Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of TRI476 (Oxcarbazepine) in Children With Inadequately Controlled Partial Onset Seizures

A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel-group Study in Children With Inadequately Controlled Partial Onset Seizures to Investigate Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of TRI476 (Oxcarbazepine) as Adjunctive Therapy

This study is designed to provide short term efficacy and safety data of TRI476 in children with inadequately-controlled partial seizures. Patients will be randomized into either drug treatment or placebo group at 1:1 ratio, and receive their respective treatment for 8 weeks. The purpose of study is to confirm that TRI476 as adjunctive therapy is effective and safe.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female outpatients, aged 4 to 14 years (inclusive), with a minimum body weight of 15 kg.
• A diagnosis of partial onset seizures, which include the seizure subtypes of simple, complex, and secondarily generalized seizures (based on the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification, as modified in 1981).

Exclusion Criteria:

• A document history of generalized status epileptics in the past 6 months.
• Seizures having a metabolic, neoplastic, or active infectious origin.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply