This study is meant to assess the effectiveness of idebenone on visual function measures in patients with Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy over a 6 months period.
Name: Idebenone
Name: Placebo
Allocation: Randomized
Parallel Assignment
There are 3 SNPs
Inclusion Criteria: - Age > or = 14 years and < 65 years - Impaired visual acuity in at least one eye due to LHON - Onset of visual loss due to LHON lies five years or less prior to Baseline - Confirmation of either G11778A, T14484C or G3460A LHON mtDNA mutations at >60% in blood - No explanation for the visual failure besides LHON - Body weight ≥ 45 kg - Negative urine pregnancy test at Screening and at Baseline (women of childbearing potential). --- G11778A ---
Exclusion Criteria: - Treatment with Coenzyme Q10 or idebenone within 1 month prior to Baseline - Pregnancy and/or breast-feeding - Weekly alcohol intake 35 units (men) or 24 units (women) - Current drug abuse - Clinically significant abnormalities of clinical haematology or biochemistry including, but not limited to, elevations greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal of AST, ALT or creatinine - Participation in another clinical trial of any investigational drug within 3 months prior to Baseline - Other factor that, in the investigator's opinion, excludes the patient from entering the study Inclusion Criteria: - Age > or = 14 years and < 65 years - Impaired visual acuity in at least one eye due to LHON - Onset of visual loss due to LHON lies five years or less prior to Baseline - Confirmation of either G11778A, T14484C or G3460A LHON mtDNA mutations at >60% in blood - No explanation for the visual failure besides LHON - Body weight ≥ 45 kg - Negative urine pregnancy test at Screening and at Baseline (women of childbearing potential). --- G11778A ---
Inclusion Criteria: - Age > or = 14 years and < 65 years - Impaired visual acuity in at least one eye due to LHON - Onset of visual loss due to LHON lies five years or less prior to Baseline - Confirmation of either G11778A, T14484C or G3460A LHON mtDNA mutations at >60% in blood - No explanation for the visual failure besides LHON - Body weight ≥ 45 kg - Negative urine pregnancy test at Screening and at Baseline (women of childbearing potential). --- G11778A --- --- T14484C --- --- G3460A ---
Exclusion Criteria: - Treatment with Coenzyme Q10 or idebenone within 1 month prior to Baseline - Pregnancy and/or breast-feeding - Weekly alcohol intake 35 units (men) or 24 units (women) - Current drug abuse - Clinically significant abnormalities of clinical haematology or biochemistry including, but not limited to, elevations greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal of AST, ALT or creatinine - Participation in another clinical trial of any investigational drug within 3 months prior to Baseline - Other factor that, in the investigator's opinion, excludes the patient from entering the study Inclusion Criteria: - Age > or = 14 years and < 65 years - Impaired visual acuity in at least one eye due to LHON - Onset of visual loss due to LHON lies five years or less prior to Baseline - Confirmation of either G11778A, T14484C or G3460A LHON mtDNA mutations at >60% in blood - No explanation for the visual failure besides LHON - Body weight ≥ 45 kg - Negative urine pregnancy test at Screening and at Baseline (women of childbearing potential). --- G11778A --- --- T14484C --- --- G3460A ---
Inclusion Criteria: - Age > or = 14 years and < 65 years - Impaired visual acuity in at least one eye due to LHON - Onset of visual loss due to LHON lies five years or less prior to Baseline - Confirmation of either G11778A, T14484C or G3460A LHON mtDNA mutations at >60% in blood - No explanation for the visual failure besides LHON - Body weight ≥ 45 kg - Negative urine pregnancy test at Screening and at Baseline (women of childbearing potential). --- G11778A --- --- T14484C ---
Exclusion Criteria: - Treatment with Coenzyme Q10 or idebenone within 1 month prior to Baseline - Pregnancy and/or breast-feeding - Weekly alcohol intake 35 units (men) or 24 units (women) - Current drug abuse - Clinically significant abnormalities of clinical haematology or biochemistry including, but not limited to, elevations greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal of AST, ALT or creatinine - Participation in another clinical trial of any investigational drug within 3 months prior to Baseline - Other factor that, in the investigator's opinion, excludes the patient from entering the study Inclusion Criteria: - Age > or = 14 years and < 65 years - Impaired visual acuity in at least one eye due to LHON - Onset of visual loss due to LHON lies five years or less prior to Baseline - Confirmation of either G11778A, T14484C or G3460A LHON mtDNA mutations at >60% in blood - No explanation for the visual failure besides LHON - Body weight ≥ 45 kg - Negative urine pregnancy test at Screening and at Baseline (women of childbearing potential). --- G11778A --- --- T14484C ---