Mexiletine for Muscle Cramps in Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
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Charcot Marie Tooth Disease is a family of inherited peripheral neuropathies, with over 70 causative genes identified to date.1-4 Muscle cramps are frequent in CMT, affecting up to 85% of patients with some subtypes of CMT. These cramps impact quality of life and have been identified as an important therapeutic target for clinical trials in CMT.1-4 There is no FDA approved treatment for muscle cramps.5 Mexiletine is a sodium channel blocker approved for treatment of arrhythmias. As a sodium channel blocker, mexiletine offers the promise of effective therapy for muscle cramps.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02561702
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 4 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2015
- Primary completion
- Dec 30, 2016
- Completion
- Dec 30, 2016
- Last update posted
- Mar 25, 2018
2015 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester | Rochester | New York | 14642 | — |
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