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NCT number NCT00472732
Other study ID # RDCRN 5104
Secondary ID U54RR019453
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received May 11, 2007
Last updated May 28, 2015
Start date March 2007
Est. completion date July 2010

Study information

Verified date May 2015
Source Children's Research Institute
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Federal Government
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are a group of rare inherited metabolism disorders. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how UCD-related neurologic injuries affect adults with one of the most common types of UCD.


Description:

UCDs are a group of rare genetic diseases that affect how protein is broken down in the body. The cause of UCDs is a deficiency in one of eight enzymes responsible for removing ammonia, a waste product of protein metabolism, from the bloodstream. Normally, ammonia is converted into urea and then removed from the body in the form of urine. However, in people with UCDs, ammonia accumulates unchecked and is not removed from the body. Toxic levels of ammonia can build up and cause irreversible neurologic damage that can affect metabolism, cognition, sensation, and movement. This study will focus on the most common enzyme disorder among UCDs, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD), a disorder inherited from mothers. Using different types of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), this study will evaluate how UCD-related neurologic injuries affect metabolism, cognition, sensation, and movement in adults with OTCD.

Participants in this study will attend an initial study visit that will include a review of medical history, current symptoms, impairments, and diet history; urine and blood collection; a physical exam; a full neurological exam; and cognitive and motor testing. During this visit, participants will undergo imaging studies and additional cognitive and motor testing over a 2- to 3-day period. This will include standard MRI studies and four sessions consisting of functional MRI (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging, and 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. For the fMRI study, participants perform various motor and behavioral tasks while in the imaging scanner. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is used to study and evaluate the chemical makeup of specific brain areas. Diffusion tensor imaging is used to assess myelination of major brain pathways and their alteration in disease states. This study will involve one-time participation. There will be no follow-up visits for this study.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 46
Est. completion date July 2010
Est. primary completion date July 2009
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 60 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria for Participants with OTCD:

- Diagnosis of OTCD or heterozygote state of OTCD by metabolic or molecular means. Female participants must be clinically stable and heterozygous for OTCD. Male participants must be hemizygous for late onset OTCD.

Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Controls:

- No known medical or metabolic disorder

Inclusion Criteria for All Participants:

- IQ of at least 80

- Willing to travel to study site

- English-speaking

- Age between 18 and 60 years

Exclusion Criteria for All Participants:

- Currently being treated for an acute illness

- History of neuropsychiatric drug use

- Unable to undergo MRI scanning without being sedated

- Unable to participate in neurocognitive and/or motor testing

- Metal device in body that might interfere with MRI scanning

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Locations

Country Name City State
United States George Washington University School of Medicine Washington District of Columbia
United States Georgetown University Washington District of Columbia

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Andrea Gropman National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), Office of Rare Diseases (ORD), Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Gyato K, Wray J, Huang ZJ, Yudkoff M, Batshaw ML. Metabolic and neuropsychological phenotype in women heterozygous for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Ann Neurol. 2004 Jan;55(1):80-6. — View Citation

Kurihara A, Takanashi Ji, Tomita M, Kobayashi K, Ogawa A, Kanazawa M, Yamamoto S, Kohno Y. Magnetic resonance imaging in late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Brain Dev. 2003 Jan;25(1):40-4. — View Citation

McCullough BA, Yudkoff M, Batshaw ML, Wilson JM, Raper SE, Tuchman M. Genotype spectrum of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: correlation with the clinical and biochemical phenotype. Am J Med Genet. 2000 Aug 14;93(4):313-9. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Concentration of Glutamine and Myoinositol by MRS Concentration based on area under curve on 1H MRS and quantitated by LCModel. A metabolite's tissue concentration is related to the integrated amplitude of the MRS signal it produces. Integrated amplitude is the area under the MRS signal curve. While MRS signals are usually acquired in the time domain as free induction decays or echoes, they are usually viewed and analyzed in the frequency domain. The frequency domain representation is derived from the acquired time domain data by the Fourier Transform. The protocol we use selects 257 averages. This means, 257 free induction decays. The machine summates the data at each time point to generate one value for the area under the curve. Therefore, we don't have the measurement at each time point.
Furthermore, we measured voxels in two different brain areas containing different kinds of brain matter: one voxel was located in posterior cingulate gray matter (PCGM) and the other in parietal white matter (PWM).
one time measurement at study baseline No
Primary Functional MRI Activation in N-Back Tast Measure of blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal of OTCD patients and healthy controls during an N-Back task comparing 2-back and 1-back conditions. This contrast was created for each participant using SPM and then entered into a group analysis in which we compare percent signal change between groups. Therefore, we never see BOLD signal change at the individual level, which is why we never see "scores" or numbers at the individual level and we cannot calculate a measure of dispersion for this data. one time measurement at study baseline No
Primary Fractional Anisotropy Measure of white matter integrity in OTCD Patients and Controls in frontal white matter. Fractional anisotropy values fall on a scale of 0 to 1, with 0 meaning that the diffusion of water is isotropic and unrestricted, or equally restricted, in all directions and with 1 meaning that diffusion occurs along only one axis and is fully restricted along all other directions. Scores closer to 1 are associated with intact white matter while scores closer to 0 are associated with white matter damage. one time measurement at study baseline No
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