Cellcept for Treatment of Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCT01399047) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 2
Cellcept for Treatment of Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
United States19 participantsStarted 2011-07
Plain-language summary
The primary objective of this trial is to establish the safety and tolerability of short-term (8 weeks) administration of mycophenolate mofetil in ambulatory children with JNCL. The secondary objective is to gather preliminary evidence of the short-term (8 week) impact of mycophenolate mofetil on clinically relevant features of JNCL as measured by the Unified Batten Disease Rating Scale (UBDRS), including motor features, seizures, behavior, cognitive and functional measures.
Funding source-FDA Office of Orphan Product Development (OOPD).
Who can participate
Age range6 Years – 25 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* JNCL as determined by a characteristic clinical presentation and confirmatory genetic evidence.
* Able to walk 10 feet without assistance beyond that required due to vision impairment.
* Subjects with local treating clinician (pediatrician or neurologist) willing to conduct the trial according to the protocol, good clinical practice, and applicable regulations.
* Subjects with a parent/legal guardian willing to accompany them to all study visits, oversee study drug compliance, and monitor and report to local treating clinician/investigator and the URBC investigative personnel any signs of adversity.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Inability to tolerate oral administration of medications
* Concomitant medical condition, which, in the opinion of the local treating clinician, the parent(s)/guardian, or the URBC study investigator would place the child at greater than acceptable risk from: 1) travel by plane or car to the URBC on four occasions over the course of 22 weeks, 2) exposure to mycophenolate mofetil at protocol defined dosages for periods up to 8 weeks.
* Anticipated inability of the child (on the part of the investigator, parent/guardian, or URBC study personnel) to comply with the rigors of the protocol..
* Use of disallowed concomitant medications.
* Administration of immunosuppressive medications
* History of any prior exposure to mycophenolate mofetil
* History of hypersensitivity to mycophenolate mofetil, or any other component of the product
* Hist…
What they're measuring
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Tolerability - Number of Participants Who Completed Each Arm on Assigned Study Drug Dose