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Clinical Trials/2024-515937-13-00
2024-515937-13-00
Recruiting
Phase 3

Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study to assess the efficacy and safety of RApamycin in drug Resistant Epilepsy associated with TSC

Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka4 sites in 1 country200 target enrollmentStarted: December 20, 2024Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
Enrollment
200
Locations
4
Primary Endpoint
comparison of the number of patients with at least 50% reduction of seizures per week in the last month of the core blinded phase in comparison to screening phase in the rapamycin vs placebo group (

Overview

Brief Summary

The primary objective of the RaRE-TS study is to determine safety, tolerability and efficacy of rapamycin versus placebo in a drug resistant epilepsy associated with tuberous sclerosis complex

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
0 years to 64 years (0-17 Years, 18-64 Years)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Parents/caregivers are willing to and able to give informed consent form for the participation in the study
  • Parents/caregivers are willing to and able to comply with all study requirements
  • Definite diagnosis of TSC according to the Consensus criteria (Northrup, 2013)
  • drug-resistant epilepsy associated with TSC with at least 8 seizures during 4 weeks
  • male or female aged from 3 months up to 55 years at the day of randomization
  • body weight of at least 6 kg and proper nutritional status (assessed by investigator)

Exclusion Criteria

  • history of treatment with mTOR inhibitor in the three months prior to screening
  • Allergy to peanuts or soy
  • history of pseudo-epileptic seizures
  • history of progressive CNS disease other than TSC
  • recent surgery within 2 weeks prior to the screening
  • severe infection within 2 weeks prior to the screening
  • contraindications for MRI or general anesthesia
  • occurrence of the serious comorbidities which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put a patient at significant risk associated with the participation in the study or may influence the results of the study the investigator
  • hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of IMP / placebo

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

comparison of the number of patients with at least 50% reduction of seizures per week in the last month of the core blinded phase in comparison to screening phase in the rapamycin vs placebo group (

comparison of the number of patients with at least 50% reduction of seizures per week in the last month of the core blinded phase in comparison to screening phase in the rapamycin vs placebo group (

number of adverse events (according to CTCAE classification) in the rapamycin vs placebo group during the double-blind core phase

number of adverse events (according to CTCAE classification) in the rapamycin vs placebo group during the double-blind core phase

Secondary Outcomes

  • comparison of the number of seizures per week and the number of days free of seizures in the rapamycin vs placebo group, during 12-week treatment in double-blind core phase
  • severity of adverse events (according to CTCAE) and the number of patients withdrawn from the study due to adverse events in the rapamycin vs placebo group

Investigators

Sponsor
Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
Sponsor Class
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Katarzyna Kotulska-Jóźwiak

Scientific

Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka

Study Sites (4)

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