Clinical Trials Archives • Fragile X Research

Fragile X Clinical Trial of New PDE4D Inhibitor from Tetra funded by FRAXA

FRAXA Research Foundation 2018 Grants • Berry-Kravis, Elizabeth • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • Recruiting • Rush University Medical Center April 5, 2018January 14, 2019Alzheimer's, BPN14770, cyclic AMP, FDA, FRAXA-DVI, PDE4, Pierce Family Fragile X Foundation, Tetra Discovery Partners

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.

Neural Markers of Cognitive, Language and Behavioral Deficits in Children with Fragile X

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Biomarkers • Boston Children's Hospital • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • Harvard University • Nelson, Charles A. • Recruiting • Wilkinson, Carol March 16, 2018November 20, 2018autism, EEG, Pierce Family Fragile X Foundation

This 2017 grant of $90,000 over two years enabled Dr. Wilkinson to study EEG in young children with Fragile X syndrome at Boston’s Children’s Hospital. She is working with principal investigator, Dr. Charles Nelson, Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a specialist in cognitive neuroscience. Co-funded by the Autism Science Foundation and the Pierce Family Fragile X Foundation.

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 February 1, 2018August 22, 2018AstraZeneca, AZD7325, GABA, glutamate

With a $51,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation, Dr. Craig Erickson will conduct a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of AZD7325 in adults 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.

Lovamix: Clinical Trial of Combined Treatment of Minocycline and Lovastatin in Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation 2015 Grants • 2016 Grants • 2017 Grants • Biomarkers • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Corbin, Francois • Current Research Grants • Lepage, Jean-Francois • Research Grant with Results • University of Sherbrooke, Canada October 3, 2017November 20, 2018Fragile X Meeting, lovastatin, minocycline

With a $66,714 grant from the FRAXA Research Foundation awarded over 2015-2017, Dr. Francois Corbin at the Universite of Sherbrooke will test the safety and synergistic effects of lovastatin and minocycline in patients with Fragile X syndrome.