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Last refreshed on: 30 May 2016
Main ID:  NCT01645787
Date of registration: 05/07/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Columbia University
Public title: Short and Long Term Treatment With 4-AP in Ambulatory SMA Patients
Scientific title: Columbia SMA Project: 4-AP as a Potential SMA Therapeutic Agent and Biological Mechanisms of Action
Date of first enrolment: June 2012
Target sample size: 11
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01645787
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Claudia A. Chiriboga, MD, MPH
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Affiliation:  Columbia University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Aged 18 to 50 years at the time of enrollment

2. Have genetically confirmed SMA 3 (homozygous absence of SMN1 exon 7)

3. Ability to walk at least 25 meters without assistance

4. Be free of major orthopedic deformities (i.e. scoliosis, contractures)

5. Normal Cystatin C clearance (> 80 ml/min)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with a history of seizures

2. Patients with any renal impairment

3. Inability to comply with the study procedures

4. Unstable medical illness

5. Any ventilatory assistance

6. Taking experimental medication for SMA other than under this protocol

7. Pregnancy or lactation

8. Menstruating women, not sterilized or not using effective birth control

9. Planning to undergo scoliosis surgery within the next 10 months

10. Inability to give informed consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Intervention(s)
Drug: 4-aminopyridine
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) with Kinematic Evaluation of Gait [Time Frame: Up to 21 Weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Motor Unit Number Estimation (MUNE)/Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) [Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2 and Week 5]
Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale, Expanded (HFMSE) [Time Frame: Up to 21 Weeks]
Manual Muscle Testing (MMT)/Hand Held Dynamometer (HHD) [Time Frame: Up to 21 Weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
AAAI7400
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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