Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Other

If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study

Physician survey

Data collection methods

Primary data collection
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cross-sectional
Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Physician survey
Study drug and medical condition

Study drug International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name

RETIGABINE
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Physicians prescribing AEDs and who have been sent a DHCP letter in Austria, Belgium, France, Hongkong,Italy, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Physicians will be required to meet all the following inclusion criteria:
1. Must manage patients with epilepsy.
2. Must have prescribed an AED at least once in the last 6 months.
3. Must be on the list to which a DHCP letter was distributed in June 2013.

Physicians meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible to take the survey:
1. Currently an employee of GSK or UBC.

Age groups

Adults (18 to < 46 years)
Adults (46 to < 65 years)
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
Adults (85 years and over)

Estimated number of subjects

0
Study design details

Main study objective

The objective of this study is to assess prescribers’ awareness of recent label changes, including the appropriate patient population related to retigabine as evaluated by a survey instrument.

Outcomes

The proportion of physicians providing correct responses to a series of questions concerning specific risks associated with retigabine

Data analysis plan

The outcome of the survey is the proportion of physicians providing correct responses to a series of questions concerning specific risks associated with retigabine. Additional analyses will compare the level of understanding between physicians who have prescribed retigabine and those who have never or not recently prescribed the product.