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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01703533
Date of registration: 04/10/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited
Public title: A Safety Study of NNZ-2566 in Patients With Rett Syndrome
Scientific title: A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Dose-Escalation Study of NNZ-2566 in Rett Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: March 2013
Target sample size: 67
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01703533
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Alan Percy, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Name:     Jeffrey L Neul, M.D., Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  Baylor College of Medicine
Name:     Arthur Beisang, MD
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Affiliation:  Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Name:     Daniel G Glaze, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Baylor College of Medicine
Name:     Timothy Feyma, MD
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Affiliation:  Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of Rett Syndrome with proven mutation of the MeCP2 gene

- Age 16 to 45 years

- Severity rating of between 10 and 36 (Rett Syndrome Natural History/Clinical Severity
Scale)

- Concomitant medications must be stable for >4 weeks prior to enrollment. The following
concomitant medications are permitted: anticonvulsants which do not have liver
inducing effects; beta-blockers; medications for the treatment of gastroesophageal
reflux disease (GERD); medications for the treatment of chronic respiratory conditions
such as asthma; medications for the treatment of anxiety, of depression and of
psychosis, hormonal contraceptives. Melatonin for difficulties with sleep onset.

- Ability to swallow study medication provided as a liquid solution, or via gastrostomy
tube

Exclusion Criteria:

- No detectable abnormality of the EEG during screening period

- Actively undergoing regression

- QTcF exclusions (any of the following): baseline/screening QT/QTcF interval of 450
msec; history of risk factors for torsade de pointes (e.g. heart failure, hypokalemia
(serum potassium at screening < 3.0 mmol/L) or family history of long QT syndrome;
QT/QTcF prolongation previously or currently controlled with medication

- Current treatment with insulin

- Hgb A1C values outside the normal reference range at screening

- Current or past treatment with IGF-1

- Current or past treatment with growth hormone

- Current treatment with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists

- Current or planned use of non-medication based interventional therapy during the
period of the study (defined as 4-6 week screening period followed by 4 week dosing
and 2 week follow-up period)

- Current clinically significant cardiovascular, renal, hepatic or respiratory disease

- Gastrointestinal disease which may interfere with the absorption, distribution,
metabolism or excretion of the the study medication

- History of, or current cerebrovascular disease or brain trauma

- History of, or current significant endocrine disorder e.g. hypo or hyperthyroidism or
diabetes mellitus

- History of, or current malignancy

- Clinically significant abnormalities in safety laboratory tests, vital signs or ECG,
as measured at screening or baseline

- Confirmed pregnancy

- Significant hearing and/or visual impairment that may affect ability to complete the
test procedures

- Enrollment in another clinical trial within the previous 30 days

- Previously randomized in this clinical trial

- Allergy to strawberries



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rett Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: NNZ-2566
Primary Outcome(s)
Adverse events [Time Frame: Through to Day 40]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Behavior [Time Frame: Baseline through to Day 40]
Physiological changes [Time Frame: Baseline through to Day 40]
Change in EEG activity [Time Frame: Baseline through to Day 40]
Global and Functional outcome Measures [Time Frame: Baseline through to Day 40]
Secondary ID(s)
Neu-2566-RETT-001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Baylor College of Medicine
International Rett Syndrome Foundation
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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