Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 2 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at Orange, California and other locations
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by David King-Stephens, MD

Description

Summary

This is a multicenter, Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of clemizole HCL (EPX-100) as adjunctive therapy in children and adult participants with Dravet syndrome.

Official Title

A 20-Week Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of EPX-100 (Clemizole Hydrochloride) as Adjunctive Therapy in Children and Adult Participants With Dravet Syndrome (ARGUS Trial)

Details

This is a global multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of clemizole HCl as adjunctive therapy in children and adult participants with Dravet syndrome. The study consists of a 4-week Observational Period, a 16-week Double-Blind (DB) Period and an Open-Label Extension (OLE) Period for up to 156 weeks.

Keywords

Dravet Syndrome, Clemizole hydrochloride, Convulsive seizure, Pediatric epilepsy, Myoclonic Epilepsies, Syndrome, Clemizole HCl, Double-blind clemizole HCl, Open-label clemizole HCl

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 2 years and up

  1. Male and female participants 2 years and older at time of consent.
  2. Participant or parent/legally authorized representative (LAR) willing and able to provide written informed consent, assent (if applicable) prior to initiation of any study related procedures.
  3. Clinical diagnosis of Dravet syndrome. Participants must have seizures which are not completely controlled by AEDs with the following criteria:
    • Onset of seizures prior to 18 months of age,
    • Normal development at onset,
    • History of at least one type of countable motor seizure (CMS),
    • Brain MRI without cortical malformation (not including mild atrophy associated with the natural progression of Dravet syndrome),
    • Genetic mutation of the SCN1A gene must be documented.

You CAN'T join if...

  1. Known sensitivity, allergy, or previous exposure to clemizole HCl.
  2. Exposure to any investigational drug or device <90 days prior to screening or plans to participate in another drug or device trial at any time during the study.
  3. Seizures secondary to illicit drug (this includes concomitant use of tetrahydrocannabinol [THC] and nonprescription cannabidiol preparations) or alcohol use, infection, neoplasm, demyelinating disease, degenerative neurological disease, or central nervous system (CNS) disease deemed progressive, metabolic illness, or progressive degenerative disease.
  4. Prior or concurrent use of lorcaserin.
  5. Concurrent use of fenfluramine.
  6. Epilepsy surgery planned during the study or epilepsy surgery within 6 months prior to Screening.

Locations

  • University of California Irvine not yet accepting patients
    Orange California 92868 United States
  • Children's Hospital of Los Angeles terminated
    Los Angeles California 90027 United States
  • UCSF Medical Center accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94158 United States
  • University of Utah accepting new patients
    Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States

Lead Scientist at UC Irvine

Details

Status
accepting new patients at some sites,
but this study is not currently recruiting here
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
Epygenix
ID
NCT04462770
Phase
Phase 3 research study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 150 study participants
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