A Study to Test the Efficacy and Safety of Staccato Alprazolam in Study Participants 12 Years of Age and Older With Stereotypical Prolonged Seizures
Recruiting · Phase 3 · NCT05077904
Conditions: Stereotypical Prolonged Seizures
At a glance
- Research payments reported, 2025
- $740,157
- U.S. investigators named
- 55
- Sites paid
- 99
- Planned or actual enrollment
- 350
About the trial
- Sponsor
- UCB Biopharma SRL
- Tested
- Staccato alprazolam (drug), Placebo (other)
- Dates
- Started 2021-12-07; completion 2027-03-29
- Results posted
- Not yet
The purpose of the study is to assess the success of a single administration of Staccato alprazolam compared with placebo both in rapidly terminating a seizure episode within 90 seconds and with no recurrence of seizure(s) up to 2 hours after investigational medicinal product (IMP) administration.
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Industry funding
UCB SA reported $740,157 in research payments for this study in 2025 (111 payments).
Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites to run a study, not to the investigators personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
U.S. investigators named on this study
- Victor Biton, M.D. Neurology · Little Rock, AR
- Lindsay S. Ackerman, MD Dermatology · Phoenix, AZ
- John Dempster JR., M.D. Neurology · Tucson, AZ
- Stephen S. Flitman, M.D. Neurology · Phoenix, AZ
- Nicole H. Cobo, M.D. Child Neurology · Long Beach, CA
- Dawn S. Eliashiv, M.D. Neurology · Los Angeles, CA
- Olivia Kim Mcmanus, M.D. Child Neurology · San Diego, CA
- Neggy Rismanchi, M.D., PH.D. Child Neurology · Sacramento, CA
- Chunyang T. Wang, MD Neurology · Escondido, CA
- Meagen R. Salinas, MD Neurology · Englewood, CO
- Vinita Knight, M.D. Child Neurology · New Haven, CT
- Yamane Makke, MD Neurology · Washington, DC
- Selim R. Benbadis, MD Neurology · Tampa, FL
- Kamil Detyniecki, M.D Neurology · Miami, FL
- Hong-uyen Hua, M.D. Retina Specialist · Miami, FL
- Suparna R. Krishnaiengar, MD Neurology · Jacksonville, FL
- Layla B. Mcdaniel, PA-C Physician Assistants · Jacksonville, FL
- James B. Renfroe, MD Child Neurology · Gulf Breeze, FL
- Ahmed H. Sadek, M.D. Neurology · Orlando, FL
- Vaibhav Shah, MD Neurology · Rockledge, FL
- William O. Tatum, DO Neurology · Jacksonville, FL
- Robert T. Wechsler, MD, PHD, FAAN Neurology · Boise, ID
- Abdullah Alsawaf, M.D. Neurology · Arlington Heights, IL
- Faisal A. Ibrahim Neurology · Springfield, IL
- Stephan U. Schuele, MD Neurology · Chicago, IL
- Marlene C. Bultemeyer, MD Neurology · Fort Wayne, IN
- Fawad A. Khan, MD, M.B.B.S. Neurology · New Orleans, LA
- Piotr W. Olejniczak, MD Neurology · New Orleans, LA
- David E. Burdette, MD Neurology · Grand Rapids, MI
- Robert E. Hogan III, MD Neurology · Saint Louis, MO
- Yuan Fan, MD Neurology · Charlotte, NC
- Muhammad S. Zafar, M.D. Neurology · Durham, NC
- Arun R. Antony, MD Neurology · Neptune, NJ
- Marc S. Frost, M.D. Neurology · Amherst, NY
- Ruben I. Kuzniecky, M.D. Neurology · New York, NY
- Mana Rao, M.D. Infectious Disease · Bronx, NY
- Thomas Wychowski, MD Neurology · Rochester, NY
- Nancy Xia, DO Child Neurology · New Hyde Park, NY
- Ji Yeoun Yoo, M.D. Neurology · New York, NY
- Stephen T. Hantus, M.D. Neurology · Cleveland, OH
- Michael H. Kohrman, MD Child Neurology · Akron, OH
- Claude Steriade, M.D. Neurology · Cleveland, OH
- Colin M. Roberts, MD Child Neurology · Portland, OR
- Michael A. Gelfand, MD Neurology · Philadelphia, PA
- Mercedes Jacobson, MD Neurology · Philadelphia, PA
- Maromi Nei, M.D. Neurology · Philadelphia, PA
- Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, M.D., Neurology · Pittsburgh, PA
- James P. Valeriano, MD Neurology · Pittsburgh, PA
- Bassel Abou-khalil, MD Neurology · Nashville, TN
- Basanagoud Mudigoudar, M.D. Neurology · Memphis, TN
- Katherine S. Labiner, MD Neurology · Austin, TX
- Nirav Pavasia, M.D. Neurology · Dallas, TX
- Shelley Varnado, M.D. Child Neurology · Houston, TX
- Angela Y. Peters, M.D. Neurology · Salt Lake City, UT
- Paul D. Lyons, MD PHD Neurology · Winchester, VA
Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.
Sites paid to run it
- Washington University $70,000
- Pediatric Neurology PA $57,604
- Mayo Clinic Jacksonville $44,943
- Boston Medical Center, MA $40,725
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN $39,834
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA $36,102
- Altoona Center for Clinical Research $34,508
- University of Florida $27,004
- Rancho Research Institute Inc $26,677
- Lynn Health Science Institute Inc. $23,348
- Ohsu Hospital and Clinics, OR $23,165
- Allegheny-Singer Research Institute $21,717
- Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, PA $20,349
- Cleveland Clinic, OH $19,690
- University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, UT $18,959
- Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, OR $18,500
- New York University $15,456
- Strong Memorial Hospital, NY $15,296
- Profound Research Llc $14,834
- Ezr Research $14,750
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, CA $14,731
- University of Miami $14,029
- West Haven VA Medical Center $13,720
- Northwestern University $13,180
- Medical Faculty Associates $12,115
- Xenoscience Inc $9,504
- Atrium Health Union, NC $8,322
- Rutgers the State University $8,316
- The Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens Hospital $7,700
- Knight Neurology $6,689
- Valley Health Diabetes Management Program $6,500
- Clintific Research Inc $5,622
- Louisiana State University Health $4,402
- Ochsner Medical Center Acute, LA $3,250
- Allegheny Singer Research Institute $3,242
- Robert T. Wechsler, MD, Phd Idaho Comprehensive Epilepsy $2,440
- Ezr Research, LLC $2,258
- Le Bonheur Childrens Hospital Foundation $2,100
- Wcg Clinical $2,046
- Legacy Medical Group - Neurology at Emanuel $1,919
- UC San Diego Altman Clinical & Translational Research Institute $1,919
- Adult and Child Neurology Medical Associates, Inc $1,910
- Allied Physicians, Inc $1,850
- Akron Children's Hospital, OH $1,648
- Northwest Florida Clinical Research Group LLC $1,316
- Lsu Health Sciences Center $1,014
- Temple University of the Commonwealth System $560
- Clinical Trials, Inc. $533
- Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital $401
- University of Pittsburgh Physicians $393
- UC Irvine Medical Center- Als & Neuromuscular Center $300
- George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates - Neurology $150
- Duke University $150
- Winchester Neurological Consultants $146
- Rancho Research Institute $136
- New York University Langone Medical Center $134
- Child Neurology Consultants of Austin $131
- Digestive Disease Center $131
- University of Miami Don Soffer Clinical Research $104
- Thomas Jefferson University Epilepsy Center $98
- Northwell Health $98
- Consultants in Epilepsy and Neurology, PLLC $80
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center (jsumc) $80
- University of Pennsylvania $78
- Northwell Health Lenox Hill $76
- Perseverance Research Center $70
- UC Davis Ctsc Clinical Research Center $61
- Allegheny Health Network - Allegheny Neurological Associates $56
- Profound Research, Llc $56
- Xenoscience $56
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine $52
- University of Florida Jacksonville $52
- Northwestern Medical Group $52
- Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute Neurology Charlotte $52
- Clinical Trials, Inc $40
- Long Island Jewish Medical $33
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Neurosciences Institute - Dept of Neurology $28
- UPMC Montefiore Clinical and Translational Research Center $28
- University Medical Center New Orleans (lcmc Health) $28
- Le Bonheur Childrens Hospital Er $28
- Research Institute of Orlando $28
- Northwestern Medical Group - Allergy & Immunology Clinic $28
- Uthealth Houston Mcgovern Med School - Texas Health Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies $28
- Northwell Health Lenox Hill - Neurology $28
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $28
- University of Rochester Medical Center (urmc) $28
- Temple University Hospital - Radiation Oncology $28
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center Radiation Oncology $28
- Usf Health South Tampa Center for Advanced Healthcare $28
- Washington University School of Medicine $28
- Dent Neurologic Institute $28
- Md Fort Wayne Neurological Center - Neurology $28
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville - Neurology $28
- Temple University Hospital, PA $26
- George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates $26
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville $24
- University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine and Dentistry $24
- Research Institute of Orlando LLC $24
Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.