Safety and Tolerability of Phenylbutyrate in Inclusion Body Myositis
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Brief summary
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This is a pilot study (phase 1 clinical trial) to evaluate the safety and tolerability of phenylbutyrate in IBM. In this open label study, 10 patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis will be treated with phenylbutyrate (3 gm twice daily) for 3 months. There will be a run-in period, during which certain biomarkers will be measured at baseline and at the end of the run-in period in addition to final measurement at the end of the treatment period.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04421677
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 10 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 19, 2020
- Primary completion
- Jan 19, 2022
- Completion
- Jan 19, 2022
- Last update posted
- Sep 18, 2024
2020 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas Medical Center | Kansas City | Kansas | 66160 | — |
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- Last update posted Sep 18, 2024 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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