Protocol Establishment for the Prevention of Lamotrigine-induced Skin Rash in Epilepsy Patients

NCT03220256 ↗

Phase 2 Unknown 30 enrolled Seoul National University Hospital

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelPrevention

Summary

The investigators intend to find a way to lower drug rash occurrence by applying drug tolerance induction protocol at the beginning of lamotrigine administration. Genotyping of participants with rash and those without rash after taking lamotrigine and genetic testing to find common gene mutations in these participants.

Timeline

Start: 2016-08-02
Primary completion: 2018-08-01
Completion: 2018-08-01

Publications

Background Wang XQ, Xiong J, Xu WH, Yu SY, Huang XS, Zhang JT, Tian CL, Huang DH, Jia WQ, Lang SY. Risk of a lamotrigine-related skin rash: current meta-analysis and postmarketing cohort analysis. Seizure. 2015 Feb;25:52-61. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.12.001. Epub 2014 Dec 23.
Background Murray TS, Rice TW, Wheeler AP, Phillips EJ, Dworski RT, Stollings JL. Medication Desensitization: Characterization of Outcomes and Risk Factors for Reactions. Ann Pharmacother. 2016 Mar;50(3):203-8. doi: 10.1177/1060028015625660. Epub 2016 Jan 18.
Background Castells M. Desensitization for drug allergy. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006 Dec;6(6):476-81. doi: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3280108716.
Background Akdis CA. Therapies for allergic inflammation: refining strategies to induce tolerance. Nat Med. 2012 May 4;18(5):736-49. doi: 10.1038/nm.2754.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lamotrigine	Small molecule	100 mg	—

Indications

No indication recorded.