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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01362595
Date of registration: 20/05/2011
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Northwell Health
Public title: Pilot Phase I/II Study of Amino Acid Leucine in Treatment of Patients With Transfusion-Dependent Diamond Blackfan Anemia LeucineDBA
Scientific title: The Use of Novel Therapies to Reconstitute Blood Cell Production and Promote Organ Performance Using Bone Marrow Failure as a Model: a Pilot, Phase I/II Study of the Amino Acid Leucine in the Treatment of Patients With Transfusion-Dependent Diamond Blackfan Anemia
Date of first enrolment: June 2013
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01362595
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Adrianna Vlachos, MD
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Affiliation:  Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research; Cohen Children's Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosed with Diamond Blackfan anemia as published in British Journal of Hematology

- transfusion dependent

- age 2 years and older

- adequate renal function

- adequate liver function

- negative B-HCG if patient is a menstruating female and documentation of adequate
contraception

- signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known hypersensitivity to branched chain amino acids

- Diagnosis of an inborn error of amino acid metabolism disorder

- Prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

- Pregnancy, or plans to become pregnant during duration of trial



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Blackfan Diamond Syndrome
Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
Diamond Blackfan Anemia
Pure Red Cell Aplasia
DBA
Intervention(s)
Drug: leucine
Primary Outcome(s)
Response to Leucine in Transfusion dependent patients with Diamond Blackfan Anemia [Time Frame: Patients will take leucine for 9 months. The study is expected to take 12-15 months to complete.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Side effects of leucine in transfusion-dependent DBA patients [Time Frame: Total study 12-15 months]
Secondary ID(s)
12-375B
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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