Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Enzyme Replacement in Gaucher's Disease
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Conditions:
Gaucher's Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
Gaucher disease is a lysosomal storage disease resulting from glycocerebroside accumulation in macrophages due to a genetic deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. It may occur in adults but occu...
Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of enzyme replacement therapy in patients with neuronopathic Gaucher's disease and to investigate the pathogenesis of their neurological signs and s...
Eligibility Criteria
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INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- All patients with neuropathic Gaucher's disease who have a partial or complete horizontal supranuclear gaze palsy or a genotype associated with neurological involvement.
- All candidates must be serologically nonreactive for hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency (AIDS) virus. HIV positive patients will be excluded because of the effects of the latter illness on cognitive performance.
- Individuals with neoplastic disease will be excluded.
- The general health and well being of each candidate must be sufficient to allow for a modest amount of blood drawing, collection of appropriate urine and spinal fluid specimens and performance of necessary roentgenographic and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies. In addition, each candidate must be able to return to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a regular basis dictated by disease severity for monitoring of laboratory parameters.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patient who participates in a clinical study of an investigational therapeutic agent for Gaucher Disease.
- Patient and/or the patient's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study.
- Patient is unable to comply with the protocol, e.g., uncooperative with protocol schedule, refusal to agree to all of the study procedures.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 23 1991
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
March 3 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00001289
Start Date
September 23 1991
End Date
March 3 2008
Last Update
July 2 2017
Active Locations (1)
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892