The Assessment of Copper Parameters in Wilson Disease Participants on Standard of Care Treatment

Study Summary

This was a 24-month study to assess copper parameters in participants with Wilson disease (WD) treated with standard of care (SoC) medications. After providing informed consent, participants meeting all inclusion and no exclusion criteria were enrolled into the study as outpatients. The participants' routine clinic visits were scheduled according to the standard clinical practice at the study center and at the discretion of the treating physician at approximate 6-month intervals. At the time of enrollment, participants were receiving SoC medications for the treatment of WD, which could include penicillamine, trientine, zinc, or a combination of a copper chelator and zinc. If treatment was interrupted or stopped during the course of the study, participants continued in the study and biological samples and clinical data were continued to be collected for the full 24-month study period. Dosing with SoC agents was individualized and managed by the treating physician at the study center according to standard clinical practice at the site.

Primary Outcome

To achieve a normalized NCC concentration, participants must have had 2 consecutive measures within (or below) the normal concentration range (0.8 to 2.3 micromolar \[μM\]). Two consecutive measurements required that the measurements occurred on separate dates and were assigned to 2 different visits. Non-ceruloplasmin-bound copper was calculated by subtracting the amount of copper bound to the ceruloplasmin from the total plasma copper concentration.

Conditions Studied

Interventions

• DRUG Standard of Care Medications

Study Locations (10)