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Glytactin EfficiEncy in Non or Insufficiently Treated Adult PHENylketonuria Patients

Glytactin EfficiEncy in Non or Insufficiently Treated Adult PHENylketonuria Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03924180
Acronym
GLEEPHEN
Enrollment
13
Registered
2019-04-23
Start date
2019-09-19
Completion date
2022-09-05
Last updated
2022-09-21

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Conditions

Adult Phenylketonuria Non Treated Patients

Keywords

Amino acid, GMP, PKU

Brief summary

Phenylketonuria is the most common inherited metabolic disease in France and is screened for neonatal exposure. Management consists of a strict and restrictive hypoproteic diet and the intake of amino acid substitutes and dietary supplements free of phenylalanine.One of the major difficulties, which is the source of many treatment failures, is the inappetence of the amino acid supplements required during a strict hypoproteic diet. New formulations, Glycomacropeptides (GMP), have recently appeared and are considered more palatable than conventional amino acid mixtures.

Detailed description

Phenylketonuria is the most common inherited metabolic disease in France and is screened for neonatal exposure. Management consists of a strict and restrictive hypoproteic diet and the intake of amino acid substitutes and dietary supplements free of phenylalanine. If the benefits of treatment are indisputable in children in terms of cognitive prognosis, this benefit is discussed once brain development is complete, especially as many adult patients are no longer treated. However, cognitive, neurological and reversible white matter disorders undergoing treatment are increasingly reported in adult phenylketonurics. As a result, recent European recommendations advocate the maintenance of life-long treatment. One of the major difficulties, which is the source of many treatment failures, is the inappetence of the amino acid supplements required during a strict hypoproteic diet. New formulations, Glycomacropeptides (GMP), have recently appeared and are considered more palatable than conventional mixtures. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate a better metabolic balance under GMP treatment than a conventional amino acid mixture in adult phenylketonuric patients when resuming treatment.

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTDietary Supplement for PKU patients

For both treatment groups, the objective in total protein will be 1g / kg / day of ideal weight, in 3-6 doses / day, including natural proteins and supplemented by the products under study.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Tours
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Multicenter randomized controlled trial performed in open and 2 parallel groups: GMP versus amino acids group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient age ≥18 years on an empty stomach * Phenylketonuric patient Patient with Phenylalaninemia ≥ 900μmol / L on a blotter performed during the screening period (or average of blotter results ≥900 μmol / L if several blotters performed during the screening period) * Untreated or insufficiently treated patient: not taking or insufficiently Dietary foods for special medical purposes for his PKU, regardless of diet, at the discretion of the investigator * Patient having signed a free, informed and express consent * Patient requiring a diet restricted in natural proteins

Exclusion criteria

* Protected patient: court bail * Patient with concomitant diseases / conditions that may compromise the study, at the discretion of the investigator * Participated in a clinical trial or trial to evaluate PKU foods or treatments in the last 7 days prior to inclusion or planned during the next 6 months * Participation in an interventional study with health products during the next 6 months * Pregnancy project within 6 months, pre-conception diet, pregnancy or breastfeeding * Refusal to consume only validated complements for the protocol * Phenylketonuria undergoing treatment with BH4 * Allergy to the product under study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate of phenylalaninemia on blotter6 monthsRate of phenylalaninemia on blotter measured bi-monthly during the 6 months of the study.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evolution of neuropsychological tests6 monthsNeuropsychological tests measured after 3 months and 6 months of treatment
MRI brain M0, M6 evolution6 monthsMRI brain evolution between inclusion and 6 months of treatment
Bone remodeling markers6 monthsBone remodeling markers at inclusion and 6 months of treatment
Therapeutic compliance6 monthsTherapeutic compliance measured after 3 months and 6 months of treatment
Nutritional and clinical markers evaluated at inclusion and 6 months of treatment6 monthsEvolution of nutritional and clinical markers at inclusion and 6 months of treatment
Gastrointestinal tolerance at M3 and M66 monthsEvolution of Gastrointestinal tolerance after 3 months and 6 months of treatment
Evolution of quality of life (PKU QoL score), mood (POMS test - Fillion 1999), at M0, M3, M6.6 monthsEvolution of quality of life scores at inclusion, 3 months and 6 months of treatment

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026