Monday, October 2, 2023

IND Application Filed With FDA To Bring Cyclodextrin Into The Brain To Treat Fatal Childhood Cholesterol Disease

July 17, 2010 by  
Filed under Cyclodextrin

After months and months of work and input by doctors and researchers, Dr. Caroline Hastings at Children’s Hospital Research Center Oakland filed our second Investigational New Drug application (IND) with the FDA on July 14, 2010. The 200+ page IND filing details our request to deliver hydroxy-propel-beta-cyclodextrin (HPBCD or CYCLO) directly into Addi and Cassi’s […]

Mom Finds Experimental Drug for Twins’ Fatal Cholesterol Condition; FDA Approves Treatment Under Compassionate Use Program

April 20, 2009 by  
Filed under Videos

Good Morning America reports on the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Addi and Cassi’s compassionate use Investigational New Drug Application to give them intravenous infusions of cyclodextrin, a non toxic sugar compound found in everyday food products. Cyclodextrin may have the ability to remove trapped cellular cholesterol from Addi and Cassi’s brain, liver and […]

FDA Reviewing Investigational New Drug Application For 5 Year Old Twins Stricken With Fatal Cholesterol Disorder

December 28, 2008 by  
Filed under Cyclodextrin

I have always believed there would be a drug sitting on shelf somewhere that could help save the lives of our 5 year old twin daughters, Addi and Cassi. What I never imagined was a sugar compound used in the food processing industry to extract cholesterol and make cholesterol free products like salad dressing could […]