This study is a pilot non-controlled clinical trial with adjunctive fenfluramine for the treatment of five different types of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) focused on epileptic and "non-epileptic outcomes": SYNGAP1 and STXBP1 encephalopathies, inv-dup(15) encephalopathy, multifocal or bilateral malformations of cortical development, and continuous spikes and waves during sleep. The main goal is to assess changes in seizure frequency comparing before and after treatment with fenfluramine in five specific types of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs). Secondary objectives of this study are the analysis of changes in seizure intensity and duration, and "non-epileptic outcomes" such as variations in cognitive activity, level of alertness, impulsivity/self-control, gait stability and other alterations that might be detected during the interview and physical examination.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Administration of fenfluramine. Fenfluramine treatment dose: Between 0.2 and 0.7 mg/kg/day if no concomitant Stiripentol (STP), maximum dose: 40 mg/day \[or 0.5 mg/kg/day, maximum 30 mg/day, for subjects taking concomitant STP\]. Dosing will be started with 0.1mg/day per one week, then 0.2mg/kg/day per one week, then as investigator clinical decision-making, up to 0.4, 0.6 or 0.7mg/kg/day, with a maximum of 0.2mg/kg/day escalation every week. Visits: There will be four visits; (visit 1) screening; (visit 2) treatment initiation, +2 weeks; (visit 3, telematic) +8 weeks; (visit 4) +14 weeks.
Hospital Ruber Internacional
Madrid, Spain
RECRUITINGSeizure frequency.
Seizure diary.
Time frame: 12 months.
Seizure severity.
Chalfont Seizure Severity Scale (CSSS).
Time frame: 12 months.
Behaviour.
Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function.
Time frame: 12 months.
Gross motor function.
Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM).
Time frame: 12 months.
Sleep habits.
Parent-reported Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire.
Time frame: 12 months.
Global impression of change.
Caregiver Global Impression of Change.
Time frame: 12 months.
Global impression of change.
Clinician Clinical Global Impression of Change - Improvement (CDD-CGI-I).
Time frame: 12 months.
Quality of life and family impact.
PedsQL 4.0.
Time frame: 12 months.
Epileptiform activity
12h video-EEG monitoring.
Time frame: 12 months.
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