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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03259971
Date of registration: 16/08/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Public title: The Role of Probiotics PS128 in Movement Disorders
Scientific title: The Role of Probiotics PS128 in Movement Disorders
Date of first enrolment: August 25, 2017
Target sample size: 500
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03259971
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Wang-Tso Lee, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 02-23123456
Email: leeped@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Wang-Tso Lee, MD,PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +886-223123456
Email: leeped@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Wang-Tso Lee, MD,PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  National Taiwan University Children Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Rett syndrome:

- Males and females who have classic or atypical RTT diagnosed under consensus criteria

- Age: 1-50 years

- Tic disorders:

- males and females with clinical diagnosis

- Age: 8-18years

- Treatment naive 4 weeks prior to study

- Those with standard medications, dosage stable 4 weeks prior to study

- AADC syndrome:

- Males and females with AADC diagnosis

- Age: 1-50 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Those who took probiotic or probiotic related product 4 weeks prior to the study or
during the study

- Those who took antibiotic 4 weeks prior to the study

- Those showing poor compliance with any aspect of the study

- Those had adverse reactions to PS128



Age minimum: 1 Year
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rett Syndrome
Tic Disorders
Tourette Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Probiotic-Lactobacillus plantarum PS128
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) [Time Frame: Change at 2 months from baseline]
Neuropsychological test (Mullen Scales of Early Learning) [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Anxiety, Depression, and Mood Scale (ADAMS) [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Children's Depression Inventory [Time Frame: Change at 2 months from baseline]
Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Stool and gut microbiota evaluation [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Early social communication scales [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Swanson, Nolan and Pehlam version IV [Time Frame: Change at 2 months from baseline]
Dystonia status (Fahn Marsden rating scale/Unified Dystonia Rating Scale ) [Time Frame: Visit 1, Visit 2, Visit 3, Visit 4 (Up to 4 months)]
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) [Time Frame: Change at 2 months from baseline]
Continuous performance test [Time Frame: Change at 2 months from baseline]
Vineland Adaptive Behavioral scale [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Ghuman-Folstein Screen for Social Interaction (SSI) [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Obsessive-compulsive inventory [Time Frame: Change at 2 months from baseline]
The Migraine Disability Assessment Test [Time Frame: Change at 2 months from baseline]
RTT severity score [Time Frame: Change at four months from baseline]
Secondary ID(s)
201703061MIPA
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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