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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01300923
Date of registration: 25/08/2010
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Indiana University
Public title: Acamprosate in Youth With Fragile X Syndrome
Scientific title: Pilot Study of Acamprosate in Youth With Fragile X Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: August 2010
Target sample size: 14
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01300923
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Craig A. Erickson, M.D.
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Indiana University School of Medicine - Department of Psychiatry
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male and female outpatients between the ages of 5 and 17 years.

- Confirmed diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome based upon genetic testing.

- Stable dosing of all psychotropic medications for at least 2 weeks prior to baseline.

- Subjects with a stable seizure disorder or history of only childhood febrile seizures
will be included.

- Clinical Global Impression-Severity Score of 4 (Moderately Ill) or greater.

- Must be in good physical health.

- Subjects of child bearing age of both genders will be required to utilize birth
control as applicable.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of schizophrenia, another psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder or alcohol or
other substance abuse based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fourth Edition-Text
Revised (DSM-IV-TR).

- A significant medical condition such as heart, liver, renal or pulmonary disease or
unstable seizure disorder.

- Females with a positive urine pregnancy test

- Creatinine clearance of less than 30.

- Concomitant use of another glutamatergic agent (memantine,riluzole, d-cycloserine,
amantadine topiramate, gabapentin, among others.

- Evidence of hypersensitivity to acamprosate or potentially serious adverse effect.

- Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, are unsuitable in any other way to
participate in this study including being unable to comply with the requirements of
the study for any reason.



Age minimum: 5 Years
Age maximum: 17 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fragile X Syndrome
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Intervention(s)
Drug: Acamprosate
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical Global Impression- Severity Scale (CGI-S) [Time Frame: Week 10]
Secondary Outcome(s)
ADHD Rating Scale 4th Edition [Time Frame: Week 10]
Peabody Picture Vocabulary [Time Frame: Week 10]
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (VABS-II) Communication Domain [Time Frame: Week 10]
Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for PDD [Time Frame: Week 10]
The Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) [Time Frame: Week 10]
Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) [Time Frame: Screen and Week 10]
Social Responsiveness Scale [Time Frame: Week 10]
Secondary ID(s)
1003-26
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 28/04/2017
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01300923
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