The purpose of this study is to determine whether Lovastatin, Minocycline and the combination Lovastatin/Minocycline are effective in treating behavioral symptoms in Fragile X individuals.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
22
Participants of this group will take 1 tablet of minocycline 50mg daily for 4 weeks, minocycline 100mg for the following 4 weeks and finally a combined treatment of minocycline 100 mg and lovastatin 40mg for the following 12 weeks.
Participants of this group will take 1 tablet of lovastatin 20 mg daily for 4 weeks, lovastatin 40 mg for the following 4 weeks and finally a combined treatment of minocycline 100 mg and lovastatin 40 mg for the following 12 weeks.
Centre de Recherche du CHUS
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Change from baseline Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Community (ABC-C) total score at 8,12 and 20 weeks
Time frame: baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 20 weeks
Clinical Global Impression Scale improvement (CGI-I)
Time frame: baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 20 weeks
Change from baseline Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) at 8 and 20 weeks
Time frame: baseline, 8 weeks, 20 weeks
Anxiety, depression and mood scale (ADAMS), change from baseline to 8 and 20 weeks
Time frame: baseline, 8 weeks, 20 weeks
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)
Time frame: Before treatment and at the end of treatment (weeks 20)
Change from baseline Vineland II; adaptive behaviour scale at 20 weeks
Time frame: baseline, 20 weeks
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