A 6-week, Study of MG01CI Low Dose and High Dose Compared With Placebo in Adults and Adolescents With Fragile X Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Fragile X Syndrome focused on measuring Fragile X Syndrome, Fra(X) Syndrome, FRAXA Syndrome
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subject is a man or a non-pregnant, non-lactating woman aged 15 to 55 years, inclusive, at the Randomization Visit.
- Subject has Fragile X Syndrome with a molecular genetic confirmation of the full Fragile X Mental Retardation (FMR1) mutation (≥200 CGG repetitions).
- Subject has a score of 12 or greater on the inattentive subscale of the ADHD RS IV (as rated by the investigator in a clinical interview of the parent/legal authorized guardian/consistent caregiver).
Current treatment with no more than 3 prescribed psychotropic medications. Anti epileptic medications are permitted and are not counted as psychotropic medications if they are used for treatment of seizures. Anti-epileptics for other indications, such as the treatment of mood disorders, count towards the limit of permitted medications.
- Permitted concomitant psychotropic medications (except anti-epileptic medications and stimulants; see 4b and 4d) must be at a stable dose and dosing regimen for at least 4 weeks prior to Screening and must remain stable during the period between Screening and the commencement of study medication.
- Anti-epileptic medications must be at a stable dose and dosing regimen for 12 weeks prior to Screening and must remain stable during the period between Screening and the commencement of study medication.
- Subjects with a history of seizure disorder who are currently receiving treatment with anti-epileptics must have been seizure-free for 3 months preceding Screening, or must be seizure-free for 3 years if not currently receiving anti-epileptics.
- Stimulant medications must be at a stable dose and dosing regimen for 12 weeks prior to Screening and must remain stable during the period between Screening and the end of the treatment period (Week 6/early termination), unless the subject is washing out; see Exclusion Criterion 4.
- Behavioral treatments (excluding psychotherapy; see exclusion criteria) must be stable for 4 weeks prior to Screening and must remain stable during the period between Screening and the commencement of study medication.
- Subject has a parent, legal authorized guardian or consistent caregiver who interacts with the subject for at least 10 hours per week and is able to provide weekly rating forms of the subject's behavior.
- Male and Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective contraceptive throughout the study (eg, oral contraceptives or Norplant®; a reliable double barrier method of birth control [diaphragms with contraceptive jelly; cervical caps with contraceptive jelly; condoms with contraceptive foam]; intrauterine devices; vasectomy; or abstinence) and for at least a month after the study, and females must have a negative serum pregnancy test at the Screening Visit and a negative urine pregnancy test at the Baseline Visit. Females of childbearing potential are defined as women who are between menarche and 2 years post-menopause and who are not surgically sterilized. Male and female subjects who are not sexually active, and who agree to be abstinent throughout the study, will not be required to use birth control.
- Subject and caregiver are able to attend the clinic regularly and reliably.
- Subject is able to swallow tablets and capsules.
- For subjects who are not their own legal guardian, subject's parent/legal authorized guardian is able to understand, read, write, and speak English fluently to complete the study-related materials (or Hebrew for Israeli subjects).
- For subjects who are not their own legal guardian, subject's parent/legal authorized guardian is able to understand and sign an informed consent form to participate in the study.
- If subject is his/her own legal guardian, he/she can understand and sign informed consent to participate in the study.
- If subject is not their own legal guardian, the subject provides assent for participation in the study, if the subject has the cognitive ability to provide assent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Treatment within the 2 weeks prior to randomization (and throughout the clinical trial) with lithium, acamprosate, racemic baclofen, investigational metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) medications, d-cycloserine, oxytocin, carbetocin, modafinil, armodafinil, benzodiazepines (unless used for seizure control), memantine, amantadine, bupropion, or any medication in the statin class.
- Treatment within the 2 weeks prior to Screening with monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, l-dopa, cisplatin, phenobarbital or phenytoin.
- Current treatment with an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist.
- While stimulants will not be excluded from the trial, the subject and the parent/legal authorized guardian may decide to stop stimulant medication prior to the study upon discussion with the investigator at the Screening visit. If stimulant medication is stopped at screening, a two-week washout is required. A subject that decides to washout from stimulants will be excluded from the trial if a stimulant is administered after the Screening visit or during the course of the trial.
Subject is planning to commence psychotherapy or cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) during the period of the study or had begun psychotherapy or CBT within 6 weeks prior to Screening.
- A subject who started psychotherapy or CBT for the first time within 6 weeks prior to Screening is excluded.
- If a subject was previously receiving psychotherapy or CBT, and is resuming the therapy (such as return from summer vacation), then the subject is eligible for the study if the same therapy was resumed at least 2 weeks before screening.
- History of or current cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, respiratory, or gastrointestinal disease that may interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of the study medication, or that may interfere with the interpretation of the safety, tolerability, or efficacy of the study medication.
- History of or current cerebrovascular disease or clinically significant brain trauma.
- Current major depressive disorder (subject must be free of the most recent episode for 3 months prior to randomization).
- History of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)-defined substance use disorder in the 3 months prior to Screening.
- Clinically significant abnormalities, in the investigator's judgment, in safety laboratory tests, vital signs, or ECG, as measured at Screening.
- Significant hearing or visual impairment that may affect the subject's ability to complete the test procedures.
- Enrollment in another clinical trial within the 30 days preceding Screening.
- Any psychiatric condition (eg, schizophrenia or personality disorder as diagnosed by DSM-IV) or clinically significant or unstable medical or surgical condition that may preclude safe and complete study participation as determined by the investigator using medical history, physical examination, neurological examination, laboratory tests, and electrocardiograms. Common diseases such as mild hypertension, well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A1C [Hgb A1C] <6.5%), etc. are allowed per the investigator's judgment as long as they are stable and controlled by medical therapy that is constant for at least 8 weeks before randomization and subsequently throughout the study. If there are any concerns about the suitability of the subject's medical or surgical condition, the investigator should review the subject's history with the medical monitor. Subjects with autism spectrum disorder or anxiety disorder will be allowed.
- Subject has known or suspected human immune deficiency virus-positive status or has diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency disorder, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, or tuberculosis.
- Subject has a history of an allergy or sensitivity to B-complex vitamins.
- Subject has used mega-dose vitamin B6/pyridoxine during the 28 days before the Randomization Visit. Subjects will be allowed to have a 28-day washout of mega-dose vitamin B6/pyridoxine after the Screening visit. Routine multivitamin supplements will be allowed.
- Subject has used high-dose supplements of omega-3 fatty acids ≥ 500 mg (such as softgels, capsules, or fish oils; regular daily dietary consumption of fish is allowed) or folic acid supplements (other than routine multivitamin supplements) at any time during the 2 weeks before the Randomization Visit.
- Subject is related to anyone employed by the sponsor, investigator, or study staff.
- Subject has any condition that, in the principal investigator's opinion, would place the subject at risk or influence the conduct of the study or interpretation of results.
- Subject is pregnant, lactating, or using an inadequate contraceptive method. -
Sites / Locations
- Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
- University of California Davis Pediatrics
- Children's Hospital Colorado
- RUSH University Medical Center
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Duke University Medical Center
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital
- Suburban Research Associates
- Baylor College of Medicine Research
- Univ. of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
- Sheba Academic Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Metadoxine Immediate/Slow-release
Placebo
Flexed and fixed-dose Metadoxine Immediate/Slow-release 700 mg and 1400 mg administered orally once daily
Placebo tablet identical in appearance to study investigational product. Administered orally once daily