A Study to Determine if BHV-7000 is Effective and Safe in Adults With Refractory Focal Onset Epilepsy

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2, Phase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorBiohaven Therapeutics Ltd.

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to determine whether BHV-7000 is effective in the treatment of refractory focal epilepsy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Male and Female participants 18 to 75 years of age at time of consent.

Diagnosis of Focal Onset Epilepsy at least 1 year prior to screening visit defined by 2017 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification and based on requirements of Epilepsy Adjudication criteria.

Subject meets the 2009 ILAE definition of drug resistant epilepsy, failure of adequate trials of two tolerated and appropriately chosen and used anti-seizure medication (ASM) schedules (whether as monotherapies or in combination) to achieve sustained seizure freedom.

Ability to keep accurate seizure diaries

Disqualifiers

History of status epilepticus (convulsive status epilepticus for > 5 minutes or focal status epilepticus with impaired consciousness for > 10 minutes) within the last 6 months prior to screening visit that is not consistent with the subject's habitual seizure.

History of repetitive/cluster seizures (where individual seizures cannot be counted) within the last 6 months prior to screening visit and during observation phase.

Resection neurosurgery for seizures <4 months prior to the screening visit.

Radiosurgery performed <2 years prior to the screening visit.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • BHV-7000
  • BHV-7000
  • Placebo
  • BHV-7000
  • Placebo

Treatment groups

390 Participants
are divided into 5 treatment groups

Locations

124
Argentina
STAT Research S.A.C1013AAB, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, Argentina
Hospital General de Agudos Dr. José María Ramos MejiaC1221ADC, BalvaneraCiudad Autónoma de BuenosAires, Argentina
Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno CEMIC-Elías Galván 4102C1431FWO, Buenos AiresCiudad Autónoma de BuenosAires, Argentina
Hospital Británico de Buenos AiresC1437JCH, Buenos AiresCiudad Autónoma de BuenosAires, Argentina

Sponsors and collaborators

Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd.

Lead sponsor