A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Perampanel Monotherapy in Untreated Participants With Focal Onset Seizures With or Without Focal to Bilateral Tonic-clonic Seizures

Epilepsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Multicenter, Open-Label, Prospective Study With an Extension Phase to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Perampanel Monotherapy in Untreated Subjects With Focal Onset Seizures With or Without Focal to Bilateral Tonic-Clonic Seizures

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05533814
• Other study ID #: E2007-M082-606
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: October 19, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Eisai Inc.
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of perampanel monotherapy measured by the seizure-free rate during the Maintenance Period (24 weeks) of the Treatment Phase in untreated participants with focal onset seizures (FOS) with or without focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCS).

Description:

The study will consist of a Core Study (36 weeks) and an Extension Phase (24 weeks). Core Study will consist of 4 weeks Pre-treatment Phase or Baseline and 32 weeks Treatment Phase (8 weeks Titration period and 24 weeks Maintenance period).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male and female, age 4 years or older

2. Diagnosis of epilepsy with FOS with or without FBTCS according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification of Epileptic Seizures (2017), established by clinical history and an electroencephalogram (EEG)

3. Newly diagnosed or recurrent epilepsy with at least 2 unprovoked seizures (excluding focal non-motor seizures) separated by a minimum of 24 hours in the 1 year before Visit 1 (baseline)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Focal non-motor seizures only

2. Generalized epilepsies or seizures such as absences and/or myoclonic seizures, or Lennox Gastaut syndrome

3. History of status epilepticus within 1 year before Visit 1 (baseline)

4. History of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures within 5 years before Visit 1 (baseline)

5. Progressive central nervous system (CNS) disease (including degenerative CNS diseases, progressive tumors, and dementia), or clinically significant psychological or neurological disorders

6. History of suicidal ideation/attempt within 5 years before Visit 1 (baseline)

7. Evidence of clinically significant active hepatic disease, or other clinically significant disease (example, cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal disease) that in the opinion of the investigators could affect the participant safety or interfere with the study assessments

8. History of any type of brain or central nervous system surgery within 1 year before Visit 1 (baseline)

9. Newly started ketogenic diet or has been on ketogenic diet for less than 5 weeks before Visit 1 (baseline)

10. Multiple drug allergies or a severe drug reaction to anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), including dermatological (example, Stevens-Johnson syndrome), hematological, or organ toxicity reactions

11. Hypersensitive to perampanel or ingredients of this drug

12. Participant with genetic problems including galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency, or glucose-galactose malabsorption

13. Use of intermittent rescue medication on 2 or more occasions within 4 weeks before Visit 1 (baseline)

14. History of receiving any AED (except for occasional use less than 2 weeks of AEDs as rescue treatment), antipsychotics, or anti-anxiety drugs within 12 weeks before Visit 1 (baseline)

15. History of receiving any AED (including rescue treatment) for more than 2 weeks in total within 2 years before Visit 1 (baseline)

16. Has received prior treatment with perampanel

17. Females of child bearing potential who are breastfeeding or pregnant at Visit 1 (baseline), or who do not consent to employ contraception

18. Currently enrolled in another clinical study or have used any investigational drug/biologics or device within 28 days or 5*half-life, whichever is longer

19. Participant who did not consent to having at least 2 weeks of washout period before Visit 2, if known to take Cytochrome P4503A (CYP3A) inducing drugs or foods on Visit 1 (including, but not limited to the following) - Carbamazepine, enzalutamide, mitotane, phenytoin, phenobarbital, amobarbital, secobarbital, rifabutin, rifampicin, food containing St. John's Wort (hypericum perforatum), bosentan, efavirenz, etravirine, modafinil, armodafinil, rufinamide, nevirapine, oxcarbazepine, and glucocorticoid (except for topical use)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epilepsy
• Seizures

Intervention

Drug:
• Perampanel
Perampanel tablets.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #9	Cheongju
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #4	Daegu
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #8	Daegu
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #3	Daejeon
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #10	Jeonju
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #1	Seoul
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #2	Seoul
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #5	Seoul
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #6	Seoul
Korea, Republic of	Eisai Site #7	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Eisai Korea Inc.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percentage of Participants Who Will Achieve Seizure Freedom During the 24-weeks Maintenance Period		Up to 24 weeks
Secondary	Percentage of Participants Who Will Achieve Seizure Freedom During the Total 48-weeks Treatment Period (24-weeks Maintenance Period Plus 24-weeks Extension Phase)		Up to 48 weeks
Secondary	Percentage of Participants With at Least 50 Percent (%) and 75% Reduction in Seizure Frequency During the 24-weeks Maintenance Period	50% responder rate is defined as the percentage of participants with greater than or equal to (>=) 50% reduction in seizure frequency. 75% responder rate is defined as the percentage of participants with >=75% reduction in seizure frequency.	Up to 24 weeks
Secondary	Percentage of Participants With at Least 50% and 75% Reduction in Seizure Frequency During the 24-weeks Extension Phase	50% responder rate is defined as the percentage of participants with >=50% reduction in seizure frequency. 75% responder rate is defined as the percentage of participants with >=75% reduction in seizure frequency.	Up to 24 weeks
Secondary	Median Percent Change From Baseline in Partial Onset Seizure Frequency per 28 Days at the End of 8 Weeks Titration Period		Baseline up to Week 8 of Titration Period
Secondary	Median Percent Change From Baseline in Partial Onset Seizure Frequency per 28 days at the End of 24 Weeks Maintenance Period		Baseline up to Week 24 of Maintenance Period
Secondary	Median Percent Change From Baseline in Partial Onset Seizure Frequency per 28 days at the End of 24 Weeks Extension Phase		Baseline up to Week 24 of Extension Phase
Secondary	Percentage of Participants Remaining on Perampanel Treatment at the end of Maintenance Period	The retention rate is defined as the percentage of participants remaining on perampanel treatment at the end of Maintenance Period after initiating treatment.	Week 24 of Maintenance Period
Secondary	Percentage of Participants Remaining on Perampanel Treatment at the end of Extension Phase	The retention rate is defined as the percentage of participants remaining on perampanel treatment at the end of Extension Phase after initiating treatment.	Week 24 of Extension Phase
Secondary	Number of Participants With One or More Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)	A TEAE is defined as an adverse event (AE) that emerges during treatment, having been absent at pretreatment (Baseline) or reemerges during treatment, having been present at pretreatment (Baseline) but stopped before treatment, or worsens in severity during treatment relative to the pretreatment state, when the AE is continuous. An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered an investigational product. An AE does not necessarily have a causal relationship with a medicinal product.	Up to 60 weeks
Secondary	Number of Participants With Abnormal Vital Sign Values	Vital sign parameters will include diastolic and systolic blood pressure (BP), pulse rate, respiratory rate, body temperature and body weight.	Up to 60 weeks
Secondary	Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Laboratory Values	Laboratory parameters will include hematology and blood chemistry.	Up to 60 weeks