Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Energy Supplements to Improve Exercise Tolerance in Metabolic Myopathies
Brief Summary: Patients suffering from the metabolic myopathy Glycogen Storage Disease type IIIa (GSDIIIa) have a problem releasing sugar stored in cells that is needed for energy production. This causes several systemic impairments, but only recently have the exercise-related symptoms in the muscles been examined. A previous study showed signs that intravenous infusion of glucose relieves some of these symptoms. The purpose of this study is to investigate in a randomized and placebo-controlled fashion whether oral ingestion of sugar can alleviate muscular symptoms in patients with GSDIIIa.