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NCT04940624CompletedPhase 3

A Study of Soticlestat as an Add-on Therapy in Children and Young Adults With Dravet Syndrome

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Soticlestat as Adjunctive Therapy in Pediatric and Young Adult Subjects With Dravet Syndrome (DS)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The main aim of the study is to learn if soticlestat, when given as an add-on therapy, reduces the number of convulsive seizures in children and young adults with DS. Participants will receive their standard antiseizure therapy, plus either a tablet of soticlestat or placebo for 16 weeks. A placebo looks just like soticlestat but will not have any medicine in it. Participants may continue treatment in an extension study, based on the extension study's entry criteria. Those that want to stop treatment will have a gradual dose reduction during 1 week and then be followed up for 2 weeks.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
144 (actual)
First submitted
16 Jun 2021
Start date
28 Oct 2021
Primary completion date
11 Apr 2024
Lead sponsor
Takeda
Diseases
Epilepsy
NCT number
NCT04940624
EudraCT number
2021-002480-22

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 144
  • From 28 Oct 2021 to the primary completion date, 11 Apr 2024
  • 66 sites in 18 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • 1\. Unstable, clinically significant neurologic (other than the disease being studied), psychiatric, cardiovascular, ophthalmologic, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, metabolic, gastrointestinal, urologic, immunologic, hematopoietic, endocrine disease, malignancy including progressive tumors, or other abnormality that may impact the ability to participate in the study or that may potentially confound the study results. It is the responsibility of the investigator to assess the clinical significance; however, consultation with the medical monitor may be warranted.

Who the study is looking for

  • Has documented clinical diagnosis of DS.
  • Had ≥12 convulsive seizures over 12 weeks before screening based on the historical information and has had ≥4 convulsive seizures per 28 days during the 4- to 6-week prospective baseline period.
  • Weighs ≥10 kg at the screening visit (Visit 1).
  • Failure to control seizures despite appropriate trials of at least 1 ASM based on historical information and is currently on an antiseizure therapy or other treatment options considered as SOC.
  • Artisanal cannabidiols are allowed at a stable dose for at least 4 weeks before the screening visit (Visit 1); the dosing regimen and manufacturer should remain constant throughout the study (Artisanal cannabidiols will not be counted as ASMs.).
  • Currently taking 0 to 4 ASMs at stable doses for at least 4 weeks before the screening visit (Visit 1); benzodiazepines used chronically (daily) to treat seizures are considered ASMs. Fenfluramine and cannabidiol (Epidiolex) are allowed where available and should be counted as an ASM. ASM dosing regimen must remain constant throughout the study.

Age in the registry: 2 years to 21 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (66)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Queensland Childrens Hospital
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South BrisbaneAustraliaUnknown status
Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba (INC)
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CuritibaBrazilUnknown status
Hospital Sao Lucas Da Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio Grande Do Sul (PUCRS)
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Porto AlegreBrazilUnknown status
Universidade de Sao Paulo
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São PauloBrazilUnknown status
Alberta Childrens Hospital
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CalgaryCanadaUnknown status
Hospital for Sick Children
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Child and Family Research Institute
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VancouverCanadaUnknown status
Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University
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BeijingChinaUnknown status
Peking University First Hospital
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BeijingChinaUnknown status
The First Hospital of Jilin University
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ChangchunChinaUnknown status
Xiangya Hospital Central South University
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ChangshaChinaUnknown status
Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
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ChongqingChinaUnknown status
The second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
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GuangzhouChinaUnknown status
Children's Hospital of Shanghai
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Children's Hospital Of Fudan University
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Shenzhen Children's Hospital
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ShenzhenChinaUnknown status
Wuhan Childrens Hospital
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WuhanChinaUnknown status
Krankenhaus Mara gGmbH - Epilepsiezentrum Bethel
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BielefeldGermanyUnknown status
Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
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Frankfurt am MainGermanyUnknown status
Schön Klinik Vogtareuth
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VogtareuthGermanyUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron - PPDS
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BarcelonaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga - Hospital General
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MálagaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia
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ValenciaSpainUnknown status
Hopitaux de La Timone
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MarseilleFranceUnknown status
Hopital Necker Enfants Malades
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Hopital Robert Debre
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Attikon University General Hospital
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ChaïdáriGreeceUnknown status
Orszagos Mentalis Ideggyogyaszati Es Idegsebeszeti Intezet
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BudapestHungaryUnknown status
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria A Meyer - INCIPIT - PIN
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FlorenceItalyUnknown status
ASST di Pavia - Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Mondino IRCCS
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PaviaItalyUnknown status
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli
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RomeItalyUnknown status
IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - INCIPIT - PIN
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RomeItalyUnknown status
Hokkaido University Hospital
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Chuo-KuJapanUnknown status
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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Kodaira-shiJapanUnknown status
Kumamoto-Ezuko Medical Center for The Severely Disabled
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KumamotoJapanUnknown status
Aichi Medical University Hospital
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Nagakute-shiJapanUnknown status
National Hospital Organization Nishi-Niigata Chuo National Hospital
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NiigataJapanUnknown status
National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center
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Omura-ShiJapanUnknown status
Osaka City General Hospital
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OsakaJapanUnknown status
National Hospital Organization Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders
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ShizuokaJapanUnknown status
Osaka University Hospital
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Suita-shiJapanUnknown status
Childrens University Hospital
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RigaLatviaUnknown status
Kempenhaeghe - PPDS
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HeezeNetherlandsUnknown status
Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland
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ZwolleNetherlandsUnknown status
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
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GdanskPolandUnknown status
Centrum Medyczne Plejady
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KrakowPolandUnknown status
Szpital Kliniczny im. H.Swiecickiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
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PoznanPolandUnknown status
Neurosphera SP. Z O.O
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WarsawPolandUnknown status
Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia Dr Vukan Cupic
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BelgradeSerbiaUnknown status
Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth
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BelgradeSerbiaUnknown status
University Clinical Center NIS
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NišSerbiaUnknown status
Krasnoyarsk State Medical University n.a. V.F. Voyno-Ysenetskiy
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KrasnoyarskRussiaUnknown status
Russian National Research Medical University n.a. N.I.Pirogov
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MoscowRussiaUnknown status
Communal Non-profit Enterprise City Childrens Clinical Hospital #6 of DCC
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DniproUkraineUnknown status
Communal Non-commercial Enterprise Iv-Frank Regional Childrens Clinical Hosp of Iv-Frank RC
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Ivano-FrankivskUkraineUnknown status
CNPE Clinical Hospital Psychiatry of the Executive Body of the Kyiv City Council KCSA
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KyivUkraineUnknown status
Clinical Integrative Research Center of Atlanta
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AtlantaUnited StatesUnknown status
Medical University of South Carolina
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CharlestonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics - (CRS)
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Iowa CityUnited StatesUnknown status
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Phoenix Childrens Hospital
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California Benioff Children's Hospital
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status
Seattle Children's Hospital
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SeattleUnited StatesUnknown status
Multicare Health System - Mary Bridge Pediatrics
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TacomaUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Toledo
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ToledoUnited StatesUnknown status

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