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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01576705
Date of registration: 11/04/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Institut Jerome Lejeune
Public title: Efficacy Assessment of Systematic Treatment With Folinic Acid and Thyroid Hormone on Psychomotor Development of Down Syndrome Young Children ACTHYF
Scientific title: Efficacy Assessment of Systematic Treatment With Folinic Acid and Thyroid Hormone on Psychomotor Development of Down Syndrome Young Children
Date of first enrolment: April 2, 2012
Target sample size: 175
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01576705
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Clotilde MIRCHER, MD
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Affiliation:  Institut Jerome Lejeune, Paris, France
Name:     Franck STURTZ, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Limoges University, Limoges, France
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patient with a karyotype demonstrating homogeneous, free or Robertsonian translocation
trisomy 21

- patient having undergone a cardiac ultrasound not demonstrating any severe heart
disease

- patient aged 6 to 18 months at inclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

- congenital hypothyroidism

- hypothyroidism demonstrated by laboratory tests (TSH > 7mUI/l)

- presenting or having presented hyperthyroidism

- presenting or having presented leukaemia

- presenting or having presented West syndrome or any other form of epilepsy or unstable
neurological disease

- presenting or having presented signs of central nervous system distress: stroke,
postoperative hypoxia, meningitis)

- presenting severe heart disease on cardiac ultrasound, with haemodynamic effects

- presenting non-controlled cardiac arrhythmia

- Apgar < 7 to 5 min at birth

- Gestational age < 231 days (33 gestation weeks)



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 18 Months
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Down Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: thyroid hormone and folinic acid
Primary Outcome(s)
GMDS (Griffiths Mental Development Scale) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
BL (Brunet Lezine Revised Scale) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
IJL-AFHT-TH10
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hôpital Cochin
Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 13/05/2020
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01576705
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