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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-UMIN000001535
Date of registration: 01/01/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: New treatment strategies for intractable neuropathies based on its pathomechanism. The Research Grant 19A-5 for Nervous and Mental Disorders from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Public title: A multicenter, randomized open trial of ascorbic acid treatment in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A
Scientific title: A multicenter, randomized open trial of ascorbic acid treatment in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A - CMT-AA
Date of first enrolment: 2005/04/01
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
URL:  https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000001855
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel Randomized  
Phase:  Phase I,II
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Contacts
Name:     Masanori Nakagawa
Address:  Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kajii-chou 465, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan Japan
Telephone: 075-251-5793
Email:
Affiliation:  Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science Department of Neurology
Name:     Masanori Nakagawa
Address:  Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kajii-chou 465, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan Japan
Telephone: 075-251-5793
Email: mnakagaw@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Affiliation:  Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science Department of Neurology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with dementia 2) Patients with severe complications 3) Patients who are not appropriate for the trial by the decision of the physician in charge

Age minimum: 15years-old
Age maximum: 75years-old
Gender: Male and Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1A
Intervention(s)
Ascorbic acid (AA) treatment group (12 weeks oral AA (20mg/kg/day)
no AA treatment group
Primary Outcome(s)
An improvement in CMT neuropathy score at baseline, 4, 8 and 12 weeks thereafter.
Secondary Outcome(s)
An improvement in muscle strength and ulnar nerve conduction study at baseline, 4, 8 and 12 weeks thereafter.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
New treatment strategies for intractable neuropathies based on its pathomechanism. The Research Grant 19A-5 for Nervous and Mental Disorders from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: YES
Approval date:
Contact:
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 01/09/2009
URL:
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