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Genetic and Physical Characteristics of Rett Syndrome

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified March 2013 by University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Greenwood Genetic Center

Baylor College of Medicine

Children's Hospital Boston

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Alan Percy, University of Alabama at Birmingham

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00299312

First received: March 3, 2006

Last updated: March 8, 2013

Last verified: March 2013

History of Changes

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Study Status:	This study is currently recruiting participants.
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2014
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	July 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Publications:

Neul JL, Kaufmann WE, Glaze DG, Christodoulou J, Clarke AJ, Bahi-Buisson N, Leonard H, Bailey ME, Schanen NC, Zappella M, Renieri A, Huppke P, Percy AK; RettSearch Consortium. Rett syndrome: revised diagnostic criteria and nomenclature. Ann Neurol. 2010 Dec;68(6):944-50.

Percy AK, Neul JL, Glaze DG, Motil KJ, Skinner SA, Khwaja O, Lee HS, Lane JB, Barrish JO, Annese F, McNair L, Graham J, Barnes K. Rett syndrome diagnostic criteria: lessons from the Natural History Study. Ann Neurol. 2010 Dec;68(6):951-5.

Percy AK, Lee HS, Neul JL, Lane JB, Skinner SA, Geerts SP, Annese F, Graham J, McNair L, Motil KJ, Barrish JO, Glaze DG. Profiling scoliosis in Rett syndrome. Pediatr Res. 2010 Apr;67(4):435-9.

Glaze DG, Percy AK, Skinner S, Motil KJ, Neul JL, Barrish JO, Lane JB, Geerts SP, Annese F, Graham J, McNair L, Lee HS. Epilepsy and the natural history of Rett syndrome. Neurology. 2010 Mar 16;74(11):909-12.

Percy AK. Rett syndrome: exploring the autism link. Arch Neurol. 2011 Aug;68(8):985-9. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.149. Review.

Moučka F, Lísal M, Škvor J, Jirsák J, Nezbeda I, Smith WR. Molecular simulation of aqueous electrolyte solubility. 2. Osmotic ensemble Monte Carlo methodology for free energy and solubility calculations and application to NaCl. J Phys Chem B. 2011 Jun 23;115(24):7849-61. doi: 10.1021/jp202054d. Epub 2011 May 31.

McCauley MD, Wang T, Mike E, Herrera J, Beavers DL, Huang TW, Ward CS, Skinner S, Percy AK, Glaze DG, Wehrens XH, Neul JL. Pathogenesis of lethal cardiac arrhythmias in Mecp2 mutant mice: implication for therapy in Rett syndrome. Sci Transl Med. 2011 Dec 14;3(113):113ra125. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002982.

Motil KJ, Caeg E, Barrish JO, Geerts S, Lane JB, Percy AK, Annese F, McNair L, Skinner SA, Lee HS, Neul JL, Glaze DG. Gastrointestinal and nutritional problems occur frequently throughout life in girls and women with Rett syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Sep;55(3):292-8. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31824b6159.

Bebbington A, Downs J, Percy A, Pineda M, Zeev BB, Bahi-Buisson N, Leonard H. The phenotype associated with a large deletion on MECP2. Eur J Hum Genet. 2012 Sep;20(9):921-7. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.34. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

Bebbington A, Percy A, Christodoulou J, Ravine D, Ho G, Jacoby P, Anderson A, Pineda M, Ben Zeev B, Bahi-Buisson N, Smeets E, Leonard H. Updating the profile of C-terminal MECP2 deletions in Rett syndrome. J Med Genet. 2010 Apr;47(4):242-8. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2009.072553. Epub 2009 Nov 12.