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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01463215
Date of registration: 27/10/2011
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Exsar Corporation
Public title: Clinical Trial of Ambroxol in Patients With Type I Gaucher Disease
Scientific title: An Open-Label, Dose Escalation With 2 Dose Levels, Proof-of-Concept Clinical Trial of Ambroxol for the Treatment of Type I Gaucher Disease
Date of first enrolment: December 2012
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Suspended
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01463215
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Robert Johnston
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Affiliation:  Exsar Corporation
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Biochemically and genetically confirmed diagnosis of Gaucher disease caused by
ß-glucocerebrosidase deficiency resulting from mutations in the GBA genes, which have
been shown to respond to Ambroxol according to in vitro screening assay.

- Must be 16 years of age or older at the time of study initiation.

- With an intact, enlarged spleen.

- A hemoglobin level of at least 10 g/L.

- Able to understand and cooperate with the requirements of the study protocol.

- Mentally competent, have ability to understand and willingness to sign the informed
consent form.

- Able to travel to a participating study site.

- Women of child-bearing potential must use accepted contraceptive methods, and must
have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within one week prior to treatment
initiation. An additional pregnancy test is to be performed, and results obtained,
prior to administration of the first dose of Ambroxol.

- Fertile men must practice effective contraceptive methods during the study period,
unless documentation of infertility exists.

- Body weight >40 kg (88 lbs).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Receipt of any form of glucocerebrosidase <<4 weeks prior study initiation.

- Total splenectomy.

- Serious medical illness, significant cardiac disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema,
and cystic fibrosis, as well as disorders causing ventilation perfusion mismatch.

- Substance abuse.

- Any complex disease that may confound treatment assessment.

- Pregnant women, or women of child-bearing potential not using reliable means of
contraception.

- Lactating females because of the potential for adverse reactions in nursing infants.

- Fertile men unwilling to practice contraceptive methods during the study period.

- Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements.

- Known hypersensitivity reactions, intolerance or adverse reactions to Ambroxol or to
the inactive ingredients.

- Evidence of systemic infection, or serious infection within the past month.

- Known to have HIV infection.

- Known to have hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

- Patients with a history of convulsive disorders.

- Patients receiving any other investigational treatment for any indication within the
past 4 weeks prior to initiation of Ambroxol treatment.

- A history of cancer of any type.

- Patients who have received immunotherapy of any type within the past 4 weeks prior to
study initiation.

- Any condition or abnormality which may, in the opinion of the investigator,
compromise the safety of patients.



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Type I Gaucher Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ambroxol
Primary Outcome(s)
Safety assessment based on potential changes in physical exam, vital signs, ECG, adverse event query, and clinical lab results, when compared to baseline values. [Time Frame: Safety will be assessed at baseline and biweekly for 2 months.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
efficacy based on biomarker (glucocerebrosidase activities), lab results, as well as hepatic and splenic volumes from imaging scans. [Time Frame: Biomarker, lab results (phenotype), as well as hepatic and spenic volumes will be assessed at baseline and after 2 months of treatment, and lab results (phenotypes) will also be assessed biweekly during the 2-month treatment period.]
Secondary ID(s)
CL-Ambroxol-002
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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