Clinical trials: Oculocutaneous Albinism
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS), Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pilot Study of a Multi-Drug Regimen for Severe Pulmonary Fibrosis in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
This study will examine whether five drugs (pravastatin, Losartan, Zileuton, N-acetylcysteine and erythromycin) used together can slow the course of pulmonary fibrosis (scarring of the lung tissue) in patients with…
- Conditions
- Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS), Pulmonary Fibrosis, Oculocutaneous Albinism, Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT00467831
- Testing
- Losartan, Zileuton, N-Acetylcysteine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Albinism, Vision Loss
Nitisinone for Type 1B Oculocutaneous Albinism
Background: Oculocutaneous albinism, type 1B (OCA1B) is a genetic disease caused by problems in the gene that makes tyrosine. Tyrosine is an amino acid needed to produce pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- Trial name
- NCT01838655
- Testing
- Nitisinone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Albinism, Oculocutaneous Albinism
Vision Response to Dopamine Replacement
The purpose of the study is to evaluate and document physiologic and functional changes in visual performance and retinal function of patients diagnosed with albinism (a dopamine deficiency state) following a trial of oral…
- Trial name
- NCT01663935
- Testing
- Levodopa/carbidopa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Albinism, Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Oral Pirfenidone for the Pulmonary Fibrosis of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) is an inherited disease that results in decreased pigmentation (oculocutaneous albinism), bleeding problems due to a platelet abnormality (platelet storage pool defect), and storage of an abnormal…
- Conditions
- Albinism, Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Oculocutaneous Albinism, Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT00001596
- Testing
- Pirfenidone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- William Gahl, M.D.