Epidiolex and Drug Resistant Epilepsy in Children

ConditionEpilepsy
Trial statusAvailable
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeExpanded Access
Biological sexAll
Age1-18
SponsorAugusta University

About this trial

This open-label, multi-center study is open to patients 1 to 18 years of age at time of enrollment with medication resistant epilepsy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patient should have history of trying at least four antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), including one trial of a combination of two concomitant drugs, without successful seizure control. Vagal nerve stimulation, RNS deep brain stimulation, or the ketogenic diet can be considered equivalent to a drug trial.

Patient must be taking two or more AEDs at a dose which has been stable for at least four weeks.

A State of Georgia resident.

Disqualifiers

Patient is diagnosed as having Dravet Syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and eligible for a GW Pharmaceutical-Sponsored Clinical Trial.

Patients who have been part of a clinical trial involving another investigational product in the previous six months.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cannabidiol (Epidiolex)

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators

Augusta University

Lead sponsor

State of Georgia

Collaborator