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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00514774
Date of registration: 08/08/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Public title: Ursodiol in Huntington's Disease UDCA-HD
Scientific title: Ursodiol in Huntington's Disease
Date of first enrolment: August 2007
Target sample size: 21
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00514774
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Penelope Hogarth, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Oregon Health and Science University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All subjects will be age 18 or older

- All subjects will have manifest Huntington disease determined by clinical exam plus
either documented prior DNA testing for the HD gene or a documented family history
of the disease

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects taking oral contraceptives, cholestyramine, colestipol, or aluminum-based
antacids will be excluded

- Subjects with known allergy or other contraindication to the study drug will be
excluded

- Subjects with bleeding diathesis, or on coumadin or mandatory aspirin will be
excluded

- Subjects with unstable medical or psychiatric illness will be excluded

- Subjects with clinically significant lab / EKG abnormalities at screening will be
excluded

- Subjects who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding will be excluded



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Huntington Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: placebo
Drug: ursodiol
Primary Outcome(s)
Pharmacokinetic measures (Serum and CSF levels of bile acids) [Time Frame: 28 days]
Tolerability measures (adverse event severity) [Time Frame: 35 days]
Safety measures (complete blood count, chemistry profile, electrocardiogram, urinalysis) [Time Frame: 35 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
00001927
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Huntington Society of Canada
Huntington Study Group
Ethics review
Results
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