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
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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
Sites (86)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| Instituto Privado Kremer Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| Conci Carpinella - Santa Rosa N° 748 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| Instituto Médico Rivarola (GIEN SRL) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Luis | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Universitário da Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Campinas | Brazil | Not yet recruiting |
| Fundacao Faculdade Regional de Medicina de Sao Jose Do Rio Preto Hospital de Base - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São José do Rio Preto | Brazil | Not yet recruiting |
| Instituto de Psiquiatria HC FMUSP Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital São Paulo da Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina UNIFESP-EPM Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Not yet recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Recruiting |
| Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Recruiting |
| The Hospital for Sick Children Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Recruiting |
| UBC Children's Hospital Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | Canada | Recruiting |
| Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University - PIN Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Recruiting |
| Peking University First Hospital - Daxing Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Recruiting |
| The First Hospital of Jilin University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changchun | China | Recruiting |
| Hunan Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changsha | China | Recruiting |
| Xiangya Hospital Central South University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changsha | China | Recruiting |
| Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chengdu | China | Recruiting |
| West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University - Huaxi Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chengdu | China | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chongqing | China | Recruiting |
| The second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Recruiting |
| The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guiyang | China | Recruiting |
| The Children's Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine - Hubin Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Recruiting |
| Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jinan | China | Recruiting |
| Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital - Donghu Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanchang | China | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Shanghai - Ludinglu Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Recruiting |
| Shenzhen Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shenzhen | China | Recruiting |
| Wuhan Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Recruiting |
| The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xi'an | China | Recruiting |
| Xuzhou Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xuzhou | China | Recruiting |
| Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Infantil Universitario Nino Jesus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cardiff | United Kingdom | Active, not recruiting |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Completed |
| Sheffield Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sheffield | United Kingdom | Completed |
| Institute of Neurology and Neuropsychology LTD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Recruiting |
| Medi Club Georgia LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Recruiting |
| Tbilisi State Medical University, Givi Zhvania Academic, Clinic of Pediatry Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Recruiting |
| Semmelweis University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Budapest | Hungary | Recruiting |
| University of Debrecen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Debrecen | Hungary | Recruiting |
| KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belagavi | India | Recruiting |
| National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bengaluru | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Yashoda Hospitals Hitec City Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hyderabad | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Rainbow Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hyderabad | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kochi | India | Recruiting |
| SRCC Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mahālakshmi | India | Recruiting |
| Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mumbai | India | Recruiting |
| Central India Cardiology Hospital and Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nagpur | India | Recruiting |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Recruiting |
| KEM Hospital Research Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pune | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Saachi Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Surat | India | Recruiting |
| Christian Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vellore | India | Recruiting |
| University Clinical Center in Gdansk, Division of Developmental Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Recruiting |
| Medical Centre Plejady Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Krakow | Poland | Recruiting |
| Institute of Mother and Child Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Recruiting |
| University of Michigan/Mott Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Terminated |
| Clinical Integrative Research Center of Atlanta (CIRCA) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Withdrawn |
| Child Neurology Consultants of Austin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Terminated |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Recruiting |
| Cleveland Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Withdrawn |
| UT Southwestern/Children's Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Withdrawn |
| Duke University Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Recruiting |
| Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hackensack | United States | Withdrawn |
| Rare Disease Research FL Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kissimmee | United States | Terminated |
| Arkansas Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Terminated |
| Norton Children's Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Louisville | United States | Recruiting |
| Neurology Center for Epilepsy and Seizures Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marlboro | United States | Recruiting |
| Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Memphis | United States | Terminated |
| Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Wisconsin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milwaukee | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Science 37 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Morrisville | United States | Recruiting |
| Yale School of Medicine - Yale-New Haven Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Recruiting |
| Northwell Health- Lenox Hill Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Withdrawn |
| Weill Cornell Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Terminated |
| Children's Nebraska Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Omaha | United States | Recruiting |
| University of California Irvine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
| The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Utah Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Recruiting |
| UCSF Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Terminated |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Recruiting |
| The Nemours Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wilmington | United States | Terminated |
| Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winston-Salem | United States | Recruiting |
| Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winter Park | United States | Recruiting |
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