Conditions: Epilepsy
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 10
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study is intended to provide evidence that zonisamide is safe and effective in the treatment of myoclonic seizures. The total planned trial duration will be 6.5 months. After that, subjects who have completed the study will be eligible to enroll in an open-label extension study until zonisamide is marketed for this indication or further development in this indication stops. This extension study will be described in a separate protocol (E2090-E044-318).

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Zonisamide intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 50-400 mg capsules once daily in the evening orally.

Maximum study duration 28 weeks comprising:

Baseline Period (Week -8 to Week 0): no treatment

Titration Period (Week 0 to Week 4): 50 mg daily titrated weekly until 300 mg was reached by Week 4

Maintenance Period (Week 4 to Week 16) 400 mg (or 350 mg in the event of dose limiting adverse events)

Down Titration Period (4 Weeks) intervention 2: 50-400 mg Zonisamide Placebo capsules once daily in the evening orally.

Maximum study duration 28 weeks comprising:

Baseline Period (Week -8 to Week 0): no treatment

Titration Period (Week 0 to Week 4): 50 mg Zonisamide Placebo daily titrated weekly until 300 mg was reached by Week 4

Maintenance Period (Week 4 to Week 16) 400 mg Zonisamide Placebo (or 350 mg in the event of dose limiting adverse events)

Down Titration Period (4 Weeks)

Protocol document: