Clinical trial NCT01386775: Male Subjects Affected By Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: Intrafamilial Variation
Official title: Evaluation of Phenotypic and Genetic Properties in Male Subjects Affected By Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: Intrafamilial Variation
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
Keywords: X-Linked Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
XLHED
Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
HED
Lead sponsor: Edimer Pharmaceuticals
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2011-07-01
Enrollment: 64
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 1
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Attendees of the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasia's (NFED) 2011 Annual Family Conference

Brief summary: This study in affected Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia (HED) males and unaffected male controls, age 1 year and up, will use minimally invasive devices to image sweat ducts in intact skin, to measure stimulated sweat rate, and in a subset of subjects to collect clipped scalp hair samples for RNA analysis. This study is descriptive in nature and is intended to assess the ability to use innovative approaches to generate data from subjects over a wide age spectrum, with particular emphasis on phenotype variability between male siblings (same mutation).

Detailed description: This pilot study in affected HED males and unaffected male controls, age 1 year and up, will use minimally invasive devices to image sweat ducts in intact skin, to measure stimulated sweat rate, and in a subset of subjects to collect clipped scalp hair samples for RNA analysis. This study is descriptive in nature and is intended to assess the ability to use innovative approaches to generate data from subjects over a wide age spectrum, with particular emphasis on phenotype variability between male siblings (same mutation). To this end, priority will be given to families that contain multiple affected siblings (i.e. two brothers). Summary data will be generated for the various groups tested, but no power calculations are involved.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Registered and attending the 2011 NFED Family Conference;
* One year of age or greater;
* Conform to one of the following requirements for providing informed consent/assent:

  * if more than 18 years of age, subjects must provide signed informed consent;
  * if less than 18 years of age and it is determined that the subject is capable of providing assent, both the assent of the subject and consent of the parent(s) or guardian of that subject must be granted. Under this condition, both parents of the subject should give their permission, unless 1 parent is deceased, unknown, incompetent, or not available;
  * if the subject is incapable of providing assent, the consent of the parent(s) or guardian of the subject must be granted. Under this condition, both parents should give their consent, unless 1 parent is deceased, unknown, incompetent, or not available.
* As described in Section 3.2 above, subjects must meet one of the following criteria:

  * Male subjects with the clinical characteristics of HED, including at least a history of decreased sweating and either abnormal teeth (fewer permanent teeth, teeth are smaller than average and often have conical crowns), and/or sparseness of scalp and body hair (Male HED subjects with an affected sibling also enrolling in the study will be given priority to be in the study);
  * Healthy male controls, i.e. either unaffected male family members or unaffected male volunteers.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Known hypersensitivity to pilocarpine or pilocarpine-like muscarinic agonists;
* Known hypersensitivity to lidocaine or lidocaine like agents;
* Presence of pacemakers;
* Subjects who are not able or are not willing to comply with the procedures of this protocol;
* Subjects with any major medical problem that will prevent them from participating in this study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Use skin assessment techniques to characterize skin properties in male subjects affected by HED compared with healthy controls, including determination of the number of sweat ducts and the rate of sweating
timeFrame: Day of study conduct
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Collecting demographic and clinical status information in male subjects affected by HED using a medical questionnaire
timeFrame: Day of study conduct
measure: Assessment of intrafamilial phenotypic variability in families with multiple HED-affected male siblings
timeFrame: Day of study conduct
measure: Evaluation of hair RNA profiles in samples from HED and unaffected male controls
timeFrame: Day of study conduct
measure: Confirming the presence of ectodysplasin A (EDA) gene mutations in HED subjects enrolled in this study
timeFrame: Day of study conduct
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: O'Fallon
country: United States
facility: Hilton Garden Inn St. Louis Shiloh/O'Fallon
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine
name: Dorothy K Grange, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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