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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT01537549
Date of registration: 09/01/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Public title: Alpha-lipoic Acid/L-acetyl Carnitine for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Scientific title: An Open-label Trial of Alpha-lipoic Acid/L-acetyl Carnitine for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP): Effect Upon Oxidative Damage and Mitochondrial Biomarkers
Date of first enrolment: September 14, 2010
Target sample size: 11
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01537549
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Claire Henchcliffe, MD DPhil
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Affiliation:  Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of probable PSP by NINDS/PSP workshop criteria (see patient folder)

- Age 40-75 years

- Able to undergo MRI

- Absence of significant medical, psychiatric, and other neurological disease

- Stable intake of supplements and medication

Exclusion Criteria:

- Failure to meet probable PSP diagnosis by NINDS/PSP workshop criteria

- unable to comply with informed consent process

- unable to undergo MRI

- presence of significant medical, psychiatric (incl MDD) or other neurological (incl
epilepsy, brain tumor, stroke) disease

- possibility of pregnancy (negative test required in women of childbearing age)



Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Intervention(s)
Drug: alpha-lipoic acid and L-acetyl carnitine
Primary Outcome(s)
Adverse Events [Time Frame: at 25 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cerebral Oxidative Stress Markers [Time Frame: at baseline and at week 5]
Secondary ID(s)
IRB1006011088
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 12/04/2017
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01537549
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