Open-label Study of Levetiracetam Intravenous Infusion in Children (4-16 Years Old) With Epilepsy

Epilepsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Open-label, Single-arm, Multi-center, Pharmacokinetic, Safety and Tolerability Study of Levetiracetam Intravenous Infusion in Children (4 - 16 Years Old) With Epilepsy.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00535392
• Other study ID #: N01274
• Secondary ID: 2006-005722-23
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: September 25, 2007
• Last updated: August 30, 2011
• Start date: September 2007
• Est. completion date: February 2010

Study information

• Verified date: March 2011
• Source: UCB Pharma
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Food and Drug AdministrationBelgium: Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, FAMHPGermany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical DevicesFrance: Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Saint-Denis)Mexico: Federal Commission for Protection Against Health RisksTurkey: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Keppra injection is approved in the US as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial onset seizures in adults with epilepsy. The objective of the current study is to assess the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics, of this formulation in children aged 4 to 16 years.

Description:

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of levetiracetam intravenous 15-minute infusion administered every 12 hours, either as adjunctive treatment or monotherapy in children (4 to 16 years old) with epilepsy (except status epilepticus), either after switching from the equivalent levetiracetam oral dose administration or as a new antiepileptic treatment.

The evaluation period was to be considered as one complete set of 4 Pharmacokinetic (PK) samples for a maximum of 4 days;

• For children already taking levetiracetam oral tablets or oral solution prior to entering the study, the levetiracetam intravenous (LEV IV) dose will be equivalent (mg-for-mg) to their oral dose. The first intravenous (IV) infusion was to be administered 12 hours after the last oral dose of levetiracetam.

• For children not taking levetiracetam oral tablets or oral solution prior to entering the study:

• If weight < 50 kg: dose of levetiracetam intravenous (LEV IV) dose will be calculated on the basis of their weight at 20 mg/kg/day (i.e. 10 mg/kg twice daily).

• If weight ≥ 50 kg: dose of levetiracetam intravenous (LEV IV) will be 1000 mg/day (i.e. 500 mg twice daily).

However, when necessary for the safety of the subject or when the investigator deemed it appropriate the levetiracetam intravenous (LEV IV) dose could be modified after one day.

Subjects were hospitalized for the duration of the levetiracetam IV treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 33
• Est. completion date: February 2010
• Est. primary completion date: February 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 4 Years to 16 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female between 4 and 16 years of age, inclusive

• The subject suffers from epilepsy (except status epilepticus)

• The subject is requiring levetiracetam IV treatment in place of oral therapy for a short period of time

Exclusion Criteria:

• The subject has difficult venous accessibility

• History of status epilepticus during the 3 months prior to visit 1.

• The subject is taking felbamate at visit 1 or has been taking it in the past.

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epilepsy

Intervention

Drug:
• Levetiracetam
Intravenous 100 mg/mL, twice a day, maximum of 4 days Subjects on oral levetiracetam at study entry receive the same intravenous (IV) dosage (mg-for-mg) to their oral dose. Dosage for subjects not on levetiracetam at study entry was based on weight: if <50 kg, the dose was 20 mg/kg/day (10 mg/kg/day twice daily); if weight = 50 kg, the dose of levetiracetam intravenous (LEV IV) was 1000 mg/day (500 mg twice daily).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
UCB Pharma

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Mexico,  Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Subjects Reporting at Least 1 Treatment-Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE) During the Treatment Period (up to 4 Days)		Treatment period (up to 4 days)	No
Secondary	Number of Subjects Who Received High-dose Levetiracetam Intravenous (LEV IV) (More Than 40 mg/kg/Day) During the Treatment Period (up to 4 Days)		Treatment period (up to 4 days)	No
Secondary	Number of Consecutive Levetiracetam Intravenous (LEV IV) Doses Received		Treatment period (up to 4 days)	No

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