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Study on Brivaracetam drug in managing seizures

Case cohort, Cross–sectional study to Assess clinical efficacy and safety of Brivaracetam in patients with primary GENERALised tonic-clonic seizures in outpatient settings of India - GENERAL-I

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/06/068290
Enrollment
150
Registered
2024-06-04
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-06-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: G404- Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Male or female patients between 18 to 65 years who are known cases of PGTCS patients with consistent EEG spike wave discharges at diagnosis having atleast greater than or equal to 1 unprovoked generalized tonic clonic seizures showing nonresponsiveness to Valproate monotherapy upto 1500mg per day, with less than equal to 50% change in seizure frequency for every month and had brivaracetam being added to valproate. 2) Male or female patients between 18 to 65 years who are known cases of PGTCS patients with consistent EEG spike wave discharges at diagnosis having atleast greater than equal to 1 unprovoked generalized tonic clonic seizures showing nonresponsiveness to Levetiracetam monotherapy upto 1000mg per day, with less than equal to 50% change in seizure frequency for every month and had brivaracetam being added to levetiracetam. 3) Male or female patients between 18 to 65 years who are known cases of PGTCS patients with consistent EEG spike wave discharges at diagnosis having atleast greater than equal to 1 unprovoked generalized tonic clonic seizures showing behavioural adverse effects with levetiracetam and requiring treatment replacement with brivaracetam. 4) Clinical cases receiving brivaracetam for PGTCS with follow-up data for 12 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Hypersensitivity to Brivaracetam 2) Cases with structural lesion, diagnosis of Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, JAE, CAE and,or JME. 3) Lack of EEG corroboration 4) Cases with preceding or pre existing unstable medical, psychiatric or cardiovascular condition that could jeopardize or would compromise the subjects ability to participate in this study. 5) Cases without 12 weeks follow up data.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1) Percent change in Seizure frequency every month at 12W based on patient diary. 2) Percent change in Seizure frequency from combined baseline to 12W for patients with GTCS.Timepoint: Baseline, 4 weeks and 12 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Adverse event rate for treatment naïve or uncontrolled casesTimepoint: 4 weeks, 12 weeks;More than equal to 50% responder rate in PGTCS frequency per monthTimepoint: Baseline, 4 and 12 weeks;Physician Assessment of EffectivenessTimepoint: 12 weeks;Seizure freedom rateTimepoint: 12 weeks

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Neeraj Jain

Yardi Hospital

Nandanyardi@proton.me9850066005

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026