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

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

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)

    Drug

    Daily dosage up to 25 mg/kg/day with an optional up titration to a maximal daily dosage up to 50 m/kg/day until End of Treatment.

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

This trial has no outcomes listed.

Sponsors and contacts

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Augusta University

Lead sponsor

State of Georgia

Collaborator