Clinical trials: Neuron Degeneration
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia
Open-label Extension (OLE) Study of WVE-004 in Patients With C9orf72-associated Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and/or Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
This is an OLE study conducted to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and clinical effects of WVE-004 in adult participants with ALS, FTD, or mixed ALS/FTD phenotype with a documented…
- Trial name
- NCT05683860
- Testing
- WVE-004 10 mg Q12W
- Where
- 3 sites in Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Wave Life Sciences USA, Inc.
Kinky Hair Syndrome
Copper Histidine Therapy for Menkes Diseases
Menkes Disease is a genetic disorder affecting the metabolism of copper. Patient with this disease are both physically and mentally retarded. Menkes disease is usually first detected in the first 2-3 months of life.
- Trial name
- NCT00001262
- Testing
- Copper Histidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
Long-term Deferiprone Treatment in Patients With Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
Patients with PKAN will be treated with the iron chelator deferiprone for 18 months. Only patients who have completed the earlier study TIRCON2012V1 (NCT01741532), a double-blind placebo-controlled trial in which participants…
- Trial name
- TIRCON-EXT (NCT02174848)
- Testing
- Deferiprone oral solution
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- ApoPharma
Infantile Neronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Cystagon to Treat Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
This study will examine the effectiveness of a drug called Cystagon in treating infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL), a progressive neurological disease affecting children.
- Trial name
- NCT00028262
- Testing
- Cystagon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
CoA-Z in Pantothenate Kinase-associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how people with the condition pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) respond to a specialized study product.
- Trial name
- NCT04182763
- Testing
- CoA-Z
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Wolfram Syndrome
I-Tracking Neurodegeneration in Early Wolfram Syndrome
Wolfram syndrome (WFS; OMIM #222300) is a rare autosomal recessive disease clinically defined in 1938 as the combination of childhood-onset insulin dependent diabetes, optic nerve atrophy, diabetes insipidus and deafness.
- Trial name
- I-TRACK (NCT03951298)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C
Biomarker Validation for Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C: Safety and Efficacy of N-Acetyl Cysteine
Background: Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a genetic disorder that results in progressive loss of nervous system function by affecting the membranes of nerve cells. There is no known cure for NPC.
- Trial name
- NCT00975689
- Testing
- N-Acetyl Cysteine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Mitochondrial Diseases, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Vatiquinone for Treating Mitochondrial Disease in Participants With Refractory Epilepsy
This is a parallel-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with a screening phase that includes a 28-day run-in phase to establish baseline seizure frequency, followed by a 24-week, randomized, placebo-controlled phase.
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Diseases, Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Leigh Disease, Leigh Syndrome
- Trial name
- MIT-E (NCT04378075)
- Testing
- Vatiquinone
- Where
- 27 sites in United States, Canada and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- PTC Therapeutics
Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
Efficacy and Safety Study of Deferiprone in Patients With Pantothenate Kinase-associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)
A multi-center, placebo controlled, double-blind trial comparing the efficacy and safety of 18 months of treatment with deferiprone versus placebo in patients with PKAN.
- Trial name
- NCT01741532
- Testing
- Deferiprone oral solution
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- ApoPharma
Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
Efficacy and Safety Study of Fosmetpantotenate (RE-024) in PKAN Participants
This study investigated whether fosmetpantotenate (RE-024), a phosphopantothenate replacement therapy, was safe and effective in treating participants with PKAN.
- Trial name
- PKAN (NCT03041116)
- Testing
- Fosmetpantotenate
- Where
- 20 sites in United States, Canada and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.