This study will focus on people with claudication from peripheral arterial disease. The investigators are researching whether a multicomponent therapeutic can increase the production of Nitric Oxide in the blood and whether that leads to an improvement in pain free walking distance and overall physical activity.
The primary objective of this study is to show that ATLAS Therapy, (L-Arginine; Tetrahydrobiopterin; L-Ascorbate) is bioavailable in humans and exerts a measurable effect on its in vivo biological signature, Flow Mediated Vasodilation (FMD) in people with intermittent claudication caused by peripheral arterial disease. This will be a Phase I / dose finding study. All subjects will receive 2 different drug doses of the Kuvan the first 45 days they will receive 10 mg/kg/day. The second 45 days they will receive 20/mg/kg/day.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
10mg/kg of Tetrahydrobiopterin daily.
20mg/kg of Tetrahydrobiopterin daily.
3300 mg of l-ascorbate once daily
UMASS Memorial Healthcare - University Campus
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Nitric Oxide bioavailability
Nitric Oxide bioavailability as measured by flow mediated dilatation (FMD).
Time frame: 90 days
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3400mg of l-arginine once daily