Double-blind, Randomized Trial of PRAX-628 in Adults With Focal Seizures to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety (POWER1)

ConditionFocal Seizure
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2, Phase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorPraxis Precision Medicines

About this trial

A Double-Blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of PRAX-628 in Adults With Focal Seizures (POWER1)

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

A diagnosis of focal onset epilepsy according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification of Epilepsy.

Past evidence by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that has ruled out a progressive cause of epilepsy in the judgement of the investigator and/or in consultation with the medical monitor.

Disqualifiers

Subject has had any of the of the following within the 12-month period preceding trial entry: History of pseudo or psychogenic seizures, cluster seizures where the individual seizures cannot be counted, an episode of convulsive status epilepticus requiring hospitalization and intubation, or subject only has focal seizures with awareness that do not have motor activity.

Planned epilepsy surgery during the course of the clinical trial.

History of neurosurgery for seizures <1 year prior to enrollment, or radiosurgery <2 years prior to enrollment or vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) implantation.

History of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or other serious mental health disorders.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • 20mg/day PRAX-628 for 6 weeks then 30mg/day PRAX-628 for remaining 6 weeks

    Drug

    Once daily oral

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Once daily oral

Treatment groups

230 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Randomized, Double-Blind 20mg/day for 6 weeks then 30mg/day for remaining 6 weeks PRAX-628Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Randomized, Double-Blind PlaceboExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

To evaluate the efficacy of PRAX-628 compared to placebo on focal seizure frequency in adults currently taking 1 to 3 ASMs

Median percent change in monthly (28 days) focal seizure frequency from the Screening/Observation Period to the Treatment Period for PRAX-628 compared to placebo.

Time frame
12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

To evaluate the efficacy of PRAX 628 compared to placebo on focal seizure frequency in adults currently taking 1 to 3 ASMs

Proportion of participants experiencing a ≥50% reduction in monthly (28 days) focal seizure frequency from the Screening/Observation Period to the Treatment Period (Responder Rate) for PRAX 628 compared to placebo.

Time frame
12 weeks
2

To assess trends over time in efficacy of PRAX 628 on focal seizure frequency

Percent change in monthly focal seizure frequency from the Screening/Observation Period to the Treatment Period for PRAX-628 compared with placebo.

Time frame
12 weeks
3

To evaluate the efficacy of PRAX 628 compared to placebo on focal seizure frequency in adults currently taking 1 to 3 ASMs

Number of days post-randomization to reach the same number of monthly focal seizures as the Screening/Observation Period through the end of the Treatment Period Proportion of participants experiencing seizure freedom, 100% reduction in monthly (28 days) focal seizure frequency from the Screening/Observation Period to the Treatment Period for PRAX-628 compared with placebo Impact of PRAX-628 compared to placebo on PGI-S and CGI-S

Time frame
12 weeks
4

To assess the safety and tolerability of PRAX-628 in adults with focal seizures

Incidence and severity of TEAEs, including discontinuation of study drug due to TEAEs

Time frame
12 weeks

Other outcomes

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