT02954887) for up to 1 year.

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

Nationwide Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Arkansas Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

The Childrens Hospital of San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne

🇵🇱

Gdańsk, Poland

Valley Health Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Winchester, Virginia, United States

Centrum Medyczne POMOC

🇵🇱

Łódź, Poland

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