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Low Protein Diet in Patients With Collagen VI Related Myopathies

NCT01438788 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2016-10-31

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Summary

* This is a 2 stage exploratory study with a 3-month observational phase on the natural course, followed by a 12-month, open-label, non-comparative, single-arm, phase II pilot study on the efficacy, safety and tolerability of a low-protein diet (LPD) in 8 adult patients with Bethlem myopathy (BM) and Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD).
* Objective of this trial is to test the effect of a normocaloric LPD to reactivate autophagy in BM/UCMD patients. The primary end point of the study will be the change in muscle biopsy of Beclin 1, a marker of autophagy, at 1 year of LPD treatment when compared to baseline.
* The rationale rests on our discoveries that (i) mitochondrial dysfunction mediated by inappropriate opening of the PTP plays a key role in collagen VI myopathies; (ii) defective autophagy with impaired removal of defective mitochondria amplifies the defect; and (iii) reactivation of autophagy with a low-protein diet or treatment with cyclosporine A, the mitochondrial PTP inhibitor, cured Co6a1-/- mice, hinting at a common target among all beneficial treatments - namely autophagy.
* Specific aims of this project are to (i) study the modifications of clinical, nutritional and laboratory parameters in a cohort of patients with BM/UCMD during a 3-month observational period before starting the LPD treatment; (ii) assess the effect of a normocaloric LPD in correcting defective autophagy in muscle of patients; (iii) test if new non-invasive biomarkers of activation of autophagy examined in the blood are mirroring the effect of LPD in the muscle biopsy; (iv) assess the clinical efficacy and safety of the LPD with an innovative combination of complementary measures of the nutritional status in patients.
* The anticipated output is defining and validating a therapeutic nutritional approach in autophagy upregulation for BM/UCMD.

Conditions

  • Bethlem Myopathy
  • Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Interventions

OTHER

Low protein diet

Patients will receive a diet with 0.6-0.8 grams of protein/kilogram body weight/day for one year. Bread, biscuits and pasta will be in part substituted with aproteic food.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Luciano Merlini, MD · Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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