Kuvan Therapy in Phenylketonuria (PKU): The Effect of Blood Phenylalanine Concentration on Kuvan Response

Summary

The investigators will investigate the effect of blood phenylalanine on Kuvan responsiveness in the same patients with PKU when their blood phenylalanine concentrations are altered by diet. Lowering blood phenylalanine concentrations in Kuvan non-responsive patients with PKU will increase the frequency of Kuvan responsiveness.

Timeline

Start

2008-12

Primary completion

2011-07-19

Completion

2011-07-19

Publications

• Background Burton BK, Grange DK, Milanowski A, Vockley G, Feillet F, Crombez EA, Abadie V, Harding CO, Cederbaum S, Dobbelaere D, Smith A, Dorenbaum A. The response of patients with phenylketonuria and elevated serum phenylalanine to treatment with oral sapropterin dihydrochloride (6R-tetrahydrobiopterin): a phase II, multicentre, open-label, screening study. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2007 Oct;30(5):700-7. doi: 10.1007/s10545-007-0605-z. Epub 2007 Sep 12.

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