Purpose

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

Condition

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 75 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Male and Female participants 18 to 75 years of age at time of consent. 2. 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 iii. Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures 3. 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. 4. Ability to keep accurate seizure diaries 5. Current treatment with at least 1 and up to 3 ASMs and 4 epilepsy treatments in total

Exclusion Criteria

  1. 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. 2. History of repetitive/cluster seizures (where individual seizures cannot be counted) within the last 6 months prior to screening visit and during observation phase. 3. Resection neurosurgery for seizures <4 months prior to the screening visit. 4. Radiosurgery performed <2 years prior to the screening visit. 5. 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. 6. 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

Study Design

Phase
Phase 2/Phase 3
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
BHV-7000 25 mg
  • Drug: BHV-7000
    BHV-7000 25 mg. Participants will take blinded investigational product (IP) once daily
Experimental
BHV-7000 50 mg
  • Drug: BHV-7000
    BHV-7000 50 mg. Participants will take blinded investigational product (IP) once daily
Placebo Comparator
Placebo
  • Drug: Placebo
    Matching placebo taken once daily

Recruiting Locations

Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona 85013
Contact:
Caitlin Goodman
602-406-6262
Caitlin.Goodman@CommonSpirit.org

Center for Neurosciences
Tucson, Arizona 85718
Contact:
Rudolph Phillips
520-795-0229
Rphillips@neurotucson.com

Clinical Trials, Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
Contact:
Mark Franks
501-227-6179
mafranks@clinicaltrialsinc.com

WRN
Rogers, Arkansas 72758
Contact:
Tyler Karnes
479-927-3000

University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California 92041
Contact:
Jonathan Rodriguez
jor010@health.ucsd.edu

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California 90095
Contact:
Sucheta Waghmare
310-794-1195
SWaghmare@mednet.ucla.edu

Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto, California 94304
Contact:
Jordan Selinger
650-460-9260
jseliger@stanford.edu

Profound Research LLC
Pasadena, California 91105
Contact:
Isabel Canas
213-222-7740
isabel@profoundresearch.io

University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Contact:
Chris Mizenko
720-848-8621
christopher.mizenko@cuanschutz.edu

EZR Research LLC
Boca Raton, Florida 33486
Contact:
Olivia Campbell
561-788-7545
ocampbell@fcneurology.net

Nova Clinical Research, LLC
Bradenton, Florida 34209
Contact:
Showkat Hossain
941-792-6564
showkat.hossain@novaclinicalresearch.com

University of Florida (Jacksonville)
Jacksonville, Florida 32209
Contact:
Yasmeen Shabbir
904-244-9856
yasmeen.shabbir@jax.ufl.edu

University of Miami
Miami, Florida 33136
Contact:
Anabela Cieslicki
305-243-6732
axc1623@med.miami.edu

Floridian Research Institute
Miami, Florida 33179
Contact:
Giovanna Fernandez
gfernandez@floridianresearch.com

AdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, Florida 32804
Contact:
Tracey Purvis
407-906-0515
Tracey.Purvis@AdventHealth.com

Medsol Clinical Research Center
Port Charlotte, Florida 33952
Contact:
Maria Vasconcelos
941-623-9744
mvasconcelos@medsolcrc.com

Santos Research Center
Tampa, Florida 33615
Contact:
Liz Santos
813-249-9100
santosresearchcenter@gmail.com

Encore Medical Research of Weston LLC.
Weston, Florida 33331
Contact:
Antonio Barreiro
954-777-8827
abarreiro@encoremedicalresearch.com

Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia 30912
Contact:
Josh West
706-721-9680
ctscto@augusta.edu

Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Contact:
Kore Liow
808-564-6141
kliow@hawaiineuroscience.com

Consultants in Epilepsy & Neurology, PLLC
Boise, Idaho 83702
Contact:
Lisa Gravett
208-275-8585
Lisa@Idahoepilepsy.com

Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Contact:
Elizabeth Cunningham
312-926-6562
elizabeth.bachman@nm.org

Revive Research Institute, Inc.
Elgin, Illinois 60123
Contact:
Sikar Grewal
847-497-0421
Grewal@rev-research.com

Accellacare
Ames, Iowa 50010
Contact:
Erin Hackett
515-956-4159
erin.hackett@accellacare.com

Bluegrass Epilepsy Research
Lexington, Kentucky 40504
Contact:
Morgan Medley
859-313-4989
morgan.medley@commonspirit.org

MAESC
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Contact:
Salman Hashmi
301-530-9744
hashmis@epilepsydc.com

Minnesota Epilepsy Group, P.A.
Roseville, Minnesota 55113
Contact:
Sarah Ellis
651-377-8319
sellis@mnepilepsy.net

Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
Contact:
Patty Schaefer
314-362-7871
patty.schaefer@wustl.edu

NEREG
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Contact:
Hardik Rana
551-497-5000
hrana@epilepsygroup.com

Inst of Neurology
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
Contact:
Malik Munazza
973-322-7425
mmalik@inst-neuro.com

Dent Neurosciences Research Center
Amherst, New York 14226
Contact:
Hailley Pearson
716-250-7002
hpearson@dentinstitute.com

BCHP
Hawthorne, New York 10532
Contact:
Donika Zogejani
914-768-8225
dzogejan@nymc.edu

Northwell Health
New York, New York 10021
Contact:
Ronnie Elsaadany
201-988-6177
relsaadany@northwell.edu

Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, New York 11794
Contact:
Christine Pol
631-444-9083
Christiana.Pol@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Five Towns Neuroscience Research
Woodmere, New York 11598
Contact:
Eric Garcia
516-239-1800
egarcia@ftniresearch.com

Accellacare
Mooresville, North Carolina 28117
Contact:
Justice McDonald
704-924-2105
justice.mcdonald@accellacare.com

Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
Contact:
Carolyn Hedrick
336-716-8694
cwhedric@wakehealth.edu

NeuroScience Research Center
Canton, Ohio 44718
Contact:
Shandell Mooney
330-244-2542
shandellm@neurocarecenter.com

University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio 45267
Contact:
Lucy Mendoza
513-558-3020
Lucy.Mendoza@uc.edu

OSU
Columbus, Ohio 43214
Contact:
Elizabeth Wiley
614-293-3660
elizabeth.wiley@osumc.edu

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Contact:
Melissa Johnston Esparza
215-614-0520
melissa.johnstonesparza@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Contact:
Emily Patunas
215-503-3213
emily.patunas@jefferson.edu

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Contact:
Melissa Osborn
615-322-8817
melissa.osborn@vumc.org

Neurology Consultants of Dallas, PA
Dallas, Texas 75243
Contact:
J. Christina Howell
214-750-9977
jchowell@neurologydallas.com

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas 77030
Contact:
Zulfi Haneef
713-794-7201
haneef.zulfi@va.gov

UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Contact:
Samantha Lewis
210-450-7370
Lewiss11@uthscsa.edu

Road Runner Research, Ltd
San Antonio, Texas 78249
Contact:
Lori Santana
210-949-0505
lsantana@rrresearchsa.com

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
Contact:
Austin Strebel
801-585-9266
austin.strebel@hsc.utah.edu

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Contact:
Stacy Thompson
434-982-4315
src2h@uvahealth.org

Henrico Doctors Neurology Associates, LLC
Richmond, Virginia 23235
Contact:
Gwendolyn Darby
804-288-2742
Gwendolyn.Darby@HCAHealthcare.com

Carilion Clinic
Roanoke, Virginia 24011
Contact:
Kristina Cooper
540-224-5856
kecooper1@carilionclinic.org

More Details

NCT ID
NCT06132893
Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd.

Study Contact

Chief Medical Officer
203-404-0410
clinicaltrials@biohavenpharma.com

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