NCT05613166

Adjunctive Everolimus Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy

A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase Ⅱ Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Adjunctive Everolimus Treatment in Patients With Refractory Epilepsy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Dependence, China · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project is a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study that will evaluate the clinical efficacy of everolimus as an adjunctive treatment in adult patients diagnosed with refractory epilepsy.

Detailed description

The project consists of a screening and baseline monitoring period of 1-2 weeks, and a treatment period of 1 week, followed by a 3-month follow-up period. Approximately 108 participants will be randomized in a blinded manner to one of three arms in a 1:1:1 fashion (everolimus 1h : everolimus 8-9h : Placebo). After screening, participants will have the first video-EEG monitoring for up to 24 hours to assess baseline levels, followed by 1 week of treatment, the second video-EEG monitoring, and a 3-month post treatment follow-up period. During the treatment period, participants will be given everolimus or placebo directed to seizure events. In the "everolimus 1h" group, everolimus will be administrated immediately after seizure events (within 1 hour); while in the "everolimus 8-9h" group, everolimus administration will be delayed (at 8-9 hours after seizure events). We conduct this study to assess the efficacy of everolimus in adult refractory epilepsy patients under an administration strategy in a limited time window immediately after seizure events.

Conditions

• Epilepsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Everolimus	Everolimus will be administrated orally based on seizure events, with an administration interval longer than 24 hours. Participates with a body surface area (BSA) of \<= 1.2 m\^2, the dosage was 2.5 mg/time; for BSA 1.3-2.1 m\^2, the dosage was 5 mg/time; and for BSA \>=2.2 m\^2, the dosage was 7.5 mg/time.
DRUG	Placebo	Vitamin C

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-01-01
• Completion: 2023-03-01
• First posted: 2022-11-14
• Last updated: 2022-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China