Short-Term Outcome of N-Carbamylglutamate in the Treatment of Acute Hyperammonemia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 35
- 试验地点
- 9
- 主要终点
- Time to the Primary Outcome (Earlier of Ammonia <50 µmol/L or Hospital Discharge)
研究概览
简要总结
The overall objective of this drug trial is to determine whether the treatment of acute hyperammonemia with N-carbamyl-L-glutamate (NCG, Carglumic acid) in propionic acidemia (PA), methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), late-onset CPS1 deficiency (CPSD) and late-onset Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) accelerates the resolution of hyperammonemia efficiently and safely.
The primary goal is to determine if the study drug (NCG) efficiently reduces ammonia levels following a hyperammonemia episode(s).
Secondly, the investigators want to know if treatment with this study drug (NCG) efficiently improves neurologic function, reduces plasma glutamine levels and lessens the duration of hospitalization after each episode of hyperammonemia.
详细描述
This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical drug trial to evaluate the efficacy of NCG in the treatment of two organic acidemias (severe PA and MMA), and two urea-cycle disorders (late-onset CPSD and OTCD).
Primarily, the investigators want to determine whether NCG treatment of acute hyperammonemia in severe, neonatal-onset PA, MMA, CPSD, and OTCD is efficacious and whether it is safe. The investigators will approach this task in two ways.
- Assess Whether NCG Treatment is Effective
The objective of this study is to assess whether NCG is efficacious in treating hyperammonemia and improving outcome:
The investigators will realize this goal by randomizing each hyperammonemic episode from every subject to NCG (NCG)+standard treatment (NCG-STD) versus placebo+standard treatment (PLBO-STD) and subsequently gauging response with the primary outcome of plasma ammonia levels, in addition to the plasma glutamine, the Functional Status Scale, and the length of hospitalization. 2. Safety
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 1 Week 至 99 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Active Comparator
Parallel Trial Comparing NCG + Standard of Care Treatment
干预措施: Carbaglu (Drug)
Placebo Comparator
Placebo and Standard of Care Therapy
干预措施: Placebo (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Time to the Primary Outcome (Earlier of Ammonia <50 µmol/L or Hospital Discharge)
时间窗: Average of all measurements of hyperammonemia, for up to 7 days
The composite primary intention to treat (ITT) outcome of the earlier of time to reach an ammonia level of ≤50 µmol/L or hospital discharge. Data presented as a hazard ratio based on the time to reach an ammonia level of ≤50 µmol/L. The outcome measure was a survival analysis based on time to reach the earlier of an ammonia level of ≤50 µmol/L or time to discharge, which was considered to be a point where the patient was no longer at risk of neurological injury from ammonia. The outcome of survival analysis was a hazard ratio reflecting the ratio of probabilities in each group (drug vs placebo) of reaching the earlier of an ammonia level of ≤50 µmol/L or discharge. We measured multiple post-treatment ammonia levels at uncontrolled times during an episode, so it is difficult to compute a meaningful average that would not be biased by the frequency and timing of ammonia testing during episodes.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Mendel Tuchman
Scientific Director, Children's Research Institute
Children's National Research Institute