Diet Treatment Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency (G1D)

NCT03181399 | Completed Phase 2 Results DMC FDA Drug

• 2 other identifiers: 122016-0131R01NS094257-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 45
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Forty-five subjects receiving no dietary therapy with a proven G1D diagnosis will be enrolled. To evaluate the effect of C7 supplementation of a regular diet on a EEG activity in addition to IQ, language, working memory, processing speed, emotional and behavioral functioning, ataxia, and other neuropsychological and neurological performance indices in children and adults genetically diagnosed with G1D receiving a regular diet at enrollment.

Conditions

GLUT1DS1; Epilepsy; Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome 1, Autosomal Recessive; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Glucose Transport Defect; Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome; Glucose Transporter Protein Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Neuropsychological Score of Sustained Attention

  Sustained attention was evaluated using a subtest of Conners' Kiddie Continuous Performance Test Second Edition (K-CPT 2): CPT-Hit Reaction Time Block Change. CPT HRT BC indicates the change in mean response speed as the administration of the test progresses in blocks. A decrease in CPT HRT BC indicates a decrease in reaction time, which means the participant's information processing efficiency increases, and an improvement in sustained attention is noted. The number of participants that showed a decrease in the CPT HRT BC score after 6 months of treatment as compared to baseline is noted here.

  Change post 6 months of treatment

• Neuropsychological Score of Sustained Attention

  Sustained attention was evaluated using a subtest of Conners' Kiddie Continuous Performance Test Second Edition (K-CPT 2): CPT-Hit Reaction Time Block Change. CPT HRT BC indicates the change in mean response speed as the administration of the test progresses in blocks. A decrease in CPT HRT BC indicates a decrease in reaction time, which means the participant's information processing efficiency increases, and an improvement in sustained attention is noted. The off-treatment period of 3 months was implemented to study whether the impact of treatment persists or goes back to baseline. The number of patients that displayed an increase in CPT HRT BC score (towards baseline) after 3 months off treatment as compared to 6 months on treatment is noted here.

  Change after 3 months off treatment

• Neuropsychological Score of Working Memory Index Scale (WMI)

  Subjects were administered the Working Memory Index Scale (WMI) from either the Wechsler Primary and Preschool Scale of Intelligence, 4th Edition (WPPSI-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 5th Edition (WISC-V), or the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 4th Edition (WAIS-IV) according to the age of subject. An increase WMI score would indicate an improvement in the cognitive ability of identifying, reorganizing and retaining information for a brief period of time. The number of participants that showed an increase in the WMI score after 6 months of treatment is noted here.

  Change post 6 months of treatment

• Neuropsychological Score of Working Memory Index Scale (WMI)

  Subjects were administered the Working Memory Index Scale (WMI) from either the Wechsler Primary and Preschool Scale of Intelligence, 4th Edition (WPPSI-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 5th Edition (WISC-V), or the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 4th Edition (WAIS-IV) according to the age of subject. An increase WMI score would indicate an improvement in the cognitive ability of identifying, reorganizing and retaining information for a brief period of time. The 3 months off-treatment period was designed to study whether the impact of treatment persists or goes back to baseline. The number of participants that showed a decrease in the WMI score after 3 months off treatment as compared to 6 months on treatment was calculated.

  Change after 3 months off-treatment

• Neuropsychological Score of Processing Speed Index (PSI)

  Subjects were administered the Processing Speed Index Scale (PSI) from either the Wechsler Primary and Preschool Scale of Intelligence, 4th Edition (WPPSI-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 5th Edition (WISC-V) or the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 4th Edition (WAIS-IV) according to the age of subject. An increase PSI score would indicate an improvement in the motor-based estimate of the subject's cognitive processing speed. The number of participants that showed an increase in the PSI score after 6 months of treatment as compared to baseline is noted here.

  Change post 6 months of treatment

• Neuropsychological Score of Processing Speed Index (PSI)

  Subjects were administered the Processing Speed Index Scale (PSI) from either the Wechsler Primary and Preschool Scale of Intelligence, 4th Edition (WPPSI-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 5th Edition (WISC-V) or the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 4th Edition (WAIS-IV) according to the age of subject. An increase PSI score would indicate an improvement in the motor-based estimate of the subject's cognitive processing speed. The 3 months off-treatment period was designed to study whether the impact of treatment persists or goes back to baseline. The number of participants that showed a decrease in the WMI score after 3 months off treatment as compared to 6 months on treatment was calculated.

  Change after 3 months off-treatment

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• EEG Changes: Generalized Spike Wave Activity and Burst

  Change post 6 months of treatment

• EEG Changes: Generalized Spike Wave Activity and Burst

  Change after 3 months off-treatment

• Brief Ataxia Rating Scale

  Change post 6 months of treatment

• Brief Ataxia Rating Scale

  Change after 3 months off treatment

• Clinical Global Impression Severity Scale

  Change post 6 months of treatment

Study Arms (1)

Triheptanoin

EXPERIMENTAL

This is a single arm study.

Drug: Triheptanoin

Interventions

Triheptanoin DRUG

. Triheptanoin will be taken 4 times per day (approximately every 6 hours: prior to breakfast, lunch and dinner and a mid-afternoon snack) by mouth. It is dosed 4 times per day, divided evenly.

Also known as: C7

Triheptanoin

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 24 Months - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Diagnosis of glucose transporter type I deficiency (G1D), confirmed by clinical genotyping at a CLIA-certified laboratory or by PET scan.
• Stable diet on either a modified atkins diet or on no dietary therapy (i.e., no dietary therapy for 1 month).
• Males and females 24 months to 35 years old, inclusive.

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects with evidence of independent, unrelated metabolic and/or genetic disease.
• Subjects with a chronic gastrointestinal disorder, such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, or colitis that could increase the subject's risk of developing diarrhea or stomach pain.
• Subjects with a BMI (body mass index) greater than or equal to 30.
• Subjects currently on dietary therapy (i.e., ketogenic diet, medium chain triglyceride supplemented diets, Atkins diet, low glycemic index diet).
• Subjects with no evidence of abnormal EEG (spike wave discharges) in the last 12 months.
• Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding may not participate. Women who plan to become pregnant during the course of the study, or who are unwilling to use birth control to prevent pregnancy (including abstinence) may not participate. Females age 10 and over will be asked to provide a urine sample for a pregnancy test via dipstick. Subjects will be asked to agree to abstinence or another form of birth control for the duration of the study.
• Allergy/sensitivity to C7.
• Previous use of triheptanoin in the past 1 month. Subjects who participate in Protocol 1 of this study are thus eligible.
• Subjects exhibiting signs of dementia, or diagnosed with any degenerative brain disorder (such as Alzheimer's disease) that would confound assessment of cognitive changes, in the opinion of the investigator.
• Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements.
• Inability or unwillingness of subject or legal guardian/representative to give written informed consent, or assent for children age 10-17.
• Addition of a new antiseizure drug in the previous 3 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: lead
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Pascual JM, Ronen GM. Glucose Transporter Type I Deficiency (G1D) at 25 (1990-2015): Presumptions, Facts, and the Lives of Persons With This Rare Disease. Pediatr Neurol. 2015 Nov;53(5):379-93. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.08.001. Epub 2015 Aug 10.

  PMID: 26341673 BACKGROUND

• Hao J, Kelly DI, Su J, Pascual JM. Clinical Aspects of Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency: Information From a Global Registry. JAMA Neurol. 2017 Jun 1;74(6):727-732. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.0298.

  PMID: 28437535 BACKGROUND

• Pascual JM, Liu P, Mao D, Kelly DI, Hernandez A, Sheng M, Good LB, Ma Q, Marin-Valencia I, Zhang X, Park JY, Hynan LS, Stavinoha P, Roe CR, Lu H. Triheptanoin for glucose transporter type I deficiency (G1D): modulation of human ictogenesis, cerebral metabolic rate, and cognitive indices by a food supplement. JAMA Neurol. 2014 Oct;71(10):1255-65. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.1584.

  PMID: 25110966 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Epilepsy; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Glycogen Storage Disease Id; Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome

Interventions

triheptanoin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Juan Pascual
• Organization: Weill Cornell Medicine

jup9003@med.cornell.edu

(212) 746-3278

Study Officials

• Juan Pascual, MD

  Study Principal Investigator

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Medicine

Model Details: All subjects will receive supplementation at the maximum tolerated dose.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2017
• First Posted: June 8, 2017
• Study Start: April 18, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 10, 2023
• Study Completion: September 10, 2023
• Last Updated: August 7, 2025
• Results First Posted: April 13, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)