Miglustat in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease

March 24, 2010 updated by: Actelion

A Phase II Randomized Controlled Study of Miglustat in Adult and Juvenile Patients With Niemann-Pick Type C Disease

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

29

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Columbia University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

4 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: QUADRUPLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / 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 Names:
  • Zavesca
NO_INTERVENTION: 2
Standard treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
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
Baseline to Month 12

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Highest amplitude for which a velocity measurement is obtained
Time Frame: Baseline to Month 12
Baseline to Month 12

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Actelion

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Claudia Chiriboga, Assoc. Prof. MD, Columbia University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2002

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2006

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 15, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 15, 2007

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 16, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 26, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 24, 2010

Last Verified

March 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • OGT-918-007

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