Vigabatrin Lacks Proarrhythmic Potential: Results from a Thorough QT/QTc Study in Healthy Volunteers

A thorough QT study was performed to assess the proarrhythmic potential of vigabatrin, an antiepileptic drug approved in the United States for the treatment of infantile spasms and refractory complex partial seizures.

In this Phase I, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled (moxifloxacin), 4-sequence, crossover study conducted at a single center, healthy participants received 1 of 4 randomly assigned treatments: 3.0g vigabatrin solution (therapeutic dose) and 1 moxifloxacin placebo tablet; 6.0g vigabatrin solution (supratherapeutic dose) and 1 moxifloxacin placebo tablet; 400 mg moxifloxacin and vigabatrin placebo solution; moxifloxacin placebo tablet and vigabatrin placebo solution.

Mean changes from baseline in placebo-corrected QTcF, QTcB, and QTcI with vigabatrin 3.0 g and 6.0 g indicated no signal for any QTc effect relative to baseline. All 1-sided upper 95% confidence intervals for the differences between each vigabatrin dose and placebo were <10 ms at all time points. QTcF was unaffected by increasing plasma vigabatrin concentrations; no arrhythmias were observed in any treatment group. Low rates of first-degree atrioventricular block, sinus tachycardia, and sinus bradycardia occurred in all treatment groups. Most adverse events were mild.

The findings from this thorough QT study are consistent with existing clinical data and confirm a lack of proarrhythmic potential of vigabatrin.