Is Caffeine an Environmental Modifier in Huntington's Disease? (CrEAM-HD)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03034122 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 27, 2017
Last Update Posted : August 25, 2020
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Condition or disease |
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Huntington Disease |
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Is Caffeine an Environmental Modifier in Huntington's Disease? |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 11, 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2023 |

- Change in striatal volume [ Time Frame: at 2 years ]
- Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS) [ Time Frame: at 1 years, at 2 years ]measure the change of motor scale for exposure caffeine groups
- SDMT -symbol digit modality test [ Time Frame: at 1 years, at 2 years ]measure the change of cognitive score for exposure caffeine groups
- Stroop test [ Time Frame: at 1 years, at 2 years ]measure the change of cognitive score for exposure caffeine groups
- PBA (problem behaviors assessment) [ Time Frame: at 1 years, at 2 years ]
the PBA is a semi structured clinical interview measuring the presence, severity and frequency of 11 key behavioural symptoms.
measure the change score and subscores for apathy, obsessive-compulsive disorders, irritability, anxiety and depression,
- score at Epworth sleepiness scale [ Time Frame: at 1 years, at 2 years ]measure the change of sleepiness scale for exposure caffeine groups
- MRI [ Time Frame: at 1 years, at 2 years ]measure the change of image of the whole brain and other deep gray nuclei atrophy

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- HD mutation carriers (>36 CAG)
- premanifest (total motor UHDRS < 5)
- estimated time to diagnosis between 3 and 10 years
- adults older than 21 years (in order to exclude juvenile patients who begin the disease before 21 years)
- informed consent signed
- with a social protection
Exclusion Criteria:
- MRI contraindication
- pregnant and lactating women
- People under guardianship, trusteeship, deprive of freedom

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03034122
Contact: Clémence Simonin, MD | 0320445962 ext +33 | clemence.simonin@chru-lille.fr |
France | |
CHU de Amiens | Recruiting |
Amiens, France | |
CHU de Angers | Recruiting |
Angers, France | |
CHU Pellegrin | Recruiting |
Bordeaux, France | |
CHU de Grenoble | Recruiting |
Grenoble, France | |
Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU | Recruiting |
Lille, France | |
Principal Investigator: Clémence Simonin, MD | |
CHU Montpellier | Recruiting |
Montpellier, France | |
CHU de Nancy | Recruiting |
Nancy, France | |
AH-HP La Pitié-Salpétrière | Recruiting |
Paris 14, France, 75679 | |
AH-HP, Hôpital Henri Mondor | Recruiting |
Paris, France | |
CHU Purpan | Recruiting |
Toulouse, France |
Principal Investigator: | Clémence Simonin, MD | University Hospital, Lille |
Responsible Party: | University Hospital, Lille |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03034122 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2015_67 2016-A00892-49 ( Other Identifier: ID-RCB number, ANSM ) |
First Posted: | January 27, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 25, 2020 |
Last Verified: | August 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Huntington Disease Basal Ganglia Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Dementia Chorea Dyskinesias |
Movement Disorders Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System Neurodegenerative Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn Cognition Disorders Neurocognitive Disorders Mental Disorders |