Active clinical trials for "Zellweger Syndrome"

This single-institution, phase II study is designed to test the ability to achieve donor hematopoietic engraftment while maintaining low rates of transplant-related mortality (TRM) using busulfan- and fludarabine-based conditioning regimens with busulfan therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for patients with various inherited metabolic disorders (IMD) and severe osteopetrosis (OP).

The Peroxisome Biogenesis Disorders (PBD) are a group of inherited disorders due to defects in peroxisome assembly causing complex developmental and metabolic sequelae. In spite of advancements in peroxisome biology, the pathophysiology remains unknown, the spectrum of phenotypes poorly characterized and the natural history not yet systematically reported. Our aims are to further define this population clinically, biochemically and genetically. The investigators will prospectively follow patients from Canada, the US and internationally, and collect data from medical evaluations, blood, urine and imaging studies that would be performed on a clinical care basis. For patients who are unable to attend our clinic, we will collect all medical records and images since birth as well as subsequent records/images for the next 5 years or until the end of the study. Clinical data from medical records will be banked in our Peroxisomal Disorder Research Databank and Biobank. The investigators will use this information to identify standards of care and improve management.

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the effectiveness of oral bile acid therapy with cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, and ursodeoxycholic acid in patients with peroxisomal disorders involving impaired primary bile acid synthesis. II. Determine whether suppression of synthesis of atypical bile acids and enrichment of bile acid pool with this regimen is effective in treating this patient population and improving quality of life.

OBJECTIVES: I. To Evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of cholic acid during provision of compassionate treatment to patients with identified inborn errors of bile acid synthesis and metabolism II. To assess the safety and tolerability of cholic acid

A series of N-of-1, crossover, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and a crossover to placebo (order is randomized and blinded) will be administered in liquid suspension for 84 days (12 weeks) each with an 84 day washout in between. We hypothesize that HCQ will reduce peroxisomal turnover, which will arrest ongoing injury in PBDs caused by PEX1, PEX6 or PEX26.

The purpose of this study is to characterize the symptoms of Zellweger Spectrum Disorder (ZSD) and related peroxisome disorders, and to assess the quality of life of family caregivers (parents, stepparents, legal guardians) of patients diagnosed with ZSD or a related peroxisome disorder. All family caregivers of patients enrolled in the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) Contact Registry who are diagnosed with ZSD or a related peroxisome disorder will be invited via email to participate in this study.