Long-Term Study of Nitisinone to Treat Alkaptonuria
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00107783 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 8, 2005
Results First Posted : January 19, 2011
Last Update Posted : August 26, 2021
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This 3-year study will examine the safety and effectiveness of long-term use of nitisinone (Orfadin) for treating joint problems in patients with alkaptonuria, an inherited disease in which a compound called homogentisic acid accumulates. The excess homogentisic acid causes arthritis and limited joint movement. It can also cause heart valve damage and kidney stones.
Patients between 30 and 80 years of age with alkaptonuria may be eligible for this study. Patients must have hip involvement, but at least one remaining hip joint. Candidates are recruited from among patients enrolled in protocol 00-HG-0141, "Clinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Investigations into Alkaptonuria." Participants may enter both protocols simultaneously.
Participants are randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups: one group takes their regular medicines plus a 2-mg nitisinone capsule daily; the other group takes only their regular medicines. Patients taking nitisinone have blood tests to measure liver function 2 weeks and 6 weeks after starting treatment. Before starting therapy, all patients are admitted to the NIH Clinical Center for 4-5 days to undergo the following procedures:
- Medical history and physical examination
- 24-hour urine collection to test for sugar, protein, and other molecules
- Blood tests for liver and thyroid function, blood counts, and blood chemistries
- Blood and urine tests to measure tyrosine and other amino acids and homogentisic acid
- Bone x-rays
- Spiral CT (computed tomography) of the abdomen to detect kidney stones
- Eye examination and evaluations by specialists in rehabilitation medicine and pain, plus other consults in skin, brain, lung, heart, and kidney, as needed
All patients, whether or not they receive nitisinone, return to the Clinical Center for a 2-3 day follow-up admission every 4 months for a history and physical examination, blood tests, and two 24-hour urine collections. Every 12 months (12, 24 and 36 months after starting the study), patients also have repeat bone x-rays, spiral CT, kidney ultrasound, echocardiogram, and electrocardiogram. An Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the brain is done at the end of the study.
Sixteen months after the end of the study enrollment period, the treated and non-treated groups are evaluated. If nitisinone has delayed the progression of joint disease in the treated group, the study continues and all patients receive the drug for the remainder of the study. If not, the study continues for another 20 months, at which time the study ends and the evaluation process is repeated.
Patients who develop symptoms such as corneal crystals, pain, or severe liver or nervous system toxicity may be taken off the study.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Alkaptonuria | Drug: Nitisinone (NTBC) | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 40 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Long-Term Clinical Trial of Nitisinone in Alkaptonuria |
Study Start Date : | January 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2009 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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No Intervention: Control
No treatment
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Experimental: Nitisinone-treated
Subjects received nitisinone 2 mg orally, once daily.
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Drug: Nitisinone (NTBC)
Treatment
Other Name: Orfadin |
- Change in Total ROM Worse Hip [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and at 36 months ]Change from baseline in the total (external + internal) hip range of motion (ROM) in the worse hip at 36 months. The patient lies on exam table in the supine position. The patient flexes his/her hip and knee to 90 degrees. The examiner measures the patient's hip external rotation and hip internal rotation range of motion with a goniometer.
- Change in Schober's Test [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and at 36 months ]Change from baseline of Schober's test at 36 months. Schober's test measures a patient's ability to flex his/her lower back. The examiner makes a mark at L5 (fifth lumbar vertebra) and places one finger 5 cm below and another finger 10 cm above this mark. The patient is asked to touch his/her toes. The examiner measures the increase in distance between the two fingers.
- Change in Functional Reach Assessment [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and at 36 months ]Change from baseline of functional reach assessment at 36 months. Functional reach assessment measures the difference between the length of a person's outstretched arm and their maximal reach forward, while maintaining balance.
- Change in Timed Get up and go [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and at 36 months ]Change from baseline of timed get up and go at 36 months. In timed get up and go, the patient is asked to stand up from a standard chair and walk a distance of 3 meters, turn around and walk back to the chair and sit down. The examiner measures the time it takes for the patient to perform this series of tasks.
- Change in 6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT) [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and at 36 months ]Change from baseline of the 6MWT at 36 months. The 6MWT measures the distance that a patient can quickly walk on a flat hard surface in a period of six minutes.
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 30 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Age 30-80 years, either gender
- Diagnosis of alkaptonuria based upon urinary HGA excretion greater than 0.4 g/24h
- At least one hip joint remaining
- Some evidence of hip involvement, e.g., pain or decreased range of motion
- Ability to travel to the NIH Clinical Research Center for admissions
- Ability to consent
- Availability of local medical follow-up
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Age less than 30 or greater than 80
- Non-alkaptonuria causes of ochronosis
- Bilateral hip joint replacement
- Keratopathy
- Contact lenses
- Uncontrolled glaucoma
- History of myocardial infarction
- History of emphysema or pulmonary insufficiency (Forced vital capacity less than 70%)
- Psychiatric illness or neurological disease that interferes with compliance or communication with health care personnel
- Current malignancy
- Open skin lesions
- Dietary habits or use of homeopathic therapies that interfere with tyrosine catabolism. The diet must be reasonably balanced, as determined by a dietician.
- Uncontrolled hypertension (blood pressure greater than 180 systolic or greater than 95 diastolic)
- History of extreme alcohol abuse or sever liver disease
- Liver greater than 3 cm below the right costal margin
- Electrocardiogram changes indicative of myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, tachycardia, bradycardia, left bundle branch block
- Chest radiographic abnormalities, including an infiltrate, mass, congestive heart failure, embolism, atelectasis
- Serum postassium less than 3. 0 mEq/L
- Serum creatinine greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) greater than 41 U/L or Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) greater than 34 U/L
- Creatine kinase (CK) greater than 500 U/L
- Hemoglobin less than 10.0 g/dL
- Platelets less than 100 k/mm(3)
- White blood cells (WBCs) less than 3.0 k/microL
- Free thyroxine (T4) greater than 15 microg/dL
- T4 less than 4 microg/dL
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) greater than 100 mm/h
- Plasma tyrosine greater than 150 microM
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00107783
United States, Maryland | |
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike | |
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892 |
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Responsible Party: | William A. Gahl, M.D./National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00107783 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
050076 05-HG-0076 ( Other Identifier: NHGRI ) |
First Posted: | April 8, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | January 19, 2011 |
Last Update Posted: | August 26, 2021 |
Last Verified: | December 2010 |
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