Dose Finding Study of Nimodipine for the Treatment of Progranulin Insufficiency From GRN Gene Mutations

NCT01835665 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2016-05-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the maximum tolerated dose of nimodipine as well as the safety and tolerability of oral nimodipine in progranulin mutation carriers in preparation for longer term efficacy studies in patients with frontotemporal dementia due to progranulin gene mutations.

Conditions

  • Progranulin Mutation Carriers

Interventions

DRUG

Nimodipine

Nimodipine is an FDA-approved drug for subarachnoid hemorrhage indication

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Adam Boxer, MD, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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