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Registration number
NCT00693017
Ethics application status
Date submitted
3/06/2008
Date registered
6/06/2008
Date last updated
24/12/2015

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Zonisamide in Myoclonic Seizures Associated With Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy
Scientific title
A Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled, Multi-centre Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Zonisamide in Myoclonic Seizures Associated With Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2007-003556-10
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
E2090-E044-317
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Epilepsy 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Epilepsy
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Other neurological disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Zonisamide
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Active Comparator: Zonisamide -

Placebo Comparator: Placebo -


Treatment: Drugs: Zonisamide
50-400 mg capsules once daily in the evening orally.
Maximum study duration 28 weeks comprising:
Baseline Period (Week -8 to Week 0): no treatment
Titration Period (Week 0 to Week 4): 50 mg daily titrated weekly until 300 mg was reached by Week 4
Maintenance Period (Week 4 to Week 16) 400 mg (or 350 mg in the event of dose limiting adverse events)
Down Titration Period (4 Weeks)

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
50-400 mg Zonisamide Placebo capsules once daily in the evening orally.
Maximum study duration 28 weeks comprising:
Baseline Period (Week -8 to Week 0): no treatment
Titration Period (Week 0 to Week 4): 50 mg Zonisamide Placebo daily titrated weekly until 300 mg was reached by Week 4
Maintenance Period (Week 4 to Week 16) 400 mg Zonisamide Placebo (or 350 mg in the event of dose limiting adverse events)
Down Titration Period (4 Weeks)
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants Considered Responders as Assessed During the Maintenance Period
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline (Week -8 to Week 0) and Maintenance Period (Week 4 to Week 16)
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage Change From Baseline in the Monthly Number of Days With Myoclonic Seizures
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and up to 16 weeks

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Subject is male or female and aged 12-65 years.

2. Subject has at least eight days with at least one myoclonic seizure over the two
months Baseline Period. Myoclonic seizures must occur in the context of IGE and may be
accompanied by other primary generalized seizures, provided these are also consistent
with a diagnosis of Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy (IGE).

3. Subject (or parent/caregiver, for subjects below the age of consent) is willing to
sign an informed consent form. Subjects below the age of consent in their country,
must where appropriate be willing to give informed (written or verbal) assent.
Subjects from the age specified in local regulations will be required to sign an
appropriate informed consent form.

4. Subject is taking a stable regimen of one or two other AEDs for at least two weeks
prior to Visit 1 (start of the Baseline Period).

5. Subject has a clinical diagnosis of any type of idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE)
which has myoclonic seizures (and which may be accompanied by other generalised
seizure types), according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
Classification of Epileptic Seizures (1981) and the ILAE Classification of Epilepsies
and Epileptic Syndromes (1989). Diagnosis should have been established by clinical
history, electroencephalogram (EEG) and computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging
(CT/MRI) of the brain consistent with idiopathic generalised epilepsy. A CT/MRI scan
should have been performed within five years of the screening visit or, if not
available from this period, should be performed in the Baseline Period.

6. EEG should have been performed within one year of the screening visit or, if not
available from this period, should be performed in the Baseline Period.

7. Female subjects are pre-menarchal, or if of childbearing potential, are not pregnant
or lactating, or are post-menopausal.

8. Female subjects of childbearing potential = 18 years must abide by one of the
following medically acceptable contraceptive measures: oral contraception pill,
contraceptive injections, implants or patches, intrauterine device in place for at
least three months or vasectomised partner or abstinence throughout the study.
Subjects <18 years and of childbearing potential must be either abstinent or willing
to use one of the medically appropriate forms of contraception for the duration of the
study.
Minimum age
12 Years
Maximum age
65 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Subject has progressive or focal neurological disease (as determined by preexisting
brain imaging such as CT or MRI performed maximally five years before the screening
visit), or clinically significant organic disease.

2. Subject has a history of, or results of clinical investigations (including EEG data)
that are suggestive of, partial seizures as defined by the ILAE, including generalised
tonic clonic seizures which are suspected to be secondarily generalised.

3. Subjects with cryptogenic or symptomatic generalised epilepsy.

4. Subjects with psychogenic seizures.

5. Subject has a history of convulsive status epilepticus within a year of screening
while complying with AEDs.

6. Subject has a history of renal calculi or renal insufficiency (above the upper normal
limits of creatinine).

7. Subject has a known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or
C.

8. Subject has a predisposing condition that might interfere with absorption,
distribution, or excretion of zonisamide.

9. Subject has a history of sensitivity to sulfonamide drugs or to zonisamide or any of
its excipients.

10. Subject has a recent history of excessive alcohol use or drug abuse.

11. Subject has a history of suicide attempt in the five years before the screening visit.

12. Subject has abnormal screening laboratory values that are clinically significant.

13. Subject has a history of demonstrated non-compliance with treatment, or the subject or
parent/caregiver can be reasonably expected not to be compliant with study procedures
or to complete the study.

14. Subject has participated in a study of an investigational drug or device within 30
days prior to screening.

15. Subject has received previous treatment with zonisamide.

16. Subject is treated with ketogenic diet or vagus nerve stimulator.

17. Subject has a history of necessary treatment with rescue benzodiazepines which is
foreseen to continue during the study. Rescue benzodiazepines will not be allowed in
this study (stable dosing with a benzodiazepine as (one of the) baseline
anti-epileptic drug(s) is allowed).

18. Concomitant use of acetazolamide, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors such as topiramate and
drugs with anticholinergic activity.

19. Current psychosis or moderate to severe depression, or use of anti-psychotic drugs,
MAOIs, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepine or barbiturate treatment for
disorders other than epilepsy, and stimulants (amphetamine derivatives) within 28 days
before the screening visit.

20. Concomitant use of felbamate or use of felbamate within two months prior to Visit 1.

21. Subject is unable to swallow capsules.

22. Subject is not in general good health as determined by medical history, physical exam
and screening laboratory results.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Terminated
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/06/2008
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
10
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Strategic Health Evaluators Pty Ltd - Chatswood
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
The Prince of Wales Hospital - Randwick
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Austin Health - Heidelburg
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2067 - Chatswood
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2031 - Randwick
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
3084 - Heidelburg
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
3050 - Melbourne
Recruitment outside Australia
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Croatia
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HR
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Czech Republic
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Kralove
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Czech Republic
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Kromeriz
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Czech Republic
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Olomouc
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Czech Republic
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Ostrava
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Czech Republic
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Plzen
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Czech Republic
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Praha 5
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Czech Republic
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Rychnov nad Kneznou
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Estonia
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Tallinn
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Estonia
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Tartu
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Finland
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Kuopio
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Finland
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Oulu
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Germany
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Berlin
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Germany
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Freiburg
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Germany
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Marburg
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Germany
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Munchen
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Germany
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Ulm
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Hungary
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Budapest
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Hungary
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Gyula
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Hungary
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Kecskemet
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Hungary
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Szombathely
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Hungary
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Veszprem
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Lithuania
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Kaunas
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Lithuania
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Vilnius
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Bialystok
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Gdansk
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Katowice
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Krakow
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Lodz
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Poznan
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Romania
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Bucharest
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Romania
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Cluj-Napoca
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Romania
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Lasi
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Romania
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Tg Mures
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Russian Federation
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Krasnoyarsk
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Russian Federation
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Moscow
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Russian Federation
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Novosibirsk
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Russian Federation
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Smolensk
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Russian Federation
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St. Petersburg
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Russian Federation
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Yaroslavl
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Serbia
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Belgrade
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Serbia
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Kragujevac
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Serbia
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Nis
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Ukraine
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Dnipropetrovsk
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Ukraine
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Kharkiv
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Ukraine
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Kyiv
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Lviv
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Ukraine
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Odesa
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Ukraine
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Vinnitsa

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Eisai Limited
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study is intended to provide evidence that zonisamide is safe and effective in the
treatment of myoclonic seizures. The total planned trial duration will be 6.5 months. After
that, subjects who have completed the study will be eligible to enroll in an open-label
extension study until zonisamide is marketed for this indication or further development in
this indication stops. This extension study will be described in a separate protocol
(E2090-E044-318).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00693017
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Rob van Maanen, M.D.
Address 0 0
Eisai Limited
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00693017