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Filter by:lnborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are a heterogeneous group of rare, sometimes debilitating or even fatal diseases . In IEM, both definition and assessment of meaningful outcome parameters is often extremely difficult resulting in a limited body of evidence. Limited evidence results in weak recommendations which are perceived as unbinding and thus sustains heterogeneous study designs, choice of outcomes and interventions again producing non-uniform data. The goal of the current study is to identify and select reliable instruments, that measure patients' and their parents' perception about relevant (social, emotional, cognitive and physical) aspects in their lives. This set of instruments will secure the comparability of future research findings. Furthermore this instruments will improve the screening of paediatric IEM patients regarding their need for additional (psychosocial or consultative) support in daily hospital routine.
The investigators have learned in past research that the drug phenylbutyrate can decrease the amounts of branched chain amino acids and their byproducts in the bloodstreams of healthy volunteer patients and also patients with certain disorders of protein breakdown including maple syrup urine disease. Through this study, the investigators will try to find out how well phenylbutyrate (NaPBA), also known by name brand "Buphenyl-TM", decreases BCAA and branched chain keto chain acids in the blood of patients with MSUD. The investigators hope is that through this research the investigators will be better able to treat these patients. Subjects with MSUD will take phenylbutyrate (NaPBA) in powder form for a two-week treatment period and powder placebo, a substance with no effect on the body, for a two-week treatment period. They will be given the same amount of powder and undergo the same laboratory testing during both of the two-week treatment periods. The results will be compared once the study is over.