Active clinical trials for "Hepatolenticular Degeneration"

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the MEX-CD1 hemodialysis medical device in patients suffering from Wilson's Disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the device work as expected by removing the excess of free copper from the blood? Is the device safe when used according to the instructions for use? Depending on the severity of their symptoms, patients will receive either 5 or 10 treatments on consecutive days with the MEX-CD1 hemodialysis medical device.

Wilson disease is a hereditary hepatic and neurological disease associated with copper accumulation. Neurological symptoms are of extra-pyramidal, cerebellar and dystonic origin. Dysarthria is one of the debilitating symptoms of Wilson disease poorly responsive to pharmacological treatment. The most common form is a dystonic hyperkinetic Dysarthria. Pathophysiology of dystonia is still not elucidated. Motor cortex hyperexcitability has been demonstrated in various forms of dystonia. Furthermore, rTMS inhibitory applied over motor cortex has been shown to transitory reduce dystonic symptoms in various forms of dystonia. In the present study, we investigate the effect of a single 1Hz 20-minutes inhibitory rTMS session applied over the motor laryngeal cortex on dyasarthria is the main kinetic dysarthria has been shown to be associated with inhibition of laryngeal motor cortex in Parkinson disease.

The objectives of this clinical trial are to assess, for up to 5 years, the safety, tolerability and pharmacological activity of a single ascending doses of VTX-801, a gene therapy, administered intravenously (IV) to adult patients with Wilson's Disease prior to and following background WD therapy withdrawal.

Based on the genotype characteristics and genotype-phenotype-treatment prognosis data of Chinese WD patients, this study intends to further optimize the treatment regimen of Chinese WD patients and formulate individualized treatment regimens for each genotype, so as to further improve the prognosis of patients.

The primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety of single IV doses of UX701 in patients with Wilson disease, to select the UX701 dose with the best benefit/risk profile based on the totality of safety and efficacy data and to evaluate the effect of UX701 on copper regulation.

Wilson's disease is a rare genetic disease, affecting less than 1,500 people in France. The transmission is autosomal recessive linked to an anomaly of the ATP7B gene on chromosome.This gene codes for an ATPase-type transmembrane protein involved in the transport of copper through the cell plasma member.This gene codes for an ATPase-type transmembrane protein involved in the transport of copper through the cell plasma member. If there is no mutation, this ATPase incorporates copper into apo-ceruloplasmin to be released into the blood serum. The mutation of the ATP7B gene results in a defective biliary excretion of copper, leading to its accumulation in the liver, but also in other organs such as the eye or the brain. Advances in treatment have dramatically changed the prognosis for Wilson's disease, making the desire for pregnancy more confident. The consensus is to maintain treatment during pregnancy, reducing the dosage to limit teratogenicity as well as the risk of fetal copper deficiency.The mammary gland is the primary site of copper metabolism in lactation, and ATPase 7B is the primary effector. It has been shown in a mouse model of Wilson's disease (ATP7B - / - mouse) with treatment, that mothers accumulate copper in the liver but also in the mammary gland. However, a recent study showed that the copper level in breast milk was normal in 18 Wilsonian patients treated with D-penicillamine, trientine salts or zinc salts, suggesting that breastfeeding is possible in these patients without risk to the development of the infants.The problem of breastfeeding newborns for patients with Wilson's disease is therefore associated with a risk of copper deficiency in the newborn due to insufficiently rich breast milk in copper due to drugs. In addition, the passage into breast milk of treatments is not sufficiently known. These factors make breastfeeding not currently recommended for Wilsonian mothers,However, many patients wish to breastfeed and some of them breastfeed their newborns despite the risk of breastfeeding

The proposed study is to evaluate the effectiveness of ExAblate Transcranial MRgFUS as a tool for creating a unilateral lesion in the Vim thalamus or the globus pallidus (GPi) in patients with treatment-refractory symptoms of movement disorders.

Newborn screening (NBS) is a global initiative of systematic testing at birth to identify babies with pre-defined severe but treatable conditions. With a simple blood test, rare genetic conditions can be easily detected, and the early start of transformative treatment will help avoid severe disabilities and increase the quality of life. Baby Detect Project is an innovative NBS program using a panel of target sequencing that aims to identify 126 treatable severe early onset genetic diseases at birth caused by 361 genes. The list of diseases has been established in close collaboration with the Paediatricians of the University Hospital in Liege. The investigators use dedicated dried blood spots collected between the first day and 28 days of life of babies, after a consent sign by parents.

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of gandouling tablet in the treatment of clinical symptoms of Wilson's diasease.

Patients with Wilson disease have poorer dental and periodontal health and a have lower oral quality of life than control patients. Patients with a neurological form would also more frequently present limitations in the function of the masticatory apparatus. Systemic treatments for Wilson disease are associated with lesions of the oral mucosa. Analysis of copper level in saliva could testify to the effectiveness of copper depletion in treated patients The main objective is to compare the state of dental health between: patients with Wilson disease in the hepatic form and patients with the neurological form, and a population of controls.