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Registration number
NCT02544763
Ethics application status
Date submitted
7/09/2015
Date registered
9/09/2015
Date last updated
28/09/2022

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cannabidiol (GWP42003-P, CBD) for Seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (GWPCARE6)
Scientific title
A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Cannabidiol (GWP42003-P, CBD) as Add-on Therapy in Patients With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Who Experience Inadequately-controlled Seizures
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2015-002154-12
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
GWEP1521 Blinded Phase
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 0 0
Seizures 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Human Genetics and Inherited Disorders 0 0 0 0
Other human genetics and inherited disorders
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Other neurological disorders
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Epilepsy

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - GWP42003-P
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: 25 mg/kg/day GWP42003-P - 100 mg/mL GWP42003-P oral solution taken twice daily (morning and evening).

Experimental: 50 mg/kg/day GWP42003-P - 100 mg/mL GWP42003-P oral solution taken twice daily (morning and evening).

Placebo comparator: Placebo - Placebo oral solution matching 100 mg/mL GWP42003-P.


Treatment: Drugs: GWP42003-P
Yellow oily solution containing cannabidiol dissolved in the excipients sesame oil and anhydrous ethanol with added sweetener (sucralose) and strawberry flavoring.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Yellow oily solution containing the excipients sesame oil and anhydrous ethanol with added sweetener (sucralose) and strawberry flavoring.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in the Number of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)-Associated Seizures During the Treatment Period (Maintenance and Titration)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline; up to Week 16
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants Considered Treatment Responders During the Treatment Period (Maintenance and Titration)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline; up to Week 16
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Caregiver Global Impression of Change (CGIC) or Participant Global Impression of Change (PGIC) Score at the Participant's Last Visit
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline; up to Week 16
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Total Seizures During the Treatment Period (Maintenance and Titration)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline; up to Week 16
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Number of Participants With Any Severe Treatment-emergent Adverse Event (TEAE)
Timepoint [4] 0 0
up to approximately Week 22

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Key

* Participant has a well-documented clinical history of epilepsy.
* Participant has a clinical diagnosis of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) according to the criteria agreed by the 2012 International TSC Consensus Conference.
* All medications or interventions for epilepsy (including ketogenic diet and any neurostimulation devices for epilepsy) must have been stable for 1 month prior to screening and the participant is willing to maintain a stable regimen throughout the trial.

Key
Minimum age
1 Year
Maximum age
65 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Participant has a history of pseudo-seizures.
* Participant has clinically significant unstable medical conditions other than epilepsy.
* Participant has an illness in the 4 weeks prior to screening or randomization, other than epilepsy, which in the opinion of the investigator could affect seizure frequency.
* Participant has undergone general anesthetic in the 4 weeks prior to screening or randomization.
* Participant has undergone surgery for epilepsy in the 6 months prior to screening.
* Participant is being considered for epilepsy surgery or any procedure involving general anesthesia.
* Participant has been taking felbamate for less than 1 year prior to screening.
* Participant is taking an oral mTOR inhibitor.
* Participant has any known or suspected hypersensitivity to cannabinoids or any of the excipients of the Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP), such as sesame oil.
* Participant has any history of suicidal behavior or any suicidal ideation of type 4 or 5 on the C-SSRS in the last month or at screening.
* Participant is currently using or has in the past used recreational or medicinal cannabis, or cannabinoid-based medications, within the 3 months prior to screening and is unwilling to abstain for the duration for the study.
* Participant has tumor growth which, in the opinion of the Investigator, could affect the primary endpoint.
* Participant has significantly impaired hepatic function at the screening or randomization visit
* Participant has received an IMP within the 12 weeks prior to the screening visit.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
6/04/2016
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
26/02/2019
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
224
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Austin Health - Heidelberg
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital - Herston
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Sydney Children's Hospital - Randwick
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- Heidelberg
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
- Herston
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
- Parkville
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
- Randwick
Recruitment outside Australia
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Alabama
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Washington
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Netherlands
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Rotterdam
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Netherlands
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Utrecht
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Bydgoszcz
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Kraków
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Pamplona
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Cardiff
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United Kingdom
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Address 0 0
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Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries

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Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02544763