Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of iv Lacosamide in Japanese Adults With Partial-onset Seizures

A Multicenter, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Intravenous Lacosamide as Replacement for Oral Lacosamide in Japanese Adults With Partial-onset Seizures With or Without Secondary Generalization

EP0024 is a Phase 3, multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of intravenous (iv) lacosamide (LCM). Adjunctive iv LCM therapy (200 mg/day to 400 mg/day) will be administered for 5 days as replacement for oral LCM tablets in Japanese adults with partial-onset seizures.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject is Japanese and enrolled in EP0009 (NCT01832038) receiving oral Lacosamide (LCM) for the treatment of partial-onset seizures and has been enrolled for at least 8 weeks
• Subject has been on a stable twice daily (bid) dosage regimen of LCM 200 mg/ day to 400 mg/ day, for the 2 weeks prior to entry into EP0024
• Subject has been receiving no more than 3 concomitant Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs) at doses that have remained stable for the 2 weeks prior to entry into EP0024

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject has a history of any kind of status epilepticus within 12-month period prior to study entry
• Subject has actual suicidal ideation as indicated by a positive response ("Yes") to either Question 4 or Question 5 of the "Since Last Visit" version of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)