NCT06309966

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether BHV-7000 is effective in the treatment of refractory focal epilepsy.

Trial Health

88
On Track

Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
390

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_2

Timeline
1mo left

Started May 2024

Geographic Reach
16 countries

173 active sites

Status
recruiting

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress98%
May 2024May 2026

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 8, 2024

Completed
5 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 13, 2024

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

May 13, 2024

Completed
2 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

May 1, 2026

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

May 1, 2026

Last Updated

April 13, 2026

Status Verified

April 1, 2026

Enrollment Period

2 years

First QC Date

March 8, 2024

Last Update Submit

April 9, 2026

Conditions

Keywords

Focal EpilepsyEpilepsySeizureRefractory EpilepsyPartial Epilepsy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Change from Baseline in 28-day average seizure frequency

    To compare the efficacy of each of 2 doses of BHV-7000 to placebo as an adjunctive therapy for refractory focal onset epilepsy as measured by the change from OP (observational phase) in 28-day average seizure frequency. The primary objective will be measured by comparing the observation phase (8 weeks) to the 8-week double-blind treatment phase.

    Baseline, Week 8 to Week 16

Secondary Outcomes (8)

  • Percentage of Participants with at at least 50% reduction in seizure frequency per month

    Baseline, Week 8 to Week 16

  • Change from Baseline in 28-day average seizure frequency during first month of treatment

    Baseline, Week 8 to Week 12

  • Percentage of Participants with at at least 75% reduction in seizure frequency per month

    Baseline, Week 8 to Week 16

  • Percentage of Participants with seizure freedom during DB Phase

    Week 8 to Week 16

  • Change from baseline in 7-day adjusted seizure frequency during first week of treatment

    Baseline, Week 8 to Week 9

  • +3 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (3)

BHV-7000 50 mg

EXPERIMENTAL
Drug: BHV-7000

BHV-7000 75 mg

EXPERIMENTAL
Drug: BHV-7000

Placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR
Drug: Placebo

Interventions

Matching placebo taken once daily

Placebo

BHV-7000 50 mg. Participants will take blinded investigational product (IP) once daily

BHV-7000 50 mg

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 75 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Male and Female participants 18 to 75 years of age at time of consent.
  • Diagnosis of Focal Onset Epilepsy at least 1 year prior to screening visit defined by 2017 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification and based on requirements of Epilepsy Adjudication criteria.
  • a. Focal seizures i. Focal aware seizures with clinically observable signs and/or symptoms ii. Focal impaired awareness seizures with clinically observable signs and/or symptoms iii. Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures
  • Subject meets the 2009 ILAE definition of drug resistant epilepsy, failure of adequate trials of two tolerated and appropriately chosen and used anti-seizure medication (ASM) schedules (whether as monotherapies or in combination) to achieve sustained seizure freedom.
  • Ability to keep accurate seizure diaries
  • Current treatment with at least 1 and up to 3 ASMs and 4 epilepsy treatments in total

You may not qualify if:

  • History of status epilepticus (convulsive status epilepticus for \> 5 minutes or focal status epilepticus with impaired consciousness for \> 10 minutes) within the last 6 months prior to screening visit that is not consistent with the subject's habitual seizure.
  • History of repetitive/cluster seizures (where individual seizures cannot be counted) within the last 6 months prior to screening visit and during observation phase.
  • Resection neurosurgery for seizures \<4 months prior to the screening visit.
  • Radiosurgery performed \<2 years prior to the screening visit.
  • Subjects with only focal aware nonmotor seizures which involve subjective sensory or psychic phenomena only, without impairment of consciousness or awareness (formally called simple partial seizures), with or without ictal EEG correlation with clinical symptoms.
  • Any condition that would interfere with the subject's ability to comply with study instructions, place the subject at unacceptable risk, and/or confound the interpretation of safety or efficacy data from the study, as judged by the Investigator

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (173)

Accel Research

Birmingham, Alabama, 35244, United States

WITHDRAWN

Onyx Clinical Trials

Peoria, Arizona, 85381, United States

RECRUITING

Xenoscience, Inc.

Phoenix, Arizona, 85004, United States

RECRUITING

University of Arizona / Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, 85006, United States

RECRUITING

ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine

Phoenix, Arizona, 85015, United States

RECRUITING

Clinical Trials, Inc.

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

RECRUITING

Amicis Research Center

Lancaster, California, 93534, United States

WITHDRAWN

Memorialcare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach

Long Beach, California, 90806, United States

WITHDRAWN

Tri Valley Neurology Medical Associates, Inc.

Mission Hills, California, 91345, United States

RECRUITING

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

WITHDRAWN

Profound Research LLC

Poway, California, 92065, United States

RECRUITING

Kaiser Permanente

Aurora, Colorado, 80011, United States

WITHDRAWN

UConn Health

Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

RECRUITING

Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

WITHDRAWN

EZR Research, LLC

Boca Raton, Florida, 33486, United States

WITHDRAWN

Nova Clinical Research, LLC

Bradenton, Florida, 34209, United States

RECRUITING

Las Mercedes Medical Research

Hialeah, Florida, 33012, United States

RECRUITING

Coral Clinic Research

Homestead, Florida, 33032, United States

RECRUITING

Dm Healthworks

Kissimmee, Florida, 34741, United States

WITHDRAWN

Y&L Advance Health Care, Inc d/b/a Elite Clinical Research

Miami, Florida, 33144, United States

RECRUITING

Serenity Research Center

Miami, Florida, 33176, United States

RECRUITING

Research Institute of Orlando

Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

RECRUITING

Comprehensive Neurology Clinic

Orlando, Florida, 32825, United States

RECRUITING

Panhandle Research & Medical Clinic

Pensacola, Florida, 32502, United States

RECRUITING

Knight Neurology

Rockledge, Florida, 32955, United States

RECRUITING

PENS

Tampa, Florida, 33609, United States

WITHDRAWN

Encore Medical Research of Weston LLC.

Weston, Florida, 33331, United States

RECRUITING

Accelerated Clinical Trials, LLC

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, 30071, United States

RECRUITING

Bluegrass Epilepsy Research

Lexington, Kentucky, 40504, United States

RECRUITING

OLORMC

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States

WITHDRAWN

DelRicht Research

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70810, United States

RECRUITING

Neurocare Of Louisiana

Covington, Louisiana, 70433, United States

RECRUITING

University Medical Center New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

RECRUITING

DelRicht Research

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119, United States

RECRUITING

LSU Health Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71103, United States

RECRUITING

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

RECRUITING

Boston Clinical Trials

Boston, Massachusetts, 02131, United States

RECRUITING

Boston Neuro Research

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 02747, United States

RECRUITING

SRI International

Plymouth, Michigan, 48170, United States

RECRUITING

University of Missouri Health Care

Columbia, Missouri, 65212, United States

RECRUITING

Somnos Clinical Research

Lincoln, Nebraska, 68510, United States

RECRUITING

NEREG

Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

RECRUITING

Tekton Research

Marlboro, New Jersey, 07746, United States

RECRUITING

Dent Neurosciences Research Center

Amherst, New York, 14226, United States

RECRUITING

Northwell Health

Great Neck, New York, 11021, United States

RECRUITING

Northwell Health Ped. Neurology

New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States

WITHDRAWN

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, 10016, United States

RECRUITING

Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

RECRUITING

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

WITHDRAWN

Cincinatti Children's Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

WITHDRAWN

Premier Health

Dayton, Ohio, 45409, United States

RECRUITING

Oregon Neurology Associates

Springfield, Oregon, 97477, United States

RECRUITING

AHN

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

RECRUITING

MUSC

Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

RECRUITING

WR-ClinSearch

Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37421, United States

WITHDRAWN

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, 38103, United States

RECRUITING

Horizon Clinical Research Group

Cypress, Texas, 77429, United States

RECRUITING

M3 Wake Research-Dallas

Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

RECRUITING

ANESC Research

El Paso, Texas, 79912, United States

RECRUITING

Tarrant Neurology Associates

Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

WITHDRAWN

UTHealth Houston

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

RECRUITING

UTHSC

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

NOT YET RECRUITING

Stryde Research

Plano, Texas, 75093, United States

RECRUITING

Intermountain Health

Murray, Utah, 84107, United States

RECRUITING

Medstar Health Research Institute

McLean, Virginia, 22101, United States

RECRUITING

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia

RECRUITING

Prince of Wales Hospital

Randwick, New South Wales, 2031, Australia

RECRUITING

Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia

RECRUITING

St Vincents Hospital Melbourne - PPDS

Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia

RECRUITING

Austin Health

Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia

RECRUITING

The Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

RECRUITING

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Parkville, Victoria, 3050, Australia

RECRUITING

Flinders Medical Centre

Bedford Park, 5042, Australia

RECRUITING

Odense Universitetshospital

Odense, Fyn, 5000, Denmark

RECRUITING

Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus, 8200, Denmark

RECRUITING

Epilepsihospitalet Filadelfia

Dianalund, 4293, Denmark

RECRUITING

Kuopion yliopistollinen sairaala

Kuopio, Northern Savonia, 70200, Finland

RECRUITING

Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, 33520, Finland

RECRUITING

Helsinki University Hospital

Helsinki, Uusimaa, 00290, Finland

RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, 79106, Germany

RECRUITING

Epilepsiezentrum Kork

Kehl, Baden-Wurttemberg, 77694, Germany

RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Ulm

Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, 89081, Germany

RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Erlangen, Bavaria, 91054, Germany

RECRUITING

LMU Klinikum der Universität München - Campus Großhadern

München, Bavaria, 81377, Germany

RECRUITING

Epilepsieklinik Tabor

Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, 16321, Germany

NOT YET RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH - Standort Marburg

Marburg, Hesse, 35043, Germany

RECRUITING

Klinikum Osnabrück GmbH

Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, 49076, Germany

RECRUITING

Krankenhaus Mara gGmbH

Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, 33617, Germany

RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Bonn

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, 53127, Germany

RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Münster

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48149, Germany

NOT YET RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig

Leipzig, Saxony, 04103, Germany

RECRUITING

Kleinwachau Sächsisches Epilepsiezentrum Radeberg Gemeinnützige Gmbh

Radeberg, Saxony, 01454, Germany

RECRUITING

Vivantes - Humboldt Klinikum

Berlin, 13509, Germany

RECRUITING

Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt

Frankfurt, 60590, Germany

RECRUITING

Epilepsie-Zentrum Bodensee

Ravensburg, 88214, Germany

RECRUITING

University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis

Alexandroupoli, 681 00, Greece

RECRUITING

University General Hospital ''ATTIKON''

Chaïdári, 124 62, Greece

RECRUITING

University General Hospital of Ioannina

Ioannina, 455 00, Greece

RECRUITING

AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, 546 36, Greece

RECRUITING

Georgios Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, 546 36, Greece

RECRUITING

Semmel Egyet Idegsebésze Neuro Klin

Budapest, 1145, Hungary

RECRUITING

Nizam's Insti. of Medical Sciences

Hyderabad, 500082, India

RECRUITING

Mallikatta Neuro Centre

Mangalore, 575002, India

RECRUITING

Jaslok Hospital and Research

Mumbai, 400026, India

RECRUITING

Dr G M Taori Memorial CIIMS

Nagpur, 440010, India

RECRUITING

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

New Delhi, 110029, India

RECRUITING

Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara

Chieti, Abruzzo, 66013, Italy

RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Renato Dulbecco - AO Mater Domini

Catanzaro, Calabria, 88100, Italy

RECRUITING

AORN Antonio Cardarelli

Naples, Campania, 80131, Italy

RECRUITING

AUSL di Bologna - Ospedale Bellaria

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40123, Italy

RECRUITING

Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata

Rome, Lazio, 00133, Italy

RECRUITING

Istituto G Gaslini Ospedale Pediatrico IRCCS - INCIPIT - PIN

Genoa, Liguria, 16147, Italy

RECRUITING

Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. - PPDS

Milan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy

RECRUITING

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Milan, Lombardy, 20133, Italy

RECRUITING

ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo - Azienda Universitaria-Polo Universitario San Paolo

Milan, Lombardy, 20142, Italy

RECRUITING

Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino IRCCS

Pavia, Lombardy, 27100, Italy

RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena - Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara

Baggiovara, Modena, 41126, Italy

RECRUITING

IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed

Pozzilli, Molise, 86077, Italy

RECRUITING

Università Politecnica delle Marche Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona

Ancona, The Marches, 60121, Italy

RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria A Meyer - INCIPIT - PIN

Calambrone, Tuscany, 56018, Italy

RECRUITING

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli-Rome

Roma, 00168, Italy

RECRUITING

IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - INCIPIT - PIN

Rome, 00165, Italy

RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Di Verona

Verona, 37126, Italy

RECRUITING

Clinstile, S.A. de C.V.

Mexico City, 06700, Mexico

RECRUITING

Unidad de Investigación en Salud de Chihuahua S.C.-Mexico city

Mexico City, 14050, Mexico

NOT YET RECRUITING

Accelerium, S. de R.L. de C.V. - PPDS

Monterrey, 64000, Mexico

NOT YET RECRUITING

Axis Heilsa S. de R.L. de C.V.

Obispado, 64060, Mexico

RECRUITING

Neurociencias Estudios Clinicos S.C.

Sinaloa, 80020, Mexico

RECRUITING

Clinical Research Institute SC-Mexico

Tlalnepantla, 54055, Mexico

RECRUITING

FAICIC S De RL De CV

Veracruz, 91900, Mexico

RECRUITING

MTZ Clinical Research

Krakow, 02-172, Poland

RECRUITING

Pratia MCM Krakow

Krakow, 30-727, Poland

RECRUITING

LANDA Specjalistyczne

Krakow, 31-156, Poland

RECRUITING

Neurosphera SP. Z O.O

Warsaw, 02-829, Poland

RECRUITING

Premium Clinic Wrocław

Wroclaw, 50-414, Poland

RECRUITING

ULS de Entre Douro e Vouga, EPE - Hospital de São Sebastião

Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro District, 4520-211, Portugal

RECRUITING

ULS de Matosinhos, EPE - Hospital Pedro Hispano

Senhora da Hora, Porto District, 4454-509, Portugal

RECRUITING

Centro Clínico Académico, Braga - Hospital de Braga

Braga, 4710-243, Portugal

RECRUITING

ULS de Coimbra, EPE - Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra

Coimbra, 3000-459, Portugal

RECRUITING

ULS de Lisboa Ocidental, EPE - Hospital Egas Moniz

Lisbon, 1449-005, Portugal

RECRUITING

Hospital da Luz Torres de Lisboa

Lisbon, 1600-209, Portugal

RECRUITING

Targu-Mures Emergency Clinical County Hospital - Str. Gh. Marinescu nr.50

Târgu Mureş, Mureș County, 540136, Romania

RECRUITING

Emergency University Hospital

Bucharest, 11635, Romania

RECRUITING

IN MEDIC, s.r.o.

Bardejov, 085 01, Slovakia

RECRUITING

Kraskova 2636, Neurologické oddelenie

Rimavská Sobota, 979 01, Slovakia

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol

Badalona, Barcelona, 08916, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario de Navarra

Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain

RECRUITING

CHUVI - H.U. Alvaro Cunqueiro

Vigo, Pontevedra, 36312, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital del Mar

Barcelona, 08003, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron - PPDS

Barcelona, 08035, Spain

RECRUITING

Fundacio Assistencial Mutua de Terrassa

Barcelona, 08221, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio

Granada, 18007, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Vithas Granada

Granada, 18008, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las Nieves

Granada, 18013, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Ruber Internacional (Grupo Quironsalud)

Madrid, 28034, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

Madrid, 28040, Spain

RECRUITING

Blua Sanitas Valdebebas Hospital

Madrid, 28055, Spain

NOT YET RECRUITING

Hospital blua sanitas valdebebas

Madrid, 28055, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga - Hospital General

Málaga, 29010, Spain

RECRUITING

Centro de Neurologia Avanzada

Seville, 41013, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia

Valencia, 46026, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid

Valladolid, 47003, Spain

RECRUITING

Morriston Hospital

Swansea, Glamorgan, SA6 6NL, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital-PPDS

Glasgow, Glasgow City, G51 4TF, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Salford Royal Hospital - PPDS

Salford, Manchester, M6 8HD, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

The Walton Centre - PPDS

Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 7LJ, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 4XW, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

King's College Hospital

London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

St Georges NHS Foundation Trust

London, SW17 0QT, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

The Royal London Hospital

London, WC1N 3HR, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Epilepsies, PartialEpilepsySeizuresDrug Resistant Epilepsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesNeurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

March 8, 2024

First Posted

March 13, 2024

Study Start

May 13, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

May 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

May 1, 2026

Last Updated

April 13, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations