Active clinical trials for "Prader-Willi Syndrome"

This Phase 2b/3 double-blind, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and effects of livoletide on food-related behaviors in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS).

The objective of this study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of Cannabidiol Oral Solution (CBD) in participants with Prader-Willi Syndrome.

There is no specific treatment for core symptoms of PWS. Regarding behavioral and psychiatric symptoms (hyperphagia, imulsivity and self-mutilations), one of the only drug options consists in antipsychotics, that are not efficient and might be responsible for a worsening of the weight gain (major issue in PWS). An alternative therapeutic approach for behavioral disturbances has been suggested by some authors with topiramate (Epitomax®), an antiepileptic drug that can be used as a mood stabilizer and anti-impulsive. In addition, topiramate is used as a treatment for eating disorders because it induces loss of weight and appetite. This last effect might be useful in the case of SPW. Except for some clinical case reports, the investigators only found one open study for topiramate in SPW 8 patientssuggesting promising effects. There si however no placebo controlled study.. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of topiramate (200 mg / d) on Eating disorders (E), self Mutilations (M), irritability and Impulsivity (I), metabolic status, and tolerance among of PWS patients. Methodology: This is a multicenter (out-patients in Toulouse, Reims, Nantes and Paris and in-patients in Hendaye) 8 weeks double-blind placebo controlled study . Subjects (n = 125 for 112 analyzable) all having PWS, aged 12 years-old and more should have any of the following symptoms: E, M and U (see above). All subjects will be randomly allocated into two groups one taking a placebo, the other taking topiramate (50mg / day initially, increasing up to 50mg per week 200mg / day). The population of analyzable patients in and out patient will be of equal size (n = 56). The inclusion period is two years.. Are excluded subjects with antipsychotic or mood stabilizer medication or topiramate. The primary endpoint will be the rate of responders, with response defined by obtaining a score of 1 or 2 on the CGI improvement after 8 weeks of treatment Other assessments, secondary endpoints : Clinic: Weight / Size / Self-injury behavior (french Echelle des Conduites Auto et Hétéro Aggressives, ECAHA)) Psychometric: C-SHARP and A-SHARP / Conners (Impulsivity) / Dickens (Eating behavior for PWS) Organic: NFS, serum electrolytes, creatinine, ammonia plasma, serum bicarbonate, AST / ALT / GGT, ghrelin, fasting glucose, lipid profile and insulin, leptin, TG and HbA1c. Side effects of topiramate: SAPS / SANS and BPRS (hallucinations), anxiety scales and laboratory tests.

The primary objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of cannabidiol oral solution on hyperphagia-related behavior in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). The secondary objectives of this study are to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability, impact on quality of life, and impact on physical activity of cannabidiol oral solution in patients with PWS.

The purpose of this study is to investigate over a 6 month period the effect of octreotide therapy on food intake, sense of hunger, body weight, body composition, efficiency of burning calories, biomarkers of weight regulation and growth hormone markers in children and young Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome(PWS).

Excessive weight gain is a cardinal feature of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) for which there is presently no effective treatment. It is caused by increased appetite, decreased perception of satiety and obsessive and compulsive behaviour towards food. Ghrelin is a powerful appetite-stimulating hormone. Patients with PWS have markedly elevated ghrelin levels, suggesting that it may be responsible for the increased food intake. The goal of the study is to determine whether treatment with somatostatin (Sandostatin), a hormone that inhibits ghrelin, is an effective treatment for the prevention and treatment of weight excess in patients with PWS.

The objective of this study is to collect data on tolerance and effects of early treatment with oxytocin in children with Prader Willi Syndrome aged from 3 to 4 years and to compare these infants with not treated age-matched infants with Prader Willi Syndrome.

The aim of this study is to evaluate efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of GLWL-01 in the treatment of patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS).

The investigator thinks that the oxytocin (OT) can improve durably and significantly the behavior disorders and thus the socialization but also the satisfaction and could thus be an interesting therapeutic alternative for the patients presenting a Prader-Willi Syndrome (SPW). Although today several studies demonstrated the effects of the OT in various domains of the behavior, the investigator do not know either its specificity of action about the cerebral level, or its duration of action, or the optimal modalities of administration and in particular at patients SPW.

The investigator's recent pilot study of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) from a surgically implanted medical device to control the excess eating behaviour characteristic of Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) found that it was safe and acceptable. In addition, there were unanticipated marked improvements in rates of problem behaviours, such as emotional disturbances and verbal and physical outbursts. These observations indicated the need for a trial specifically focusing on the effects of VNS on problem behaviour and also that the use of VNS might be extended to include people with other neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum conditions (ASC). The primary aims of this study are: a) to investigate whether VNS, now given by an external medical device, is associated with a significant reduction in the number and severity of maladaptive behaviours in adults with PWS; and b) to undertake a pilot study that includes others with a different neurodevelopmental syndrome who have histories of similar behaviours. The study will be a single case cross-over design with 4 to 6 months baseline phase and a similar period of active treatment. The study cannot be blind as the stimulation is apparent but the participants will wear the device initially for four hours a day, at times convenient to them, with it switched off in the baseline phase and activated, according to standard protocols, in the treatment phase. Six adults with PWS and six with a different neurodevelopmental disorder with histories of significant problem behaviours will be included initially, with a view to extending if the analysis indicates a likely effect. Behaviours will be operationally defined and measured over time using participant and informant diaries with additional secondary outcome measures. Before and during the treatment phases autonomic nervous system and brain biomarkers will be assessed using ambulatory monitoring of heart rate variability and fMRI brain scans.