Clinical trial NCT01899950: Longitudinal Study of Cognition With Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C
Official title: Longitudinal Study of Cognition With Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C
Keywords: Niemann-Pick disease type C
Lysosomal disease
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network
name: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
name: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
name: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
First posted: 2013-07-16
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 2
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Longitudinal observational study of cognition in patients with NPC. Subjects will be recruited from participants in an observational study currently in progress at NIH, and from subjects receiving clinical care at Mayo Clinic. Participants will be administered age-and functionally-appropriate neuropsychological test instruments annually to track cognitive changes over time, and to link these data to the subjects' scores on the NIH disability scale.

Brief summary: Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C (NPC) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder with a wide clinical spectrum and variable age of onset. Classically, children with NPC demonstrate neurological dysfunction with cerebellar ataxia (an inability to coordinate balance, gait, extremity and eye movements), dysarthria (difficulty speaking), seizures, vertical gaze palsy (ability to move eyes in the same direction) motor impairment, dysphagia (trouble swallowing), psychotic episodes, and progressive dementia. There is no curative treatment for NPC and it is a lethal disorder. The purpose of this protocol is to obtain both baseline and rate of progression data on a clinical and biochemical markers that may later be used as outcome measures in a clinical trial. Specifically, this study will examine and characterize the longitudinal progression of neurocognitive symptoms of NPC with the goal of identifying early markers of disease progression that may be utilized in later trials to evaluate treatment efficacy.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

All individuals between the ages of 2 years and 99 with an established diagnosis of Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C (biochemical or molecular) will be considered for this study. Patients with both Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C1 (NPC1) and Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C2 (NPC2) mutations are eligible to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

Participants with at least one of the following will not be eligible for this study:

1. Individuals that cannot travel because of their medical condition or are too ill to be cared for at home,
2. Individuals with stage 4 disease (non-ambulant with vegetative disturbances)
3. Individuals will be excluded if English is not their primary language

Primary outcomes:
measure: Composite score of neurocognitive measures
timeFrame: Baseline and at yearly intervals for five years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Marc Patterson, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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