Clinical Trials Archives • Fragile X Research

fNIRS to Measure Treatment Response in Young Children with Fragile X

FRAXA Research Foundation 2019 Grants • Cincinnati Children's Hospital • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • Erickson, Craig • Recruiting • Smith Elizabeth February 13, 2020February 13, 2020AFQ056, EEG, mGluR5, NIH, Novartis

FRAXA Research Foundation has awarded a $90,000 research grant to Dr. Craig Erickson and Dr. Elizabeth Smith at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to test functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), in children who have Fragile X syndrome. fNIRS is safe, non-invasive, and easily-tolerated. It uses light sources and sensors on the scalp to build a heat map of the brain in action.

Recruiting: Metformin Clinical Trial for Ages 16-50 with Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation 2019 Grants • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • McBride, Sean • Recruiting • Rowan University • University of Pennsylvania October 24, 2019October 29, 2019autism, FDA, fruit fly, metformin, sleep

FRAXA Research Foundation is funding a clinical trial of metformin for teens and adults with Fragile X syndrome. The trial is being conducted by Dr. Sean McBride at Rowan University in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania. Men and women ages 16-50 with Fragile X syndrome are invited to participate.

Fragile X Clinical Trial of New PDE4D Inhibitor from Tetra

FRAXA Research Foundation 2018 Grants • 2019 Grants • Berry-Kravis, Elizabeth • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • Pending Results • Rush University Medical Center September 15, 2019March 9, 2020Alzheimer's, BPN14770, cyclic AMP, FDA, FRAXA-DVI, NIH, PDE4, Pierce Family Fragile X Foundation, Tetra Therapeutics

FRAXA Research Foundation has funded a clinical trial of an investigational new drug, led by Dr. Elizabeth Berry-Kravis at the Rush Fragile X Clinic in Chicago. This trial will treat 30 adult males with Fragile X syndrome with a PDE4D allosteric inhibitor from Tetra Discovery Partners using in a crossover design, so that everyone gets active drug for part of the time and placebo for part of the time.

Recruiting: Clinical Study of Non-Invasive EEG for Children Ages 2-7

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • 2019 Grants • Biomarkers • Boston Children's Hospital • Clinical • Current Research Grants • Nelson, Charles A. • Recruiting • Research Updates • Wilkinson, Carol June 5, 2019February 26, 2020autism, EEG, Pierce Family Fragile X Foundation, sound

Dr. Carol Wilkinson, MD PhD, and Dr. Charles Nelson, PhD, at Boston Children’s Hospital are recruiting children ages 2-7 years with Fragile X syndrome to join a study of brain differences using non-invasive EEG.

Recruiting: Clinical Trial of Metformin for Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation 2018 Grants • 2019 Grants • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • Lepage, Jean-Francois • Recruiting • University of Sherbrooke, Canada May 24, 2019June 25, 2019EEG, ERK, matrix metalloproteinase, metformin, MMP9

Metformin is commonly prescribed to control high blood sugar in type 2 diabetes. With a $50,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation, Dr. Artuela Çaku and Dr. Francois LePage are conducting an open-label clinical trial of metformin for children and adults with Fragile X syndrome, at the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.

Fragile X Clinical Trial of AZD7325 in Adults

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Biomarkers • Cincinnati Children's Hospital • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • Erickson, Craig • Recruiting February 1, 2018December 26, 2019AstraZeneca, AZD7325, GABA, glutamate, NIH

With a $51,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation, Dr. Craig Erickson conducting a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of AZD7325 in adults ages 18-50 with Fragile X syndrome at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The compound being studied is an investigational new drug from AstraZeneca that targets GABA (A) receptors.