GW273225 Therapy Added To Current Seizure Treatments In Patients With Partial Seizures

Study to determine drug interactions between GW273225 and the anticonvulsants valproate, carbamazepine or...

Date First Received: July 20, 2006

Last Updated: December 3, 2007

Verified by: GlaxoSmithKline, December 2007

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 2 | Start Date: July 2006

Overall Status: Terminated

Estimated Enrollment: 50

Brief Summary

Official Title: “An Open-Label Evaluation of Drug Interactions, Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of GW273225 Add-on Treatment of Partial Seizures, Whether or Not Secondarily Generalized”

Condition Keyword(s):

Intervention(s):

Study to determine drug interactions between GW273225 and the anticonvulsants valproate, carbamazepine or phenytoin

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: GW273225

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

  • Pharmacokinetic drug interactions with the most common inhibiting and inducing antiepileptic drugs AEDs: valproate(VPA), carbamazepine(CBZ) and phenytoin (PHT).

Secondary Measures

  • Safety/tolerability of GW273225 in adults with refractory epilepsy Efficacy of GW273225 in adults with refractory epilepsy Potential initial starting doses for a subsequent placebo-controlled dose-ranging Phase IIb study.

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion criteria:

  • Confident diagnosis of epilepsy
  • Currently on VPA, CBZ or PHT
  • >or= 4 seizures/4 weeks prior to screen

Exclusion criteria:

  • Prior lamotrigine use (excluded if treatment discontinued for clinically significant safety reasons (i.e., rash, hypersensitivity)).
  • Females of childbearing potential on hormonal contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy.

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

GSK Clinical Trials, MD Study Director GlaxoSmithKline  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on January 08, 2009

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00567424

Study ID Number: NEC107055

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00567424

Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

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