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NCT Number: NCT03924180

Glytactin EfficiEncy in Non or Insufficiently Treated Adult PHENylketonuria Patients

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.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHRU-Hôpital Bretonneau - Service de Médecine Interne-Nutrition, Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France

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About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Dietary Supplement for PKU patients

Dietary Supplement

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of phenylalaninemia on blotter

    Time frame: 6 months

    Rate of phenylalaninemia on blotter measured bi-monthly during the 6 months of the study.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Therapeutic compliance

    Time frame: 6 months

    Therapeutic compliance measured after 3 months and 6 months of treatment

  2. Evolution of neuropsychological tests

    Time frame: 6 months

    Neuropsychological tests measured after 3 months and 6 months of treatment

  3. MRI brain M0, M6 evolution

    Time frame: 6 months

    MRI brain evolution between inclusion and 6 months of treatment

  4. Bone remodeling markers

    Time frame: 6 months

    Bone remodeling markers at inclusion and 6 months of treatment

  5. Evolution of quality of life (PKU QoL score), mood (POMS test - Fillion 1999), at M0, M3, M6.

    Time frame: 6 months

    Evolution of quality of life scores at inclusion, 3 months and 6 months of treatment

  6. Nutritional and clinical markers evaluated at inclusion and 6 months of treatment

    Time frame: 6 months

    Evolution of nutritional and clinical markers at inclusion and 6 months of treatment

  7. Gastrointestinal tolerance at M3 and M6

    Time frame: 6 months

    Evolution of Gastrointestinal tolerance after 3 months and 6 months of treatment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Tours

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Registry information

Acronym: GLEEPHEN

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Apr 23, 2019
Registry last updated
Sep 21, 2022

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