Status:

COMPLETED

Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Zavesca (Miglustat) in Patients With Infantile Onset Gangliosidosis: Single and Steady State Oral Doses

Lead Sponsor:

Children's National Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Actelion

Conditions:

GM2 Gangliosidoses

Tay-Sachs

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-5 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

We want to see if Zavesca (or miglustat) is safe and can be tolerated by patients with acute infantile onset GM2 gangliosidosis - classical Tay-Sachs and infantile onset Sandhoff disease. We know that...

Detailed Description

Specific Aims The primary objective of the study is to investigate the pharmacokinetics of ZAVESCA® (miglustat, OGT918), when given as a single dose and at steady state, in infantile patients with GM...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria
  • Diagnosis of GM2 gangliosidosis, confirmed by demonstration of profound deficiency of -hexosaminidase A or A \& B in peripheral blood leukocytes or in cultured skin fibroblasts, within the previous 1 year in non-bone marrow transplant recipients who are \< 2 years of age, or prior to stem cell transplant in stably engrafted transplant patients who are \< 5 years of age.
  • Onset of characteristic clinical symptoms of the disease before the age of 9 months.
  • Normal renal and hepatic function.
  • Written informed consent from parent or legal guardian.
  • Exclusion criteria
  • Patients who are unable to comply with the study procedures of this protocol, including the refusal to swallow the food used to mask the taste of the study drug and whose parents are unwilling to administer the drug through a nasogastric or gastrostomy tube.
  • Patients receiving other investigational agents within 3 months of study initiation.
  • Patients who are anemic (hemoglobin \< 11 g/dl, and/or hematocrit \< 34%)
  • Patients who have a history of significant gastrointestinal disorders, including clinically significant diarrhea (\>3 liquid stools per day for \> 7 days), without definable cause within 3 months of baseline visit.
  • Patients with a high probability of dying during the 6-month assessment period of the study.
  • Patients who in the opinion of the investigator (for whatever reason) are thought to be unsuitable for the study.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    August 1 2007

    Estimated Enrollment :

    10 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00672022

    Start Date

    July 1 2004

    End Date

    August 1 2007

    Last Update

    May 6 2008

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    Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010