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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03856866
Date of registration: 05/11/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children
Public title: Hydroxychloroquine Administration for Reduction of Pexophagy HARP
Scientific title: Hydroxychloroquine Administration for Reduction of Pexophagy
Date of first enrolment: January 11, 2019
Target sample size: 5
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03856866
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Neal Sondheimer, MD
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Affiliation:  The Hospital for Sick Children
Name:     Neal Sondheimer, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 4168137654
Email: neal.sondheimer@sickkids.ca
Affiliation: 
Name:     Bushra Momtaz
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: bushra.momtaz@sickkids.ca
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosed with a peroxisomal defect due to PEX1, PEX6 or PEX26 through a SCC or
CLIA-certified clinical genetic testing laboratory.

- Abnormal plasma very-long-chain fatty acid levels.

- All therapies available in Canada have been considered and ruled out, have failed or
were justified as being unsuitable for the patient. We note that there are no
therapies available.

- At least 84 days from last HCQ dose

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known sensitivity to HCQ.

- Known Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

- Expected survival is less than six months.

- The patient does not provide informed consent.

- The patient is participating in another interventional clinical trial.



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Peroxisome Biogenesis Disorders
Zellweger Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Hydroxychloroquine
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in the red blood cell levels of plasmalogen. [Time Frame: 12 week. Measurements at Day 0, Day 84(+/-7 days) of each treatment arm.]
Change in the plasma levels of phytanic acid. [Time Frame: 12 week. Measurements at Day 0, Day 84(+/-7 days) of each treatment arm.]
Change in the plasma levels of very-long chain fatty acids. [Time Frame: 12 week. Measurements at Day 0, Day 84(+/-7 days) of each treatment arm.]
Electroretinogram (ERG) voltage changes. [Time Frame: 12 week. Measurements at Day 0, Day 84(+/-7 days) of each treatment arm.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pediatric Inventory for Parents (PIP) following the treatment arms. [Time Frame: 36 week. Measurements following each treatment arm.]
Eye examination: Optical Coherence Tomography [Time Frame: 12 week. Measurements at Day 0, Day 84(+/-7 days) of each treatment arm.]
Eye examination: Visual Acuity [Time Frame: 12 week. Measurements at Day 0, Day 84(+/-7 days) of each treatment arm.]
Secondary ID(s)
1000061385
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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