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Trial reportClinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN2014

Vitamin B6 in primary hyperoxaluria I: first prospective trial after 40 years of practice.

Heike Hoyer-Kuhn, Sina Kohbrok, Ruth Volland, Jeremy Franklin, Barbara Hero, Bodo B Beck, Bernd Hoppe

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Trial report in Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05843851 (Scientific Basis for a Newborn Screening for Cystinosis and Primary Hyperoxaluria), which is not on this map. Cited by 67 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05843851 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Scientific Basis for a Newborn Screening for Cystinosis and Primary Hyperoxaluria

TypeinterventionalSponsorCystinose StiftungRan2022 to 2026Enrolled200,000ConditionsCystinosis, Primary HyperoxaluriaArmsDiagnostic test
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Hyperoxaluria: Diagnosis and Treatment.The Urologic clinics of North America · 2025
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  16. Infant primary hyperoxaluria type 1Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024
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  18. Current Dietary and Medical Prevention of Renal Calcium Oxalate Stones.International journal of general medicine · 2024
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7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Heike Hoyer-KuhnDivision of Pediatric Nephrolgy and, †Pediatric Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany;, ‡Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, and, §Institute of Human Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ‖Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Sina Kohbrok
Ruth Volland
Jeremy Franklin
Barbara Hero
Bodo B Beck
Bernd Hoppe
Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama · USUniversity Hospital Cologne · DEInstitute of Human Genetics · PLNational Institute of Medical Statistics · INUniversity Hospital Bonn · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesPrimary hyperoxaluria type I (PH I) is caused by deficiency of the liver-specific enzyme alanine-glyoxylate:aminotransferase (AGT). Many mutations are known to perturb AGT protein folding. Vitamin B6 (B6) is the only specific drug available for treatment. Although B6 has been used for >40 years, controlled data on B6 efficacy are lacking. Therefore, this study investigated the absolute and relative change of urinary oxalate (Uox) excretion under increasing dosages of B6, the first prospective trial to do so. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: B6 response was studied in 12 patients (7 male patients) with genetically confirmed PH I (3 Gly170Arg homozygous, 5 compound Gly170Arg and/or Phe152Ile heterozygous, and 4 negative for Gly170Arg and/or Phe152Ile mutations) and noncompromised renal function. Efficacy was defined as a 30% relative reduction in Uox excretion. B6 was administered orally starting at 5 mg/kg body weight per day and given in increments of 5 mg/kg every 6 weeks, up to a final dosage of 20 mg/kg per day at week 24. Uox and serum B6 levels were measured every 6 weeks.

resultsMean relative Uox reduction was 25.5%. Uox declined from 2.09±0.55 (mean±SD) at baseline to 1.52±0.60 mmol/1.73 m(2) per day (P=0.01) at week 24. Serum B6 levels increased from 22.5±8.7 to 1217±776 ng/ml (P<0.001). Six patients showed a ≥30% relative reduction of Uox at week 24.

conclusionThis first prospective trial confirmed B6 efficacy in 50% of patients (three of three homozygous, one of five heterozygous, and two of four patients negative for the Gly170Arg and/or Phe152Ile mutations). Interestingly, no complete biochemical remission was observed, even in the homozygous Gly170Arg study participants. Future trials are necessary to learn more about genotype-related B6 response and B6 metabolism.

Indexed as

Administration, OralAdolescentBiomarkersChildFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGermanyHeterozygoteHomozygoteHumansHyperoxaluria, PrimaryMaleMutationOxalic AcidPhenotypeProspective StudiesAlanine-glyoxylate transaminaseBiomarkersOxalic AcidTransaminasesVitamin B 6

Identifiers

PMID24385516
PMCPMC3944765
OpenAlexW2161471021

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