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A multicentre, long-term administration study of KN01 in patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy(MELAS)

A multicentre, long-term administration study of KN01 in patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy(MELAS) - MELAS-taurine long-term study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000015538
Enrollment
10
Registered
2014-10-27
Start date
2014-10-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

motochondrial encephalomyopathy (MELAS)

Interventions

Sponsors

Kawasaki Medical School Hospital
Lead Sponsor
National Defense Medical College Hospital Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital Fujita Health University School of Medicine National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center Hyogo-Chuo National Hospital Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital Nagasaki University Hospital Hiroshima University Hospital Nippon Medical School National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Teikyo University of Science
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1)MELAS patients who participated in the multiceentre trial of KN01 (KN01-MELAS-01:UMIN000011908). (2)Adult patients who agree to participate in the clinical trial and sign the written informed consent document. Children patients who cannot autonomously provide informed consent are required to give informed assent by themselves. Instead, their parents sign the written informed consent document.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients can not be conducted by head MRI scan because of pacemaker implantation, etc. (2) Patients with severe coma or status epileptics (3) Patients incapable of communication due to dementia, bedridden, etc., (4) Patients with merger sepsis (5) Patients with severe impairment in cardiac, liver, or renal function (6) Patients in need of systemic administration of steroids for a long period of time (2 weeks or more) (7) Patients with pyruvate in 12 weeks before obtaining informed consent (8) Patients who are pregnant or lactating, or may be pregnant (9) Patients with history of hypersensitivity to the component of study drug (10)Ppatients with history of drug allergy (11) Patients who participated in clinical trials within 12 weeks before obtaining informed consent (12) Other, patients whom physician or investigator has determined disqualified as participants

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
safety: adverse events and adverse effects

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMai Moriyama

CTD inc. Medicinal Products Promotion Division

taurine@c-ctd.co.jp03-6228-4105

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026