Long Term Follow up Treatment With Levetiracetam in Subjects of 4 Years and Older With Generalized Epilepsy
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- Generalized Epilepsy
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT00150748
- Lead Sponsor
- UCB Pharma SA
- Brief Summary
An open-label, follow-up study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of levetiracetam (LEV), in children (≥ 4 years old), adolescents and adults suffering from primary generalized seizures.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 217
Inclusion Criteria
- Male or female children, adolescents and adults having completed the final visit of a previous study with levetiracetam (LEV)
- Subjects who were/are suffering from primary generalized (type II) epileptic seizures
- Subjects for whom the Investigator believes a reasonable benefit (efficacy or tolerability) from the long-term administration of LEV may be expected
Exclusion Criteria
- Known clinically significant acute or chronic illness, for example: cardiac, renal or hepatic dysfunction, etc., which may impair reliable participation in the trial or necessitate the use of medication not allowed by protocol
- Concomitant use of any drug with possible central nervous system effects unless at a stable dose
- Concomitant use of any drug (other than hormonal treatment and the subject's normal anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) that may influence the metabolism of the concomitant AED(s), except if the dose has been stable before entry in the study for sufficient length of time
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Levetiracetam Levetiracetam 500 mg Subjects received treatment up to 1764 days during the Evaluation Period. Up to 4000 mg/day (or 80 mg/kg/day for children and adolescents less than 50 kg). Oral tablets of 166, 250, or 500 mg Levetiracetam twice daily (b.i.d.). Levetiracetam Levetiracetam 250 mg Subjects received treatment up to 1764 days during the Evaluation Period. Up to 4000 mg/day (or 80 mg/kg/day for children and adolescents less than 50 kg). Oral tablets of 166, 250, or 500 mg Levetiracetam twice daily (b.i.d.). Levetiracetam Levetiracetam 166 mg Subjects received treatment up to 1764 days during the Evaluation Period. Up to 4000 mg/day (or 80 mg/kg/day for children and adolescents less than 50 kg). Oral tablets of 166, 250, or 500 mg Levetiracetam twice daily (b.i.d.).
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of subjects having at least 6 months of seizure freedom at any time during the Evaluation Period Evaluation Period Percentage of subjects having at least 6 months of seizure freedom at any time during the Evaluation Period Evaluation Period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of subjects remaining seizure-free, for the All intent-to-treat (ITT) population, and Tonic-Clonic, Myoclonic, and Absence subpopulations since the beginning of this study N167 (Visit 1) during the Evaluation Period From Visit 1 to the end of the Evaluation Period Percentage of subjects remaining seizure-free, for the All intent-to-treat (ITT) population, and Tonic-Clonic, Myoclonic, and Absence subpopulations since the beginning of this study N167 (Visit 1) during the Evaluation Period From Visit 1 to the end of the Evaluation Period Reduction from N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period in seizure frequency per week for Tonic-Clonic subpopulation seizures types From N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period Percentage reduction from N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period in seizure days per week for the ITT population, and Absence and Myoclonic subpopulations From N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period Categorical percentage reduction from Baseline to the Evaluation Period in seizure days per week for the ITT population, and Absence and Myoclonic subpopulations Evaluation Period Percentage reduction from N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period in seizure frequency per week for Tonic-Clonic subpopulation seizures types From N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period Reduction from N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period in seizure days per week for the ITT population, and Absence and Myoclonic subpopulations From N01057 or N166 Baseline to the Evaluation Period Categorical percentage reduction from Baseline to the Evaluation Period in seizure frequency per week for Tonic-Clonic subpopulation seizures types Evaluation Period