Saccadic Eye Movements in Patients With Niemann-Pick Type C Disease
Niemann Pick Diseases
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Niemann Pick Diseases focused on measuring Eye Movement, Niemann Pick C
Eligibility Criteria
INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients with NPC disease confirmed by abnormal cholesterol esterification and abnormal filipin staining. Patients aged 12 and over. Body weight must not be less than 14 kg. Patients who can ingest a capsule. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients younger than 18 who are unable to give informed assent and/or whose legal guardian is unable to provide informed consent. Patients aged 18 and over who cannot provide informed consent and/or whose legal guardian is unable to provide witnessed informed consent. Fertile patients who do not agree to use adequate contraception throughout the study and for three months after cessation of OGT 918 treatment. Patients who cannot tolerate the study procedures or who are unable to travel to the study center as required by this protocol. Patients currently undergoing therapy with other investigational agents or patients taking drugs or food supplements which may interfere with gastrointestinal absorption or motility. Patients suffering from clinically significant diarrhoea (greater than 3 liquid stools per day for greater than 7 days) without definable cause within 3 months of Screening Visit, or who have a history of significant gastrointestinal disorders. Patients with an intercurrent medical condition that would render them unsuitable for the study e.g. HIV, hepatitis infection. Patients who in the opinion of the investigator (for whatever reason) are thought to be unsuitable for the study.
Sites / Locations
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
- Columbia University
- Oxford GlycoSciences Ltd.