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Last refreshed on: 4 October 2021
Main ID:  NCT00244218
Date of registration: 25/10/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Public title: Response to Phenylketonuria to Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)
Scientific title: Response to Phenylketonuria to Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)
Date of first enrolment: April 2005
Target sample size: 57
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00244218
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Reuben Matalon, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Texas
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject and/or parent or guardian must be capable of understanding and providing
written informed consent

- Subjects must have Phenylketonuria (PKU)or hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA), defined as
baseline blood Phe levels of >600 umol/L

- Subjects must be at least 10 years of age, and may be of either gender and any ethnic
group

- Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate birth control or
refrain from sexual activity throughout study participation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Female subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding

- Subjects who have concurrent diseases or conditions that require medication or
treatment

- Subjects who require concomitant treatment with any drug known to inhibit folate
synthesis

- Subjects who have been treated with any investigational drug within 30 days



Age minimum: 10 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Phenylketonuria
Intervention(s)
Drug: tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)
Primary Outcome(s)
Blood Phe level decrease by 30% [Time Frame: 9 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
01-269
FD-R-002600-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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