NCT07563881RecruitingPhase 3
Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of RAP-219 in Adult Participants With Focal Seizures FOCUS-1
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of RAP-219 in Adult Participants With Focal Seizures
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a clinical research study for an investigational drug called RAP-219 in adult participants with focal seizures. This study is being conducted to determine if RAP-219 is safe and effective in reducing focal seizure frequency.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 333 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Apr 2026
- Start date
- 5 Jun 2026
- Primary completion date
- Jul 2029
- Lead sponsor
- Rapport Therapeutics Inc.
- Diseases
- Epilepsy
- NCT number
- NCT07563881
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 333
- From 5 Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, Jul 2029
- 18 sites in 2 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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Prior treatment
- Known hypersensitivity or prior exposure to RAP-219.
- Anticipated need for surgery during the study period
- Medical history of any of the following:
- generalized epilepsy
- focal preserved consciousness without observable manifestations (also known as focal aware nonmotor) as the participant's only seizure type
- psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES)
- status epilepticus or seizure clusters (when individual seizures cannot be counted) within 12 months prior to Visit 1 (Day -56).
- epilepsy surgery within 12 months prior to Visit 1 (Day -56).
- Participation in another clinical study of an investigational product within 12 weeks or 5 half-lives of this other investigational product
Other illness
- Unstable or uncontrolled serious medical, neurologic (other than focal epilepsy), or psychiatric condition that is ongoing or considered likely to recur
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 - 75
- BMI 18-45 kg/m2
- Diagnosis of focal epilepsy for ≥24 months prior to Visit 1
- Report from at least 1 brain MRI or CT scan and 1 EEG study, each completed within 10 years prior to Visit 1, consistent with focal epilepsy diagnosis
- Concomitant use of between 1 and 3, inclusive, antiseizure medication(s) ASM(s) as maintenance, not including rescue or pro re nata (PRN) ASMs
- Ability to keep accurate daily focal seizure records using an e-diary
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (18)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dong-A University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Busan | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Korea University Anam Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Seoul National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Asheville Neurology Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Asheville | United States | Recruiting |
| Emory Brain Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bethesda | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| Consultants in Epilepsy & Neurology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boise | United States | Recruiting |
| Cleveland Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
| Indiana University Health Fort Wayne Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Wayne | United States | Recruiting |
| Panhandle Research and Medical Clinic, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gulf Breeze | United States | Recruiting |
| Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hackensack | United States | Recruiting |
| Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery at St. Barnabas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Livingston | United States | Recruiting |
| NYU Langone Health - Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Amicis Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palmdale | United States | Recruiting |
| Thomas Jefferson University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
| Neurological Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Recruiting |
| Montefiore Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Bronx | United States | Recruiting |
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