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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT00294671
Date of registration: 21/02/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Boston University
Public title: The Effect of Diflunisal on Familial Amyloidosis
Scientific title: The Effect of Diflunisal on Familial Amyloidosis
Date of first enrolment: February 2006
Target sample size: 130
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00294671
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Italy Japan Portugal Sweden United Kingdom United States
Contacts
Name:     John L. Berk, MD
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Affiliation:  Boston University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 to 75 years

- Biopsy proven amyloidosis

- Genotyping of variant transthyretin

- Signs of peripheral or autonomic neuropathy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Use of other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

- Other causes of sensorimotor polyneuropathy

- Anticipated survival <2 years or liver transplantation in <1 yr

- Liver transplantation

- Profound nerve, heart or kidney impairment

- Pregnancy or unwillingness to use contraception by women of childbearing age

- Active or recent gastrointestinal bleeding

- Non-steroidal or aspirin drug allergy/hypersensitivity



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy
Familial Amyloidosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: diflunisal
Other: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Neurologic Impairment Score + 7 (NIS+7) [Time Frame: Baseline, 1 and 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Modified Body Mass Index (mBMI); [Time Frame: Baseline, 1 and 2 years]
Quality of Life Questionnaire: SF-36 Mental Component Score [Time Frame: Baseline, 1 and 2 years]
Kumamoto Neurologic Scale; [Time Frame: Baseline, 1 and 2 years]
Quality of Life Questionnaire: SF-36 Physical Component Score [Time Frame: Baseline, 1 and 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
FD R 002532
R01NS051306
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 17/03/2017
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00294671
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