# Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Dichloroacetate in MELAS Syndrome

> **NCT00068913** · PHASE2 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)** · enrollment: 35 (—)

## Conditions studied

- MELAS Syndrome

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Dichloroacetate

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00068913
- **Lead sponsor:** Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2000-03
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 35 (—)
- **Last updated:** 2005-06-24


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00068913

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00068913, "Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Dichloroacetate in MELAS Syndrome". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00068913. Licensed CC0.

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