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CompletedNCT00004356

Study of Homocysteine Metabolism in Homocystinuria

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
60 (planned)
Sponsor
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) · NIH
Sex
All
Age
0 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine basal and postmethionine plasma homocysteine in patients with premature vascular disease, cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) or methylenetitrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency, and in obligate heterozygotes for CBS or MTHFR. II. Determine whole-body homocysteine metabolic rates with isotopically-labeled methionine.

Detailed description

PROTOCOL OUTLINE: This is a two-part study of homocysteine metabolism. Age-matched normal controls are entered in both parts of the study. In first part of the study, participants are given oral methionine; baseline and postmethionine studies include amino acid quantitation, analysis of rapidly deproteinized plasma, and total plasma homocysteine. In the second part of the study, participants (men and postmenopausal women only) undergo methionine tracer studies.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
1995-02-01
Completion
2000-10-01
First posted
1999-10-19
Last updated
2005-06-24

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00004356. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.

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