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NCT04462770RecruitingPhase 3

A Study of EPX-100 (Clemizole Hydrochloride) in Participants With Dravet Syndrome

A 20-Week Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of EPX-100 (Clemizole Hydrochloride) as Adjunctive Therapy in Children and Adult Participants With Dravet Syndrome (ARGUS Trial)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a multicenter, Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of clemizole hydrochloride (EPX-100) as adjunctive therapy in children and adult participants with Dravet syndrome (DS).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
150 (estimated)
First submitted
6 Jul 2020
Start date
15 Sept 2020
Primary completion date
30 Apr 2027
Lead sponsor
Epygenix
Diseases
Epilepsy
NCT number
NCT04462770
EU CT number
2024-518628-57-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 150
  • From 15 Sept 2020 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2027
  • 86 sites in 11 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Known sensitivity, allergy, or previous exposure to clemizole HCl.
  • Exposure to any investigational drug or device \<90 days prior to Screening or plans to participate in another drug or device trial at any time during the study.
  • Seizures secondary to illicit drug (this includes concomitant use of tetrahydrocannabinol \[THC\] and nonprescription cannabidiol preparations) or alcohol use, infection, neoplasm, demyelinating disease, degenerative neurological disease, or central nervous system disease deemed progressive, metabolic illness, or progressive degenerative disease.
  • Concurrent use of lorcaserin. Note: Prior use of lorcaserin is permitted if at least 30 days have passed since the last dose.
  • Concurrent use of fenfluramine.
  • Epilepsy surgery planned during the study or epilepsy surgery within 6 months prior to Screening.

Who the study is looking for

  • Male and female participants 2 years and older at time of consent.
  • Participant or parent/legally authorized representative (LAR) willing and able to provide written informed consent and assent (if applicable) prior to initiation of any study related procedures.
  • Clinical diagnosis of DS. Participants must have seizures which are not completely controlled by AEDs with the following criteria:
    • Onset of seizures prior to 18 months of age,
    • Normal development at onset,
    • History of at least one type of countable motor seizure (CMS),
    • Brain MRI without cortical malformation (not including mild atrophy associated with the natural progression of DS),
    • Genetic mutation of the SCN1A gene must be documented.

Age in the registry: 2 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (86)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI)
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Buenos AiresArgentinaNot yet recruiting
Instituto Privado Kremer
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CórdobaArgentinaNot yet recruiting
Conci Carpinella - Santa Rosa N° 748
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CórdobaArgentinaNot yet recruiting
Instituto Médico Rivarola (GIEN SRL)
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San LuisArgentinaNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitário da Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP
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CampinasBrazilNot yet recruiting
Fundacao Faculdade Regional de Medicina de Sao Jose Do Rio Preto Hospital de Base - PPDS
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São José do Rio PretoBrazilNot yet recruiting
Instituto de Psiquiatria HC FMUSP
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São PauloBrazilNot yet recruiting
Hospital São Paulo da Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina UNIFESP-EPM
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São PauloBrazilNot yet recruiting
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute Inc.
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OttawaCanadaRecruiting
Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network
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TorontoCanadaRecruiting
The Hospital for Sick Children
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TorontoCanadaRecruiting
UBC Children's Hospital Research Institute
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VancouverCanadaRecruiting
Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University - PIN
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BeijingChinaRecruiting
Peking University First Hospital - Daxing Campus
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BeijingChinaRecruiting
The First Hospital of Jilin University
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ChangchunChinaRecruiting
Hunan Children's Hospital
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ChangshaChinaRecruiting
Xiangya Hospital Central South University
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ChangshaChinaRecruiting
Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital
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ChengduChinaRecruiting
West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University - Huaxi Campus
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ChengduChinaRecruiting
Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
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ChongqingChinaRecruiting
The second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
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GuangzhouChinaRecruiting
The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University
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GuiyangChinaRecruiting
The Children's Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine - Hubin Campus
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HangzhouChinaRecruiting
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
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JinanChinaRecruiting
Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital - Donghu Campus
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NanchangChinaRecruiting
Children's Hospital of Shanghai - Ludinglu Campus
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ShanghaiChinaRecruiting
Shenzhen Children's Hospital
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ShenzhenChinaRecruiting
Wuhan Children's Hospital
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WuhanChinaRecruiting
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
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Xi'anChinaRecruiting
Xuzhou Children's Hospital
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XuzhouChinaRecruiting
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Infantil Universitario Nino Jesus
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
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CardiffUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
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LondonUnited KingdomCompleted
Sheffield Children's Hospital
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SheffieldUnited KingdomCompleted
Institute of Neurology and Neuropsychology LTD
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TbilisiGeorgiaRecruiting
Medi Club Georgia LLC
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TbilisiGeorgiaRecruiting
Tbilisi State Medical University, Givi Zhvania Academic, Clinic of Pediatry
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TbilisiGeorgiaRecruiting
Semmelweis University
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BudapestHungaryRecruiting
University of Debrecen
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DebrecenHungaryRecruiting
KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre
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BelagaviIndiaRecruiting
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
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BengaluruIndiaNot yet recruiting
Yashoda Hospitals Hitec City
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HyderabadIndiaNot yet recruiting
Rainbow Children's Hospital
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HyderabadIndiaNot yet recruiting
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center
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KochiIndiaRecruiting
SRCC Children's Hospital
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MahālakshmiIndiaRecruiting
Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre
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MumbaiIndiaRecruiting
Central India Cardiology Hospital and Research Institute
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NagpurIndiaRecruiting
All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS)
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New DelhiIndiaRecruiting
KEM Hospital Research Centre
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PuneIndiaNot yet recruiting
Saachi Children's Hospital
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SuratIndiaRecruiting
Christian Medical College
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VelloreIndiaRecruiting
University Clinical Center in Gdansk, Division of Developmental Neurology
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GdanskPolandRecruiting
Medical Centre Plejady
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KrakowPolandRecruiting
Institute of Mother and Child
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WarsawPolandRecruiting
University of Michigan/Mott Children's Hospital
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Ann ArborUnited StatesTerminated
Clinical Integrative Research Center of Atlanta (CIRCA)
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AtlantaUnited StatesWithdrawn
Child Neurology Consultants of Austin
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AustinUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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BirminghamUnited StatesRecruiting
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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ChicagoUnited StatesTerminated
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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CincinnatiUnited StatesRecruiting
Cleveland Clinic
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ClevelandUnited StatesRecruiting
Nationwide Children's Hospital
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ColumbusUnited StatesWithdrawn
UT Southwestern/Children's Health
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DallasUnited StatesWithdrawn
Duke University Health System
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DurhamUnited StatesRecruiting
Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group
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HackensackUnited StatesWithdrawn
Rare Disease Research FL
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KissimmeeUnited StatesTerminated
Arkansas Children's Hospital
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Little RockUnited StatesRecruiting
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
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Los AngelesUnited StatesTerminated
Norton Children's Research Institute
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LouisvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Neurology Center for Epilepsy and Seizures
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MarlboroUnited StatesRecruiting
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
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MemphisUnited StatesTerminated
Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Wisconsin
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MilwaukeeUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Science 37
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MorrisvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Yale School of Medicine - Yale-New Haven Hospital
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New HavenUnited StatesRecruiting
Northwell Health- Lenox Hill Hospital
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New YorkUnited StatesWithdrawn
Weill Cornell Medical Center
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New YorkUnited StatesTerminated
Children's Nebraska
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OmahaUnited StatesRecruiting
University of California Irvine
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OrangeUnited StatesRecruiting
The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Utah
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesRecruiting
UCSF Medical Center
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San FranciscoUnited StatesTerminated
Seattle Children's Hospital
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SeattleUnited StatesRecruiting
The Nemours Foundation
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WilmingtonUnited StatesTerminated
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
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Winston-SalemUnited StatesRecruiting
Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy Specialists
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Winter ParkUnited StatesRecruiting

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