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Register: EUCTR
Last refreshed on: 28 February 2019
Main ID:  EUCTR2013-001479-18-GB
Date of registration: 01/05/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Public title: High Dose Genistein in Sanfilippo Syndrome
Scientific title: A Phase III, Double Blinded, Randomised, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial of High Dose Oral Genistein Aglycone in Patients with Sanfilippo Syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis III) - High Dose Genistein in Sanfilippo Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: 09/06/2014
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Not Recruiting
URL:  https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search?query=eudract_number:2013-001479-18
Study type:  Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study design:  Controlled: yes Randomised: yes Open: no Single blind: no Double blind: yes Parallel group: no Cross over: no Other: yes Other trial design description: There is a 52 week open label period following the double blind component If controlled, specify comparator, Other Medicinial Product: no Placebo: yes Other: no Number of treatment arms in the trial: 2  
Phase:  Human pharmacology (Phase I): no Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II): no Therapeutic confirmatory - (Phase III): yes Therapeutic use (Phase IV): no
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Lynne Webster   
Address:  Research Office, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road M13 9WL Manchester United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 161 2764125
Email: lynne.webster@mft.nhs.uk
Affiliation:  Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Name: Lynne Webster   
Address:  Research Office, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road M13 9WL Manchester United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 161 2764125
Email: lynne.webster@mft.nhs.uk
Affiliation:  Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
•Written informed consent of a legally authorised guardian(s);
• Aged between 2 and 15 years of age (inclusive), at the time of informed consent;
• The patient must be able to walk unaided;
• The patient must have confirmed MPS III A ,B or C with: a fibroblast or leukocyte HeparanNsulphatase (HNS) or Nalphaacetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU) or HeparanalphaglucosaminideNAcetyltransferase (HGSNAT) activity level
of less than 10% of the lower limit of the normal range, or below the detection range of the measuring laboratory or have HNS or NAGLU;
AND/OR
• HGSNAT mutations known to be pathogenic;
•A clinical diagnosis of MPS III.
Are the trial subjects under 18? yes
Number of subjects for this age range: 24
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) no
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 0
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 0

Exclusion criteria:
• The patient has undergone bone marrow transplantation.
• The patient is unable to participate in study activities in the opinion of the investigator.
• The patient has a clinically significant organic disease (with the exception of symptoms relating to MPS III A or B or C) including: cardiovascular, hepatic, pulmonary, neurologic, or renal disease, other serious intercurrent illness, or
extenuating circumstances that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would preclude participation in the trial or potentially decrease survival.
• Patients that have had a change in psychotropic medication within one month of randomisation.
• The patient receives any investigational medicinal product within 90 days prior to trial enrolment.
• Patients should not have received genistein in any form for 30 days prior to enrolling into the study.
• The patient has known hypersensitivity or adverse reactions to genistein.
• A positive pregnancy test in a patient of childbearing potential.


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Female: yes
Male: yes
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Sanfilippo syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis III)
MedDRA version: 20.0 Level: LLT Classification code 10056918 Term: Sanfilippo's syndrome System Organ Class: 100000004850
Intervention(s)

Product Name: Genistein aglycone
Product Code: 500 0500 0
Pharmaceutical Form: Oral powder
INN or Proposed INN: Genistein aglycone
CAS Number: 446-72-0
Other descriptive name: GENISTEIN
Concentration unit: % percent
Concentration type: not less then
Concentration number: 98-

Primary Outcome(s)
Main Objective: The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate oral genistein aglycone therapy in patients between 2 and 15 years old with MPS III A, B or C
Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: CSF samples will be collected at weeks 0, 52 and analysed. They will also be collected and analysed following the 52 week open label phase.
Primary end point(s): The primary endpoint will be CSF heparan sulphate at 52 weeks, adjusted for baseline, in patients allocated to drug compared with patients allocated to placebo.
Secondary Objective: Following 52 weeks of treatment are there changes in urinary GAG excretion; urine and plasma heparan sulphate; neuropsychological measures; actigraphy.
Secondary Outcome(s)

Secondary end point(s): Urinary GAG excretion at 52 weeks.
Urinary and plasma heparan sulphate at 52 weeks.
Neuropsychological measures, including the Vineland adaptive behaviour
Questionnaire; Connors questionnaire; Bayley scale III; and MPS III symptom checklist at 52 weeks.
Actigraphy at 52 weeks.
Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: These endpoints will be evaluated at 0 and 52 weeks, and following the 52 week open label phase
Secondary ID(s)
GENiSIS2013
Source(s) of Monetary Support
DSM Nutritionals
Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
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