A Multicenter Collaborative Study on the Clinical Features, Expression Profiling, and Quality of Life of Infantile Onset FSHD

Completed

Conditions studied: Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

In brief

This study is an observational study that aims to advance our knowledge on infantile onset FSHD. The study will include 50 participants of all ages who have presented with symptoms of FSHD between birth and 10 years of age. Study participation will involve a single day of assessments at one of the participating CINRG centers (to include physical exam, cognitive testing, eye exam, hearing test, strength testing and speech evaluations). The procedures may be split over additional days for scheduling purposes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01437345

Run by

Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group

People needed

53

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2017-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-11

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Affected participants must have a clinical diagnosis of FSHD, including the presence of all of the following features based on review of medical records and/or direct examination:
• Onset of symptoms involving the facial or shoulder girdle muscles
• Autosomal dominant inheritance in familial cases
• Contraction of the D4Z4 repeat array from 1-10 (10 - 38 kb) copies in the 4q35 subtelomeric region, based on established molecular genetic techniques

You may not qualify if…

• Symptomatic cardiomyopathy or severe cardiac arrhythmia which may limit the ability to complete the study protocol
• Maternal/mitochondrial mode of inheritance
• Evidence of an alternative diagnosis based on muscle biopsy or other available investigations

Where it is running

• University of California - Davis — Sacramento, California, United States
• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Carolinas Medical Center — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Duke Children's Hospital — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Royal Children's Hospital — Melborne, Australia
• The Children's Hospital at Westmead — Sydney, Australia
• Alberta Children's Hospital — Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Queen Silvia Children's Hospital — Gothenburg, Sweden
• Newcastle University — Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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