J 2014

Adjunctive brivaracetam for uncontrolled focal and generalized epilepsies: Results of a phase III, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, flexible-dose trial

KWAN, Patrick, Eugen TRINKA, Wim Van PAESSCHEN, Ivan REKTOR, Martin E. JOHNSON et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Adjunctive brivaracetam for uncontrolled focal and generalized epilepsies: Results of a phase III, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, flexible-dose trial

Autoři

KWAN, Patrick (344 Hongkong), Eugen TRINKA (40 Rakousko), Wim Van PAESSCHEN (56 Belgie), Ivan REKTOR (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Martin E. JOHNSON (840 Spojené státy) a Sarah LU (840 Spojené státy)

Vydání

Epilepsia, Hoboken, USA, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014, 0013-9580

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.571

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14740/14:00074858

Organizační jednotka

Středoevropský technologický institut

UT WoS

000329893900006

Klíčová slova anglicky

Brivaracetam; Epilepsy; Seizures; Antiepileptic drug; Synaptic vesicle protein 2A

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 20. 3. 2014 09:22, Olga Křížová

Anotace

V originále

PurposeTo evaluate the safety and tolerability of adjunctive brivaracetam (BRV), a high-affinity synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A) ligand, in adults with uncontrolled epilepsy. Efficacy was also assessed in patients with focal seizures as a secondary objective, and explored by descriptive analysis in patients with generalized seizures. MethodsThis was a phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled flexible dose trial (N01254/NCT00504881) in adults (16-70years) with uncontrolled epilepsy (up to 20% could be patients with generalized epilepsy). After a prospective 4-week baseline, patients were randomized (3:1) to b.i.d. BRV or PBO, initiated at 20mg/day and increased, as needed, to 150mg/day during an 8-week dose-finding period. This was followed by an 8-week stable-dose maintenance period. The treatment period comprised the dose-finding period plus the maintenance period (16weeks). Key FindingsA total of 480 patients were randomized (BRV 359, PBO 121); of these, 431 had focal epilepsy and 49 had generalized epilepsy. Ninety percent BRV- and 91.7% PBO-treated patients completed the study. Similar proportions of patients (BRV 66.0%, PBO 65.3%) reported adverse events (AEs) during the treatment period. AEs led to treatment discontinuation in 6.1% and 5.0% of BRV- and PBO-treated patients, respectively. The incidence of AEs declined from the dose-finding (BRV 56.0%, PBO 55.4%) to the maintenance (BRV 36.8%, PBO 40.9%) period. The most frequent AEs during the treatment period were headache (BRV 14.2% vs. PBO 19.8%), somnolence (BRV 11.1% vs. PBO 4.1%), and dizziness (BRV 8.6% vs. PBO 5.8%). The incidence of psychiatric AEs was similar for BRV and PBO (BRV 12.3%, PBO 11.6%). In patients with focal seizures, the baseline-adjusted percent reduction in seizure frequency/week in the BRV group (n=323) over PBO (n=108) was 7.3% (p=0.125) during the treatment period. The median percent reduction in baseline-adjusted seizure frequency/week was 26.9% BRV versus 18.9% PBO (p=0.070), and the 50% responder rate was 30.3% BRV versus 16.7% PBO (p=0.006). In patients with generalized seizures only, the number of seizure days/week decreased from 1.42 at baseline to 0.63 during the treatment period in BRV-treated patients (n=36), and from 1.47 at baseline to 1.26 during the treatment period in PBO-treated patients (n=13). The median percent reduction from baseline in generalized seizure days/week was 42.6% versus 20.7%, and the 50% responder rate was 44.4% versus 15.4% in BRV-treated and PBO-treated patients, respectively. SignificanceAdjunctive BRV given at individualized tailored doses (20-150mg/day) was well tolerated in adults with uncontrolled epilepsy, and our results provided support for further evaluation of efficacy in reducing focal and generalized seizures.

Návaznosti

ED1.1.00/02.0068, projekt VaV
Název: CEITEC - central european institute of technology