Double-blind, Randomized Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Brivaracetam in Adults With Partial Onset Seizures

A Multi-center, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Placebo Controlled, Randomized Study: Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Brivaracetam in Subjects (>= 16 to 70 Years Old) With Partial Onset Seizures.

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Brivaracetam to support the submission file in the indication of adjunctive treatment in adolescents and adults with partial onset seizures.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects were from 16 to 70 years, both inclusive. Subjects under 18 years of age were only included where legally permitted and ethically accepted
• Subjects with well-characterized focal epilepsy or epileptic syndrome according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification
• Subjects had a history of partial onset seizures (POS) whether or not secondarily generalized (Type I seizures according to the ILAE classification)
• Subjects had at least 2 POS whether or not secondarily generalized per month during the 3 months preceding Visit 1
• Subjects had at least 8 POS whether or not secondarily generalized during the 8-Week Baseline Period
• Subjects were uncontrolled while treated by 1 to 2 permitted concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Vagal nerve stimulation was allowed and was not counted as a concomitant AED

Exclusion Criteria:

• History or presence of seizures occurring only in clusters (too frequently or indistinctly separated to be reliably counted) before Visit 3
• History or presence of status epilepticus during the year preceding Visit 1 or during Baseline