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Miglustat in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00517153
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 16, 2007
Last Update Posted : March 26, 2010
Sponsor:
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Actelion

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This is a phase II randomized controlled study of miglustat in adult and juvenile patients with Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Up to 42 patients will be randomised in a 2:1 ratio to either treatment with miglustat or to a non-treatment group. Both groups will follow an identical visit schedule.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Niemann-Pick Type C Disease Drug: miglustat Phase 2

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 29 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase II Randomized Controlled Study of Miglustat in Adult and Juvenile Patients With Niemann-Pick Type C Disease
Study Start Date : January 2002
Actual Primary Completion Date : September 2006
Actual Study Completion Date : January 2008

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Drug Information available for: Miglustat

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: 1
OGT-918 - Zavesca (miglustat)
 Drug: miglustat
Patients aged 12 years or more randomised to the treatment group will receive 200 mg OGT 918 three times daily initially for twelve months. An additional sub-study of up to 12 patients aged under 12 years will receive a lower dose of OGT 918 according to their BSA
Other Name: Zavesca
No Intervention: 2
Standard treatment


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. The primary endpoints will be two parameters - Horizontal Saccadic α and Horizontal Saccadic β - which are estimated for each patient from their saccadic eye movement data [ Time Frame: Baseline to Month 12 ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Highest amplitude for which a velocity measurement is obtained [ Time Frame: Baseline to Month 12 ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   4 Years and older   (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with Niemann-Pick Type C disease confirmed by abnormal cholesterol esterification and abnormal filipin staining.
  2. Patients who can ingest a capsule.
  3. Patients who are above the age of four (4) years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients younger than 18 years who are unable to give informed assent and/or whose legal guardian is unable to provide informed consent.
  2. Patients aged 18 and over who cannot provide informed consent and/or whose legal guardian is unable to provide witnessed informed consent.
  3. Sexually active and fertile patients who do not agree to use adequate contraception throughout the study and for three months after cessation of OGT 918 treatment.
  4. Patients who cannot tolerate the study procedures or who are unable to travel to the study center as required by this protocol.
  5. Patients currently undergoing therapy with other investigational agents or patients taking drugs or food supplements which may interfere with gastrointestinal absorption or motility.
  6. Patients suffering from clinically significant diarrhea (>3 liquid stools per day for >7 days) without definable cause within 3 months of Screening Visit, or who have a history of significant gastrointestinal disorders.
  7. Patients with an intercurrent medical condition that would render them unsuitable for the study e.g. HIV, hepatitis infection.
  8. Patients who in the opinion of the Investigator (for whatever reason) are thought to be unsuitable for the study.
  9. Patients with an adjusted Creatinine Clearance of less than 70 ml/min/1.73m2 (CrCl <70).
  10. Patients younger than four (4) years of age.
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Locations
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United States, New York
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10032
Sponsors and Collaborators
Actelion
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Claudia Chiriboga, Assoc. Prof. MD Columbia University
More Information
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Responsible Party: Dr. Ruben Giorgino, Actelion
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00517153    
Other Study ID Numbers: OGT-918-007
First Posted: August 16, 2007    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 26, 2010
Last Verified: March 2010
Keywords provided by Actelion:
Zavesca
miglustat
Niemann-Pick Type C
Actelion
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C
Niemann-Pick Diseases
Niemann-Pick Disease, Type A
Sphingolipidoses
Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System
Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn
Brain Diseases, Metabolic
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell
Histiocytosis
Lymphatic Diseases
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
 Lipidoses
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Lysosomal Storage Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Miglustat
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs