University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Suramin Autism Treatment-1 (SAT1) Trial

Summary

This study is designed to test the safety and efficacy of a single, intravenous dose of suramin in autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Timeline

Start

2015-05

Primary completion

2016-03

Completion

2016-04

Publications

• Background Naviaux JC, Wang L, Li K, Bright AT, Alaynick WA, Williams KR, Powell SB, Naviaux RK. Antipurinergic therapy corrects the autism-like features in the Fragile X (Fmr1 knockout) mouse model. Mol Autism. 2015 Jan 13;6:1. doi: 10.1186/2040-2392-6-1. eCollection 2015.
• Background Naviaux JC, Schuchbauer MA, Li K, Wang L, Risbrough VB, Powell SB, Naviaux RK. Reversal of autism-like behaviors and metabolism in adult mice with single-dose antipurinergic therapy. Transl Psychiatry. 2014 Jun 17;4(6):e400. doi: 10.1038/tp.2014.33.
• Background Naviaux RK, Zolkipli Z, Wang L, Nakayama T, Naviaux JC, Le TP, Schuchbauer MA, Rogac M, Tang Q, Dugan LL, Powell SB. Antipurinergic therapy corrects the autism-like features in the poly(IC) mouse model. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e57380. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057380. Epub 2013 Mar 13.
• Background Naviaux RK. Metabolic features of the cell danger response. Mitochondrion. 2014 May;16:7-17. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.08.006. Epub 2013 Aug 24.
• Background Naviaux RK, Curtis B, Li K, Naviaux JC, Bright AT, Reiner GE, Westerfield M, Goh S, Alaynick WA, Wang L, Capparelli EV, Adams C, Sun J, Jain S, He F, Arellano DA, Mash LE, Chukoskie L, Lincoln A, Townsend J. Low-dose suramin in autism spectrum disorder: a small, phase I/II, randomized clinical trial. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2017 May 26;4(7):491-505. doi: 10.1002/acn3.424. eCollection 2017 Jul.

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