A Phase 3 interventional study of everolimus in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Active, not recruiting at 67 sites in 18 countries. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-21.
Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals (part of Novartis) · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety in patients with TSC and refractory seizures who are currently receiving everolimus treatment in the Novartis-sponsored EXIST-3 study and who are determined to be benefiting from continued treatment as judged by the investigator at the completion of EXIST-3
This is a multi-center, open label study to evaluate the long term safety of everolimus in patients with TSC and refractory seizures currently being treated in the Novartis-sponsored study EXIST-3 study and are judged by their parent study investigator as benefiting from the current study treatment. The study is expected to remain open for approximately 10 years (or until 31-Dec-2022 in the UK) from First Patient First Visit (FPFV).
Patients will continue to be treated in this study until they are no longer benefiting from their everolimus treatment as judged by the Investigator or until one of the protocol defined discontinuation criteria is met or everolimus becomes commercially available according to local regulations.
115 studies on the registry are indexed under Tuberous Sclerosis; 27 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 206 is above the median of 52 across 73 interventional studies indexed under Tuberous Sclerosis.
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Of its 585 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 438 (75%) have results posted.
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Key Inclusion Criteria:
Key Exclusion Criteria:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Relapsed and refractory
Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.
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everolimus, 2mg dispersible tablets
Drug: everolimus
everolimus, 2mg dispersible tablets
Also known as: RAD001
Occurances of adverse events and serious adverse events
The patients will be followed continuously for tolerability (i.e adverse events, serious adverse events)
Time frame: Day 1 up to approximately 10 years
Percentage of patients with clinical benefit
At every quarterly visit (every 12 weeks ± 2 weeks), the Investigator is required to confirm that the patients continue to have clinical benefit as per Investigator's assessment.
Time frame: Day 1 up to approximately 10 years, assessed every 12 weeks,
Plan to share: Undecided — Novartis is committed to sharing access to patient-level data and supporting clinical documents from eligible studies with qualified external researchers. Requests are reviewed and approved by an independent review panel on the basis of scientific merit. All data provided is anonymized to protect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations. This trial data availability is according to the criteria and process described on www.clinicalstudydatarequest.com
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Started Aug 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2026, 112 months after the start.
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Studies of the drug tested here: Everolimus