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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02201251




Registration number
NCT02201251
Ethics application status
Date submitted
24/07/2014
Date registered
28/07/2014
Date last updated
3/05/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study to Investigate the Safety of the Drugs Topiramate and Levetiracetam in Treating Children Recently Diagnosed With Epilepsy
Scientific title
A Randomized, Active-Controlled, Open-Label, Flexible-Dose Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Topiramate as Monotherapy Compared With Levetiracetam as Monotherapy in Pediatric Subjects With New or Recent-Onset Epilepsy
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
TOPMATEPY4067
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CR104425
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

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

Experimental: Topiramate - Topiramate weight based dosing for participants 2 to less than (\<) 10 years of age not to exceed 350 mg/day (milligram per day), as tolerated; not to exceed 400 mg/day in participants 10-15 years of age, as tolerated.

Active comparator: Levetiracetam - Levetiracetam weight based dosing for all participants 2-15 years of age, not to exceed 60 milligram per kilogram per day (mg/kg/day), as tolerated. The maximum recommended daily dosage is 3,000 milligram (mg).


Treatment: Drugs: Topiramate
Topiramate weight based dosing for participants 2 to \<10 years of age not to exceed 350 mg/day, as tolerated; not to exceed 400 mg/day in participants 10-15 years of age, as tolerated.

Treatment: Drugs: Levetiracetam
Levetiracetam weight based dosing for all participants 2-15 years of age, not to exceed 60 mg/kg/day, as tolerated. The maximum recommended daily dosage is 3,000 mg.
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Change From Baseline in Weight Z-score up to Month 1
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Change From Baseline in Weight Z-score up to Month 6
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Change From Baseline in Weight Z-score up to Month 9
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Change From Baseline in Weight Z-score up to Month 12
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Change From Baseline in Height Z-score up to Month 1
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Change From Baseline in Height Z-score up to Month 3
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Change From Baseline in Height Z-score up to Month 6
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Change From Baseline in Height Z-score up to Month 9
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Change From Baseline in Height Z-score up to Month 12
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Change From Baseline in Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Z-score up to Month 6
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Change From Baseline in BMD Z-score up to Month 12
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Change From Baseline in Bone Mineral Content (BMC)-Z Score up to Month 6
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Change From Baseline in BMC-Z Score up to Month 12
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Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAE)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to Day 390
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Kidney Stones
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to Day 390

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Participant with a clinical diagnosis of new-onset or recent-onset epilepsy characterized by partial-onset seizures (POS) (with or without secondary generalization) or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (PGTCS) in accordance with criteria of the International League Against Epilepsy. The epilepsy diagnosis must be within the previous 2 years before screening
* Caregivers (parents or legally acceptable representatives) of the participant must be able to accurately maintain the participant take-home record and seizure diary
* At screening, participant must have weight and height values within the 5th to 95th percentile for chronological age (based on standard Child Height and Weight Charts from the Centers for Disease Control [CDC])
* Participant must never have been treated for epilepsy (treatment-naïve) or have been treated with no more than 1 standard antiepileptic drug (AED) if temporary or urgent AED use was necessary. Previous AED exposure must not exceed either of the following: 1.)Thirty-one days immediately preceding enrollment, or 2.)A total of 6 months of previous AED exposure in the past if the AED has been discontinued for at least 1 year prior to enrollment
* Parents (or legally acceptable representatives) of the participant must sign an informed consent/permission document, indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to give permission for their child to participate in the study. Participant 7 years of age and older, capable of understanding the nature of the study, must provide assent for their participation
Minimum age
2 Years
Maximum age
15 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Participant has a surgically implanted and functioning vagus nerve stimulator
* Participant has a history of seizures as a result of a correctable medical condition, such as metabolic disturbance, toxic exposure, neoplasm, or active infection within 2 weeks prior to the first day of Screening
* Participant has had uncontrolled seizures while previously taking either topiramate or levetiracetam
* Participant has a history of non-epileptic seizures within 2 weeks prior to the first day of Screening
* Participant has myoclonic or absence seizures

Study design
Purpose of the study
Other
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
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
6/10/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
30/04/2020
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
63
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
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- Queensland
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- Queensland
Recruitment outside Australia
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Alabama
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California
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Ohio
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Oregon
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Cordoba
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Graz
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France
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Brest
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France
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Bron
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France
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Paris
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France
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Toulouse
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Germany
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Munchen
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Germany
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Tübingen
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Hungary
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Balassagyarmat
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Hungary
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Budapest N/a
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Debrecen
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Cebu
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Manila
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Krakow
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Poznan
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Warszawa
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Russian Federation
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Saint Petersburg
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Russian Federation
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Ulyanovsk
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South Africa
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Durban
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Kaohsiung
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New Taipei City
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Taichung
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Taiwan
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Taipei

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of topiramate monotherapy compared with levetiracetam another standard antiepileptic drug (AED), as monotherapy for new-onset or recent-onset epilepsy (seizure disorder) on pediatric growth and maturation, bone mineralization, and kidney stone formation in children aged 2 to 15 years.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02201251
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial
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Janssen Research & Development, LLC
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02201251