This is a parallel-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with a screening phase that includes a 28-day run-in phase to establish baseline seizure frequency, followed by a 24-week, randomized, placebo-controlled phase. After completion of the randomized, placebo-controlled phase, participants may enter a 48-week, long-term, extension phase during which they will receive open-label treatment with vatiquinone.
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms |
No |
Study Type
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Interventional |
Eligible Ages | N/A - 18 Years |
Gender | All |
Trial ID:
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NCT04378075 |
Phase
Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use. |
Phase 2/Phase 3 |
Lead Sponsor
The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data. |
PTC Therapeutics |
Principal Investigator
The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study. |
Vinay Penematsa, MD |
Principal Investigator Affiliation | PTC Therapeutics |
Agency Class
Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial. |
Industry |
Overall Status | Recruiting |
Countries | United States |
Conditions
The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. |
Mitochondrial Diseases, Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Leigh Disease, Leigh Syndrome, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy (MELAS), Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 6 (PCH6), Alpers Disease, Alpers Syndrome |
Experimental: Vatiquinone
15 milligrams/kilogram (mg/kg) if body weight <13 kg, and 200 mg if body weight ≥13 kg, administered orally, 3 times per day (TID) or up to 72 weeks
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Vatiquinone-matching placebo, administered orally, TID for up to 24 weeks followed by vatiquinone 15 mg/kg if body weight <13 kg, and 200 mg if body weight ≥13 kg, administered orally, TID for up to 48 weeks.
Drug: - Vatiquinone
Vatiquinone will be administered per the treatment arm description.
Other: - Placebo
Vatiquinone-matching placebo will be administered per the treatment arm description
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Status
Recruiting
Address
Children's of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404
Status
Recruiting
Address
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, Ohio, 44308
Status
Recruiting
Address
University of Texas Health Science
Houston, Texas, 77030
Status
Recruiting
Address
Seattle Children's hospital
Seattle, Washington, 98105