Resveratrol and Huntington Disease

Huntington Disease Clinical Trial

— REVHD  

Official title:

Metabolic Intervention Using Resveratrol in Patients With Huntington Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02336633
• Other study ID #: P130918
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2015
• Est. completion date: January 2020

Study information

• Verified date: August 2019
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic potential of Resveratrol on the caudate volume in HD patients, using volumetric MRI.

Description:

Thanks to neuroimaging biomarkers already validated in HD and the newly identified metabolic brain biomarkers using 31P-MRS, we can test for a reduction in neurodegeneration among HD patients resulting from an improvement in brain energy profiles with resveratrol.

We plan to randomize 102 early affected HD patients (with a maximum of 120 included patients) in France (5≤UHDRS≤40) in a randomized, double-blind, controlled study. Patients will receive either resveratrol at 80 mg (n=51), or placebo (n=51) for 12 months. Clinical benefit will be respectively evaluated by UHDRS and neuropsychiatric questionnaires; biological tolerance will be evaluated by routine biochemical blood tests and plasma measurements of resveratrol, these three factors will be tested every three months.

The primary end-point will be the measure of the rate of caudate atrophy - the most sensitive biomarker identified to date in HD - after one year of treatment with resveratrol in early affected HD patients using volumetric MRI as we described.

Secondary end-points include:

The clinical and biological tolerance of resveratrol in HD patients will be evaluated by (i) neuropsychiatric questionnaires: Starkstein apathy scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Systems Behaviour Inventory (FrSBe) and SF36, (ii) a cognitive test; Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) and (iii) routine biochemical tests The clinical benefit of resveratrol will be evaluated by a decrease in the progression of the UHDRS over a year of treatment The benefit of resveratrol on brain energy metabolism will be evaluated by the restoration of an increased ratio of inorganic phosphate/phosphocreatine - reflecting normal brain activation - during visual stimulation, using 31P-MRS as we described The progression of caudate atrophy over a year will be correlated with the changes in brain energy profile as well as changes in the progression of the UHDRS.

The compliance of treatment and peak in plasmatic concentration through plasma measurements of resveratrol.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 102
• Est. completion date: January 2020
• Est. primary completion date: October 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria :

• Positive genetic test with CAG repeat length > or = 39 in HTT gene

• At least 18 years of age

• Signature of the informed consent

• Covered by social security

• UHDRS score between 5 and 40 (both included)

• Ability to undergo MRI scanning

Exclusion criteria :

• Hypersensitivity to resveratrol or to one of its excipients (gelatin and glycerin)

• Tetrabenazine treatment

• Neuroleptic treatments other than olanzapine at small doses (=10 mg) and Abilify® (=15mg)

• VKA treatment (Previscan®, Sintron®, Coumadine®)

• NACO treatment (Pradaxa®, Xarelto®, Eliquis®)

• Additional psychiatric or neurological conditions

• Severe head injury

• Participation in another therapeutic trial (3 months exclusion period)

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

• Inability to understand information about the protocol

• Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision

• Adult subject under legal protection or unable to consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Huntington Disease

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Resveratrol
2 capsules of 20mg in the morning and in the evening (4 capsules in total/day = 80mg/day) every day during 1 year

Other:
• Placebo

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière	Paris

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	rate of caudate atrophy	Measurement of the rate of caudate atrophy before and after one year of treatment with resveratrol in early affected HD patients using volumetric MRI.	1 year
Secondary	UHDRS (Unified Huntington Disease Rating Scale)		1 year
Secondary	TFC (Total Functional Capacity)		1 year
Secondary	ratio of inorganic phosphate/phosphocreatine	The benefit of resveratrol on brain energy metabolism will be evaluated by the restoration of an increased ratio of inorganic phosphate/phosphocreatine - reflecting normal brain activation - during visual stimulation, using 31P-MRS will be assessed before and after 1 year of treatment	1 year