Clinical trials: Metabolic Myopathy, open to volunteers
Intermediate AMD
A Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a New Light Combination Therapy Addressing Intermediate AMD
The proposed clinical investigation wants primary to validate the safety of the innovative light therapy approach and in second priority provide insight and confirmations on therapeutic effect.
- Trial name
- retinaSEES-PoC (NCT06557369)
- Testing
- reSEES
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Oculox Technologies SA
MELAS Syndrome, Lebers Hereditory Optic Neuropathy With Extra Ocular Symptoms (LHON-Plus)
A Basket Clinical Study to Assess Glycerol Tributyrate in Patients With Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-like Episodes (MELAS) or Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy-Plus (LHON-Plus)
This is a parallel arm non-randomized dose-escalation, open-label basket exploratory phase 1 clinical trial where Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes (MELAS) and Leber's hereditary optic…
- Trial name
- NCT06792500
- Testing
- Glycerol Tributyrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
MItochondrial Myopathies, Mitochondrial Disease
Validation of Nanosensor Oxygen Measurement
Past mitochondrial disease treatment studies have been unsuccessful in determining treatment efficacy, and a major factor has been the lack of validated biomarkers in mitochondrial myopathy (MM).
- Trial name
- NCT06819683
- Testing
- Nanosensor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Rare Genetic Muscle Diseases, Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
Transcriptomic Analysis to Put an End to Misdiagnosis in Patients With Rare Muscle Diseases
Since 2017, more than 250 analyses performed at the Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the Timone Enfant Hospital have yielded negative results in patients with rare genetic muscle diseases.
- Conditions
- Rare Genetic Muscle Diseases, Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne, Muscular Dystrophy, Becker, Congenital Myopathy
- Trial name
- ARNseq-Musc (NCT06833489)
- Testing
- ARN extraction from muscle biopsies
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Wearable Technology to Evaluate Hyperglycemia and HRV in DMD - Longitudinal Aim
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked disorder that causes muscle wasting, cardiopulmonary failure, and premature death.
- Trial name
- NCT06093100
- Testing
- wearable technology
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Urea Cycle Disorder, Organic Acidemia
Systemic Biomarkers of Brain Injury From Hyperammonemia
Ammonia is a waste product of protein and amino acid catabolism and is also a potent neurotoxin. High blood ammonia levels on the brain can manifest as cytotoxic brain edema and vascular compromise leading to intellectual and…
- Conditions
- Urea Cycle Disorder, Organic Acidemia, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Glutaric Acidemia I
- Trial name
- NCT04602325
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Obesity, Insulin Sensitivity
Effect of Weight Loss on Intermuscular Adipose Tissue (IMAT) Signaling
The goal of this intervention study is to learn about how weight loss impacts molecular signaling of intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) in individuals with obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Sensitivity, Muscle Weakness, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT06129110
- Testing
- Diet Weight Loss
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Glycogen Storage Disease, GSD Type 0A
Rare Glycogen Storage Diseases Natural History Study
The purpose of this study is to collect and study key medical data about several ultra-rare GSDs (Glycogen Storage Diseases) including, but not limited to, GSD types 0a, 0b, VII, X, XII, XIII, XV, PRKAG2 syndrome and Danon…
- Conditions
- Glycogen Storage Disease, GSD Type 0A, GSD Type 0B, GSD VII
- Trial name
- NCT06795152
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Mitochondrial Disorders, Mitochondrial Disease
Tissue Sample Study for Mitochondrial Disorders
The investigators are studying patients with undefined mitochondrial diseases to identify genetic mutations in nuclear or mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA).
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Disorders, Mitochondrial Disease, Melas, Kearns Sayer
- Trial name
- NCT01803906
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
MItochondrial Myopathies
Role of AMPKalpha2 in Myonuclear Accretion in Mitochondrial Myopathies
Mitochondrial cytopathies are a heterogeneous group of rare inherited diseases characterized by primary mitochondrial dysfunction caused by a pathogenic mutation located either in nuclear DNA or mitochondrial DNA.
- Trial name
- MITOMYO (NCT07920562)
- Testing
- Analysis of signaling pathway : AMPK
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis & Other Neuromuscular Disorders
Using Gaze to Enable Head-neck Movements in Patients With Head Drop
The investigators will develop and evaluate controllers for a powered neck exoskeleton in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to understand how to allow adequate personalization and function and achieves…
- Trial name
- NCT07836751
- Testing
- neck exoskeleton controller
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Primary Mitochondrial Disease
Natural History Study of Mitochondrial Myopathy
The goal of this observational study is to develop and validate tools to measure disease course in patients with primary mitochondrial myopathy (PMM).
- Trial name
- NCT05250375
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mitochondrial Diseases, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy
Deoxynucleosides Pyrimidines as Treatment for Mitochondrial Depletion Syndrome
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndromes (MDS) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive disorders that are characterized by a severe reduction in mtDNA content leading to impaired energy…
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Diseases, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Mitochondrial DNA Depletion
- Trial name
- dC-dT-MDS (NCT04802707)
- Testing
- deoxycytidine and deoxythymidine
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Kenneth Myers, MD
Anarthria, Dysarthria
Feasibility of the BrainGate2 Neural Interface System in Persons With Tetraplegia
The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary device safety information and demonstrate proof of principle (feasibility) of the ability of people with tetraplegia to control a computer cursor and other assistive devices with…
- Conditions
- Anarthria, Dysarthria, Tetraplegia, Spinal Cord Injuries
- Trial name
- BG-Speech-01 (NCT05724173)
- Testing
- BrainGate Neural Interface System
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD.
Inclusion Body Myositis, Myotonic Dystrophy 1
The Use of Assistive Gait Devices Can Reduce the Risk of Falls in Patients With Neuromuscular Diseases Following a Training Period.
The planned project is an intervention study to assess the risk of falling after adaptation of an assistive gait devices in patients with the following neuromuscular diseases: Inclusion body myositis, myotonic dystrophy, limb…
- Conditions
- Inclusion Body Myositis, Myotonic Dystrophy 1, Myotonic Dystrophy 2, Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy
- Trial name
- Risk of fall (NCT07072676)
- Testing
- Assistive gait devices combined with physiotherapy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- LMU Klinikum
AMPD3, OMIM*102772, AMP Deaminase Deficiency, AK1, OMIM *103000, Adenylate Kinase Deficiency
A Natural History Study Seeks to Understand the Clinical, Genomic, Pharmacological, Laboratory, and Dietary Determinates of Pyrimidine and Purine Metabolism Disorders
Background: Pyrimidine and purine metabolism disorders (DPPMs) affect how the body metabolizes chemicals called pyrimidines and purines.
- Conditions
- AMPD3, OMIM*102772, AMP Deaminase Deficiency, AK1, OMIM *103000, Adenylate Kinase Deficiency, AMPD1, OMIM *102770, Myopathy Due to Myoadenylate Deaminase Deficiency, TPMT, OMIM *187680, Thoipurines, Poor Metabolism of
- Trial name
- NCT06092346
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 999 people
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
Effect of Physical Training in Individuals With Hypokalemic and Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
This study wishes to investigate the effects of strength exercise in patients with either HypoPP or HyperPP. The investigators wishes to include participants already diagnosed with either HypoPP or HyperPP in af 24 week…
- Trial name
- NCT07194174
- Testing
- Strength exercise
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Thymidine Kinase 2 (TK2 ) Deficiency, Mitochondrial Myopathies
Doxecitin and Doxribthymine in Adult Subjects With Thymidine Kinase 2 (TK2) Deficiency
The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Doxecitin and Doxribtimine (dC+dT) in adult participants with thymidine kinase 2 (TK2) deficiency attended in the Neuromuscular Unit of '12 de Octubre'…
- Trial name
- NCT06754098
- Testing
- Doxecitine and Doxribtimine
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Cristina Domínguez González
Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Natural History Study of Patients with HPDL Mutations
This study uses medical records that allow retrospective data extraction of clinical manifestation to assess the natural history of HPDL mutations
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Spastic Paraplegia, White Matter Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05848271
- Testing
- Patient Registry, Dry blood spots sampling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
MELAS Syndrome, Ketogenic Dieting
Effectiveness of Ketogenic Diet in MELAS Syndrome
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of ketogenic diet in patients with MELAS syndrome. The main questions it aims to answer are: Clarify the curative effects of ketogenic diet in the treatment of…
- Trial name
- NCT06013397
- Testing
- Ketogenic diet
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine