Effects of IV-Administered Ca-DTPA and Zn-DTPA To Treat Patients With Gadolinium Deposition Disease



Status:Terminated
Conditions:Migraine Headaches, Orthopedic, Dermatology
Therapuetic Areas:Dermatology / Plastic Surgery, Neurology, Orthopedics / Podiatry
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 99
Updated:4/17/2018
Start Date:October 2016
End Date:January 31, 2017

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Investigator Initiated Investigational New Drug Application to Study the Effects of IV-Administered Ca-DTPA and Zn-DTPA To Treat Patients With Gadolinium Deposition Disease

Purpose: There are two goals we have for this prospective single arm study; to see an
increase in the amount of gadolinium in 24 hour urine collection following each infusion
treatment with Calcium and Zinc DTPA, and to see a reduction or elimination of gadolinium
deposition disease (GDD) symptoms.

Participants: Twenty (20) patients who are suffering from gadolinium deposition disease (GDD)

Procedures: Over a series of three (3) treatment time-points patients will be treated with IV
Ca-DTPA on day one, and Zn-DTPA on day two.


Inclusion Criteria: Exhibiting 3 or greater of the following symptoms which must be present
after having been administered a GBCA:

- Cognitive disturbance

- Extremity pain

- Headache

- Chest wall pain

- Skin induration

- Skin hyperpigmentation

- Skin pain

- Arthralgia

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant or lactating

- Less than 18 years old

- No evidence of gadolinium (has to have shown previous demonstration of Gd by urine
analysis or bone biopsy)

- Known connective tissue disease such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Scleroderma

- Severe hemochromatosis or Wilson's disease

- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) ≤ 60

- Have had an investigational drug within last 30 days

- Unable to give written consent

- Multiple Sclerosis

- Chronic heart failure

- Cirrhosis of the liver
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