A Two-year Open-label Extension Study of Ganaxolone in Patients With Drug-resistant Partial-onset Seizures
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
A follow-on, two-year open-label extension study of ganaxolone as add-on therapy in adult patients with drug-resistant partial-onset seizures
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 3 |
Detailed Description
This study is a 2-year, open-label continuation for those patients benefiting from ganaxolone treatment after completing Protocol 1042-0603.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: ganaxolone Up to a maximum of 1800 mg/day |
Drug: ganaxolone
225 mg capsules 450 mg to 900 mg 2x/day
Other Names:
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- To assess the safety and tolerability of adjunctive ganaxolone during a two-year open-label treatment in adult subjects with drug-resistant partial-onset seizures [104 Weeks]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- To assess efficacy of adjunctive ganaxolone during a two-year open-label treatment in adult subjects with drug-resistant partial-onset seizures [104 Weeks]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Subjects who have completed all scheduled clinical study visits in the previous protocol 1042-0603 and have shown a minimum 35% improvement in mean 28-day seizure frequency over the last three 28-day periods in study 1042-603 as compared to the baseline of study 1042-603.
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Subjects whose daily study drug compliance in Study 1042-0603 was 90% or greater, and for whom the investigator feels that the subject was compliant with the full dose as prescribed.
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Able to give informed consent in writing, or have a legally authorized representative able to do so, after being properly informed of the nature and risks of the study and prior to engaging in any study-related procedures.
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Currently being treated and maintained with a stable regimen of 1, 2, or 3 anti-epileptic drugs (AED) at a consistent dose for one month prior to study entry.
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Implanted Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) is permitted and will not count towards the number of concomitant AEDs.
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Able and willing to maintain an accurate and complete daily written seizure calendar or has a caregiver who is able and willing to maintain an accurate and complete daily written seizure calendar.
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Able and willing to take drug with food twice daily. Ganaxolone must be administered with food.
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Sexually active women of childbearing potential (WCBP) must be using a medically acceptable method of birth control and have a negative pregnancy test at Visit 1 and at subsequent visits.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Have any medical condition that, in the investigator's judgment, is considered to be clinically significant and could potentially affect subject safety or study outcome
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Experienced a Serious Adverse Event or a moderate or severe medically important adverse event judged probably or definitely related to open-label ganaxolone in the previous study, 1042-0603
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Have Alanine transferase (ALT; SGPT) or Aspartate transferase (AST; SGOT) levels > 3 times upper limits of normal (ULN), or total bilirubin >1.5 time ULN during Study 1042-0603.
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Have a history of malignancy within the past 2 years, with the exception of basal cell carcinoma.
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Seizures secondary to illicit drug or alcohol use, infection, neoplasm, demyelinating disease, degenerative neurological disease, or central nervous system (CNS) disease deemed progressive, metabolic illness, or progressive degenerative disease.
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Have active suicidal plan/intent, or have had active suicidal thoughts in the past 6 months. Have a history of an actual suicide attempt in the last 5 years or more than 1 lifetime actual suicide attempt as classified by the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).
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Have a history of drug or alcohol abuse within the past 5 years. As with other AEDs, the use of alcohol is not advised.
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Are currently following or planning to follow a ketogenic diet.
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Current use of vigabatrin or ezogabine (retigabine; Potiga; Trobalt) is not permitted.
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Females who are pregnant, currently breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the study.
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Inability/unwillingness to withhold grapefruit and grapefruit juice from diet during the entire clinical trial.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Neurological Research Institute | Santa Monica | California | United States | 90404 |
2 | Bluegrass Epilepsy Research, LLC | Lexington | Kentucky | United States | 40504 |
3 | Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology | Golden Valley | Minnesota | United States | 55422 |
4 | Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group | Hackensack | New Jersey | United States | 07601 |
5 | Texas Epilepsy Group | Dallas | Texas | United States | 75251 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Marinus Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
- Study Director: Joseph Hulihan, M.D., Marinus Pharmaceuticals
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 1042-0604