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SeizuresPhase 2NCT04686786

An Open-label Extension Trial of CVL-865 as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Focal Onset Seizures

A Phase 2 study testing CVL-865 in people with Seizures, run by AbbVie at 56 sites in 7 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of CVL-865 as adjunctive therapy in participants with focal onset seizures. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Seizures
What is being tested?
CVL-865
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
105 participants
Where
56 sitesin 7 countries
Study dates
8 Dec 2020to 5 Dec 2024
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participants who completed treatment in Trial CVL-865-SZ-001 (NCT04244175)
  • A female participant of childbearing potential who is sexually active with a nonsterilized male partner must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception from signing of informed consent through 30 days post last dose
  • A male participant with a pregnant or a nonpregnant partner of childbearing potential must agree to use a condom during treatment and until the end of relevant systemic exposure in the male participant for 94 days following the last dose with the investigational medicinal product (IMP)
  • Participants who are capable of giving signed informed consent
  • Participants who are able, in the opinion of the investigator, to understand the nature of the trial and comply with protocol requirements, including the prescribed dosage regimens, scheduled visits, laboratory tests, and other trial procedures

Who cannot join

  • Participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, medical monitor, or sponsor, should not participate in the trial
  • Participants who, in the judgment of the investigator, experienced poor tolerability to the IMP during the double-blind trial or whose safety assessments resulted in new concerns that would suggest that the participant may not be appropriate for 57 weeks of treatment with CVL-865 in an extension trial
  • Participants who experienced status epilepticus during Trial CVL-865-SZ-001
  • Participants who have demonstrated substantial noncompliance to trial procedures in Trial CVL-865-SZ-001, based on the investigator's judgment, would not be eligible for this trial
  • Participants who answer "yes" on the C-SSRS Suicidal Ideation Item 4 or Item 5 (Active Suicidal Ideation with Some Intent to Act, Without Specific Plan, or Active Suicidal Ideation with Specific Plan and Intent), or participants who answer "yes" on any of the 5 C-SSRS Suicidal Behavior Items (actual attempt, interrupted attempt, aborted attempt, preparatory acts, or behavior), or participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, present a serious risk of suicide
  • Participants with any of the following abnormalities in clinical laboratory tests at Visit 1, as assessed by the central laboratory and confirmed by a single repeat measurement, if deemed necessary (Females: Hemoglobin <11 gram per deciliter (g/dL); Males: hemoglobin <12 g/dL; White blood cell (WBC) count <3.0 x 10 power 9 per liter (10^9/L); Neutrophil count <2.0 x 10^9/L; Platelet count <150 × 10^9/L)
  • Participants who would be likely to require the use of prohibited concomitant medications during the trial
  • Female participants who have a positive pregnancy test result

Trial locations and contacts

56 sites in 7 countries.

56 sites in 7 countries

United States26 sites
  • Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287

  • Bethesda, Maryland

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20817

  • Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

  • Charleston, South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425

  • Chesterfield, Missouri

    Chesterfield, Missouri, 63005

  • Gulf Breeze, Florida

    Gulf Breeze, Florida, 32561-4458

  • Hackensack, New Jersey

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601

  • Honolulu, Hawaii

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817

  • Jacksonville, Florida

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

  • Lexington, Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40504

  • Little Rock, Arkansas

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • Miami Lakes, Florida

    Miami Lakes, Florida, 33016

  • Nashville, Tennessee

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232

  • New Haven, Connecticut

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06519

  • New York

    New York, New York, 10021

  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112

  • Orlando, Florida

    Orlando, Florida, 32806

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

  • Port Charlotte, Florida

    Port Charlotte, Florida, 33952

  • Rochester, New York

    Rochester, New York, 14642

  • Salt Lake City, Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132

  • Scarborough, Maine

    Scarborough, Maine, 04074

  • Saint Louis, Missouri

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

  • Tampa, Florida

    Tampa, Florida, 33606

  • Toledo, Ohio

    Toledo, Ohio, 43614

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Australia8 sites
  • Camperdown, New South Wales

    Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050

  • Fitzroy, Victoria

    Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065

  • Heidelberg, Victoria

    Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084

  • Herston, Queensland

    Herston, Queensland, 4029

  • Melbourne, Victoria

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3004

  • Parkville, Victoria

    Parkville, Victoria, 3050

  • Randwick, New South Wales

    Randwick, New South Wales, 2031

  • Westmead, New South Wales

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145

Other trials in Australia

Spain8 sites
  • Barcelona, Catalunya

    Barcelona, Catalonia, 08003

  • Barcelona, Catalonia

    Barcelona, Catalonia, 08035

  • Madrid

    Madrid, 28034

  • Madrid

    Madrid, 28040

  • Malaga,

    Málaga, Andalusia, 29010

  • Sevilla

    Seville, 41013

  • Terrassa, Catalonia

    Terrassa, Catalonia, 08222

  • Valencia

    Valencia, 46026

Other trials in Spain

Poland7 sites
  • Białystok

    Bialystok, 15-704

  • Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie

    Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 85-163

  • Gdańsk, Pomorskie

    Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 80-803

  • Kraków, Malopolskie

    Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 31-209

  • Lodz

    Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, 90-752

  • Warszawa

    Warsaw, 02-952

  • Wojnicz, Lskie

    Wojnicz, Wojnicz Lskie, 40-650

Other trials in Poland

Ukraine3 sites
  • Kyiv

    Kyiv, 02091

  • Lviv

    Lviv, 79035

  • Uzhgorod

    Uzhhorod, Uzhgorod, 88018

Other trials in Ukraine

Serbia2 sites
  • Kragujevac, Sumadija

    Kragujevac, Sumadija, 34000

  • Neurology Department, Kragujevac

    Kragujevac, Sumadija, 34000

Other trials in Serbia

South Korea2 sites
  • Gwangjin-gu, Seoul

    Gwangju, Seoul, 05030

  • Irwon-Ro Gangnam-gu., Seoul

    Irwon-dong, Seoul, 06351

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

Official title: A 57-Week, Multicenter, Active-treatment, Open-label Extension Trial of CVL-865 as Adjunctive Therapy in Adults With Drug-Resistant Focal Onset Seizures

The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of CVL-865 as adjunctive therapy in participants with focal onset seizures.

Conditions
Seizures
Being tested
CVL-865
Keywords
CVL-865, Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), PF-06372865, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), focal epilepsy, partial seizure
Medical subject headings
Seizures, Epilepsies, Partial

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • CVL-865Drug

    Also called PF-06372865

    Participants will receive 25 mg CVL-865 tablets orally BID during the treatment period. The dose may be decreased to 17.5 mg BID for tolerability.

Study groups in NCT04686786
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CVL-865 25 mgExperimentalParticipants will receive CVL-865 tablets orally twice daily (BID) up to the maximum dose of 25 milligrams (mg) until Week 57 during the treatment period.
Receives: Drug: CVL-865

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAEs) and Treatment Emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs)

    A TEAE was defined as an AE that started after the first dose of IMP in the open-label trial or a previously reported AE that increased in intensity, became serious, trial drug-related, or resulted in death, discontinuation, interruption, of reduction of IMP after the first dose of IMP in the open-label trial. SAEs included death, a life-threatening adverse event, inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, persistent or significant disability or incapacity, a congenital anomaly or birth defect, or an important medical event that jeopardized the participant and required medical intervention to prevent 1 of the outcomes listed in this definition. A summary of serious and non-serious AEs regardless of causality is located in the 'Reported Adverse Events module'.

    Measured: From first dose of study drug up to Week 61

  2. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes From Baseline in Electrocardiogram (ECGs)

    12-lead ECGs recordings were obtained after the participant had been supine and at rest for at least 5 minutes. The number of participants with significant abnormalities is reported by 'change from baseline in QT interval as corrected for heart rate by Fridericia's formula (QTcF)'.

    Measured: Baseline up to Week 57

  3. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes From Baseline in Vital Sign Measurements

    Vital signs were measured with the participant in a sitting/semi-recumbent position after 5 minutes rest and included temperature, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate.

    Measured: Baseline up to Week 57

  4. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes From Baseline in Physical and Neurological Examination Results

    A complete physical examination consisted of measurement of weight and a review of the following body systems: head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, skin, heart, lungs, lymph nodes, and gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and musculoskeletal systems. A full neurological examination included an assessment of the participant's mental status (level of consciousness, orientation, speech, memory, etc), cranial nerves, motor (muscle appearance, tone, strength, and reflexes), sensation (including Romberg sign), coordination, and gait. Reported here is the number of participants with clinically significant changes in physical or neurological examination results.

    Measured: Baseline up to Week 57

  5. Suicidality Based on the Columbia Suicide-Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

    The C-SSRS rates an individual's degree of suicidal ideation (SI) on a scale, ranging from "wish to be dead" to "active suicidal ideation with specific plan and intent." The scale identifies SI severity and intensity, which may be indicative of an individual's intent to commit suicide. C-SSRS SI severity subscale ranges from 0 (no SI) to 5 (active SI with plan and intent).

    Measured: Baseline up to Week 61

  6. Change From End of Treatment in Modified Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment - Benzodiazepines (mCIWA-B) Score at the End of Post-treatment Follow-up (Week 61)

    The modified Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment - Benzodiazepines (mCIWA-B) is a sensitive instrument to measure withdrawal under conditions where there is a taper of medication (rather than abrupt discontinuation). It consists of 17-items that monitor the type and severity of benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, fatigue, appetite, and sleeplessness. The total score ranges from 1 (no withdrawal) to 68 (extreme withdrawal) with higher scores indicating more severe withdrawal.

    Measured: Week 57, Week 61

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Dec 2020
  2. Study start8 Dec 2020
  3. Primary completion5 Dec 2024
  4. Study completion5 Dec 2024

Why it stopped: Closed early after CVL-865-SZ-001 (NCT04244175) did not meet its primary objective

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
105 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04686786
Sponsor's protocol ID
CVL-865-SZ-002
Other IDs
2019-004057-83, 2019
Status last verified
Nov 2025
First submitted
23 Dec 2020
Last updated
11 Dec 2025
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Gurrell R, Iredale P, Evrard A, Duveau V, Ruggiero C, Roucard C. Pronounced antiseizure activity of the subtype-selective GABAA positive allosteric modulator darigabat in a mouse model of drug-resistant focal epilepsy. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2022 Nov;28(11):1875-1882. doi: 10.1111/cns.13927. Epub 2022 Aug 14.

    PubMed 35965432

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing CVL-865 in people with Seizures, run by AbbVie at 56 sites in 7 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 56 sites in United States, Australia, Spain, Poland, Ukraine and 2 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 11 Dec 2025). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAEs) and Treatment Emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs) (time frame: From first dose of study drug up to Week 61). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04686786, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Dec 2025.

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