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Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are dramatic congenital inherited metabolic disorders. There is no cure. Many novel therapeutic approaches are currently being developed, which hopefully will change the current situation. Testing the efficacy of such new therapies in patients is a challenge, because many clinical parameters are influenced by several disturbances and biochemical parameters are often not very specific. The measurement of ureagenesis is a tool to analyze the entire function of the urea cycle in a single test. This is more meaningful for the characterization of UCD patients than the analysis of single metabolites or enzymes. Therefore, the test will be important to evaluate current and future novel therapies. The term "ureagenesis" means "production of urea", which is the main task of the urea cycle. This total urea production can be measured with a "tracer" (in this case a stable ammonium chloride isotope). This tracer is non-radioactive and non-toxic. It is for example used as an unmarked substance in cough syrup, diuretic drugs and as food additive. Thus, the tracer does not pose a risk to the participant, especially since only a very low dose is applied. The investigators will analyze specific substances from the urea cycle (namely [15N, 14N] urea and several [15N] amino acids) that are produced during the test and compare them with results from healthy people. The maximum test duration is 5 hours. This project is being carried out at one site, namely the University Children's Hospital in Zurich. This project is being carried out under Swiss law. The responsible Ethics Committee has reviewed and approved the study.


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NCT number NCT05671666
Study type Interventional
Source University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Contact Johannes Häberle
Phone 0041-442667342
Email Johannes.haeberle@kispi.uzh.ch
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date October 31, 2019
Completion date December 31, 2035

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