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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02021526
Date of registration: 12/12/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Juan Pascual
Public title: Triheptanoin (C7 Oil), a Food Supplement, for Glucose Transporter Type I Deficiency (G1D)
Scientific title: Treatment Development of Triheptanoin for Glucose Transporter Type I Deficiency
Date of first enrolment: December 2015
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02021526
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Juan Pascual, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  UT Southwestern Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of glucose transporter type I deficiency (G1D).

- On stable ketogenic diet at a ratio between 1:2.5 and 1:4 OR Stable on no dietary
therapy

- Males and females 30 months to 55 years old, inclusive.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with a history of life-threatening seizure episodes, including but not
limited to status epilepticus and cardiac arrest.

- Subjects with a BMI (body mass index) greater than or equal to 30 will be excluded.

- Subjects currently on dietary therapy other than ketogenic diet (i.e., medium chain
triglyceride-supplemented diets, Atkins diet, low glycemic index diet, etc.).

- Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding may not participate. Women who plan to become
pregnant during the course of the study, or who are unwilling to use birth control to
prevent pregnancy (including abstinence) may not participate.

- Allergy/sensitivity to triheptanoin.

- Previous treatment with triheptanoin.

- Treatment with medium chain triglycerides in the last 30 days.

- Subjects exhibiting signs of dementia, or diagnosed with any degenerative brain
disorder (such as Alzheimer's disease) that would confound assessment of cognitive
changes, in the opinion of the investigator.

- Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the investigator,
would interfere with adherence to study requirements.

- Patients with metal implants, experience claustrophobia, or who are behaviorally
unable to be still for MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy) imaging (not due to
seizures) will be excluded from the imaging portion of the research.

- Inability or unwillingness of subject or legal guardian/representative to give written
informed consent, or assent for children age 10-17.



Age minimum: 30 Months
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome
Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Triheptanoin
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Ketosis [Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, 9 months]
Change on Biomarkers [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 9 months]
Change in risk for Metabolic Syndrome [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 9 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
PASCG1D2014
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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