VLCAD deficiency clinical trials
The registry lists 26 studies for VLCAD deficiency across more than 10 countries. 6 are recruiting or about to start. 17 of them are mainly about VLCAD deficiency (how this is decided). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-02.
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Who runs them
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc (6) · Oregon Health and Science University (4) · Minovia Therapeutics Ltd. (2) · Rigshospitalet, Denmark (2) · Children's National Research Institute (1) · University Hospital Freiburg (1) · LMU Klinikum (1) · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (1)
What is being tested here
Drugs under test in VLCAD deficiency studies, those with the most open studies first. Medicines only given beside them are not counted. How drugs are counted
Coming up
Studies recruiting or running, from their records. “Main data collection” ends at the primary completion date, the sponsor’s own estimate, which often moves.
All 2, phase 3 first
- Aug 2027A Study to Determine the Effect of Triheptanoin Compared With Even-Chain MCT on MCEs in Pediatric Patients With LC-FAOD · Phase 3 · Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc
- Nov 2026Early Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns · RTI International
Who these studies take
Of the 4 VLCAD deficiency studies recruiting now, 1 (25%) set no upper age limit and 3 (75%) stop at 75 or younger. 4 (100%) take children under 18. 0 (0%) are for women only and 0 (0%) for men only; 1 (25%) take healthy volunteers.
| Age | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) |
| 18 | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) |
| 30 | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) |
| 40 | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) |
| 50 | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) |
| 65 | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) |
| 75 | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) |
| 85 | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) |
Across all 26 studies, recruiting or not: 46% stop at 75 or younger and 42% at 65; 85% take children; 4% are for women only and 0% for men only; 19% take healthy volunteers. From each study’s registry entry; the criteria on its page decide.
What changed recently
From the registry's own updates since Oct 13, 2026.
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Studies
Recruiting first, then most recently updated. Showing 26 of 26. search them.
- Investigation of the Treatment of Patients With Mitochondrial Defects by Assisted Reproductive TechnologyEnrolling by invitationNCT07911306Not applicable1 country
- Evaluate the Safety and Therapeutic Effects of a Single Intravenous Infusion (IV) of Autologous CD34+ Cells Enriched With Allogenic Placenta-derived Mitochondria in Patients With a Diagnosis of Pearson Syndrome (PS)RecruitingNCT06017869Phase 21 country
- Global Registry and Natural History Study for Mitochondrial DisordersRecruitingNCT055548353 countries
- Expanded Access to TriheptanoinAvailableNCT03773770
- Systemic Biomarkers of Brain Injury From HyperammonemiaRecruitingNCT046023251 country
- Selective Screening of Children for Hereditary Metabolic Diseases by Tandem Mass Spectrometry in KazakhstanRecruitingNCT059101511 country
- A Study to Determine the Effect of Triheptanoin Compared With Even-Chain MCT on MCEs in Pediatric Patients With LC-FAODActive, not recruitingNCT05933200Phase 37 countries
- Early Check: Expanded Screening in NewbornsActive, not recruitingNCT036552231 country
- Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders In-Clinic Disease Monitoring ProgramActive, not recruitingNCT046329532 countries
- Natural History of Pearson SyndromeCompletedNCT02327364
- Oral Ketones and Exercise Among Patients With Long-chain Fatty Acid Oxidation DisordersCompletedNCT05411835Early Phase 11 country
- Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects and Insulin SensitivityCompletedNCT02517307Not applicable1 country
- Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders (LC-FAOD) Extension Study for Subjects Previously Enrolled in Triheptanoin StudiesCompletedNCT02214160Phase 22 countries
- SLSMDS Natural History StudyStatus unknownNCT050298431 country
- Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders Online Disease Monitoring ProgramTerminatedNCT048121061 country
- Compassionate Use of Triheptanoin (C7) for Inherited Disorders of Energy MetabolismNo longer availableNCT014613041 country
- A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Therapeutic Effects of Transplantation of MNV-BM-BLD in Pediatric Patients With Pearson SyndromeCompletedNCT03384420Phase 1/21 country
- A Study of UX007 (Triheptanoin) in Participants With Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders (LC-FAOD)CompletedNCT01886378Phase 22 countries
- Phase 2 Study of EPI-743 in Children With Pearson SyndromeTerminatedNCT02104336Phase 21 country
- High Protein Diet in Patients With Long-chain Fatty Acid Oxidation DisordersCompletedNCT01494051Phase 1/2
- Fat and Sugar Metabolism During Exercise in Patients With Metabolic MyopathyStatus unknownNCT02635269Not applicable1 country
- Acute Nutritional Ketosis in VLCAD DeficiencyCompletedNCT03531554Not applicable1 country
- Study of Triheptanoin for Treatment of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation DisorderCompletedNCT01379625Phase 21 country
- Assessing Immune Function in Young Patients With Cytopenia That Did Not Respond to TreatmentCompletedNCT0049907010 countries
- Effect of Bezafibrate on Muscle Metabolism in Patients With Fatty Acid Oxidation DefectsCompletedNCT00983788Phase 21 country
- Nutritional Therapy of the Deficits of Oxidation Mitochondrial of the Fatty AcidsCompletedNCT00328159Not applicable1 country