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Completed Phase 2 Interventional

A 12-week, Multicenter, Safety and Dose-ranging Study of 3 Oral Doses of TCH346 in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00036413

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Official title

A 12-week, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Multicenter, Safety and Dose-ranging Study of Three Oral Doses (0.5 mg, 2.5 mg and 10 mg Once Daily) of TCH346 in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Brief summary

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This study is the first to be performed in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients with the novel compound TCH346. Its purpose is to evaluate the safety and clinical effects of 3 dose levels of TCH 346 compared to placebo in patients with a clinical diagnosis of laboratory-supported probable, probable or definite ALS. The study will require patients to visit the study center a total of at least 7 times over the course of up to 14 weeks. The study consists of 2 phases: A screening phase (up to 2 weeks) when patients will be evaluated for eligibility to participate in the study, and a double-blind treatment phase (12 weeks) when patients will receive daily doses of either TCH346 or placebo and will be evaluated for clinical effects. In addition, patients eligible to participate in this study will be required to have 3 magnetic resonance spectroscopic (MRS) scans. The MRS is a non-invasive, painless, "brain scan". The MRS will require traveling to a designated center in Montreal, Canada, which is very experienced in performing such MRS scans in ALS patients.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00036413
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Industry
Enrollment
44 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
40 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2001
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2002
Completion
Sep 30, 2002
Last update posted
Nov 23, 2011

2002

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Neurological Institute New York New York 10032 —

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