Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Lacosamide (LCM) to Carbamazepine Controlled-Release (CBZ-CR); Initial Monotherapy in Epilepsy; Subjects Aged 16 and Older

Summary

Compare efficacy and safety of Lacosamide (LCM) to Carbamazepine Controlled-Release (CBZ-CR) as monotherapy in newly or recently newly diagnosed subjects with a primary efficacy endpoint of 6-month seizure freedom. Noninferiority design to show a similar risk/benefit balance between Lacosamide (LCM) and Carbamazepine-CR (CBZ-CR).

Timeline

Start

2011-04

Primary completion

2015-07

Completion

2015-08

Publications

• Results Baulac M, Rosenow F, Toledo M, Terada K, Li T, De Backer M, Werhahn KJ, Brock M. Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lacosamide monotherapy versus controlled-release carbamazepine in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy: a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Jan;16(1):43-54. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30292-7. Epub 2016 Nov 24.
• Results Mintzer S, Dimova S, Zhang Y, Steiniger-Brach B, De Backer M, Chellun D, Roebling R. Effects of lacosamide and carbamazepine on lipids in a randomized trial. Epilepsia. 2020 Dec;61(12):2696-2704. doi: 10.1111/epi.16745. Epub 2020 Nov 17.
• Lindauer A, Laveille C, Stockis A. Time-to-Seizure Modeling of Lacosamide Used in Monotherapy in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2017 Nov;56(11):1403-1413. doi: 10.1007/s40262-017-0530-8.

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