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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON53560
NL-OMON53560
Recruiting
Phase 2

A randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind trial to study the effects of Etidronate on ectopic CALCIfication in FAhr*s Disease or syndrome. - CALCIFADE trial

niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht0 sites98 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Fahr's disease
Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Enrollment
98
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Age of 18 years or over.
  • 2\. Clinical diagnosis of Fahr\*s disease or syndrome. No international accepted
  • diagnostic criteria for Fahr\*s disease or syndrome exist yet. It is diagnosed
  • mostly based on the clinical presentation. For the present study the following
  • criteria are used:
  • a. Clinical symptoms consistent with a clinical diagnosis of Fahr\*s disease or
  • b. Bilateral calcifications of the basal ganglia as seen on the CT scan of the
  • head. To rule out basal ganglia calcifications due to aging, a CT based
  • calcification score will be used as proposed by Nicolas et al. Calcification is
  • graded from 0 (no calcification) to 5 (serious and confluent) in specific

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Unable or unwilling to sign an informed consent.
  • 2\. Severe renal impairment (estimated creatinine clearance/eGFR of \<30
  • ml/min/1\.73m2 calculated using CKD\-EPI equation).
  • 3\. Contraindication to receiving oral medication.
  • 4\. Known abnormality of the esophagus that would interfere with the passage of
  • 5\. Known sensitivity to etidronate.
  • 6\. Pregnancy, women with an active pregnancy wish \<1 year, or women who are
  • breastfeeding at the time of inclusion.
  • 7\. Any other medical or social condition that, in the opinion of the Principal
  • Investigator, might put the subject at risk of harm during the study or might

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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