Status:

COMPLETED

The Nutritional Supplement Phosphatidylserine in Patients With Familial Dysautonomia

Lead Sponsor:

NYU Langone Health

Conditions:

Familial Dysautonomia

Eligibility:

All Genders

12+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a devastating hereditary disease in which the development of selective neuronal populations is impaired because of a deficiency of the protein IKAP (Slaugenhaupt, 2002). ...

Detailed Description

Familial dysautonomia (FD) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the I-B kinase complex associated protein (IKBKAP) gene sequence (Anderson et al., 2001; Slaugenhaupt et al., 2001)....

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Diagnosis of familial dysautonomia (with mutation testing)
  • Age 12 years or older
  • Signed informed consent (or ascent), which will include permission to assess medical records

Exclusion

  • Patients with significant cardiac, respiratory, or renal compromise that, in the investigators opinion, may jeopardize their health by participating in this trial
  • Patients who are currently participating in other clinical trials of compounds that my change IKAP gene expression.
  • Women who are pregnant or lactating
  • Women of childbearing potential who are not using medically accepted methods of contraception.
  • Patients taking anticoagulants, such as warfarin, heparin, aspirin, pentoxifylline, clopidogrel or ticlopidine.
  • Patients taking ginko, garlic or vitamin E supplements.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

26 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02276716

Start Date

November 1 2011

End Date

August 1 2019

Last Update

February 21 2021

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NYU Langone Medical Center, Dyautonomia Center, Suite 9Q

New York, New York, United States, 10016