Studies of the Natural History, Pathogenesis, and Outcome of Autoinflammatory Diseases (NOMID / CAPS, DIRA, CANDLE, SAVI, CRMO, Still's Disease, Behcet's Disease, and Other Undifferentiated Autoinflammatory Diseases)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00059748 |
Recruitment Status
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Recruiting
First Posted
: May 6, 2003
Last Update Posted
: April 2, 2018
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Purpose:
The purpose of this protocol is 1. To comprehensively evaluate patients with autoinflammatory diseases clinically, genetically and immunologically at the autoinflammatory disease clinic at the NIH. 2. To follow patients with autoinflammatory Diseases that are genetically defined including Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID), the most severe clinical phenotype of Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS), Deficiency of IL-1 Receptor Antagonist (DIRA), Chronic Atypical Neutrophilic Dermatosis with Lipodystrophy and Elevated temperatures (CANDLE), and STING-Associated Vasculopathy with onset in Infancy (SAVI), and those with genetically undefined autoinflammatory disorders to determine long-term disease outcomes. 3. To develop biomarkers that help us assess disease activity and response to treatment. 4. To assess the eligibility of affected patients for inclusion in ongoing and planned treatment protocols.
Goal: The goals of our studies are to understand the underlying immune dysregulation, to identify the genetic cause and to translate our findings into novel treatments that improve patients disease outcome.
Eligibility:
- Patients with known NOMID/CAPS, DIRA, CANDLE, SAVI, CRMO, Still's Disease, and with other yet undifferentiated autoinflammatory diseases.
- Healthy adult and pediatric relatives.
- Volunteers
Design:
Participants will be evaluated at the NIH for 2-5 days. All participants will have a detailed medical history, physical exam, blood tests and other evaluations depending on the extend of their autoinflammatory disease.
Participants may also expect the following assessments:
- Clinical test that help assess organ damage and functional impact such as hearing vision, memory and learning tests.
- Imaging studies to characterize the organ involvement of the inflammatory disease including: X-rays, CT scans, special MRIs, bone scans.
- Laboratory evaluations including clinical markers of disease activity, research samples for genetic studies, and blood samples for cytokine/biomarker assessment, and gene expression profiling.<TAB>
- Completion of questionnaires to assess disease activity and quality of life.
- If indicated, other procedures may be administered that include: a lumbar puncture if CNS inflammation is suspected and a skin biopsy if skin inflammation is present. other gastrointestinal procedures as they are clinically indicated.
- Patients my have a research skin biopsy taken.
Participants may return for a single follow-up visits or for long term-follow up depending on their disease and willingness to be followed long-term.
Condition or disease |
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Urticaria Arthropathy Lymphadenopathy Nervous System Anomalies |
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 99999999 participants |
Official Title: | Studies of the Natural History, Pathogenesis, and Outcome of Autoinflammatory Diseases (NOMID/CAPS, DIRA, CANDLE, SAVI, CRMO, Still s Disease, Behcet s Disease, and Other Undifferentiated Autoinflammatory Diseases) |
Study Start Date : | April 30, 2003 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patients with NOMID / CAPS or DIRA, CANDLE, SAVI, who are mutation positive for the disease or fulfill clinical criteria of the disease.
- Patients who have non-infectious osteolytic bone lesions
- Patients who fulfill criteria for definite or probable Still s disease
- Patients who fulfill criteria for definite or probable Behcet s disease
- Patients with other suspected autoinflammatory diseases
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There is:
- No age limit
- Patients or their legal guardians need to be able and willing to give informed consent and a pediatric patient needs to be willing to assent to the protocol whenever possible.
Relatives of patients with autoinflammatory diseases or healthy volunteers may be included for genetic testing. The genetic evaluations will be conducted in collaboration with Dr. Fleisher s laboratory at the Clinical Center laboratory and other groups. See genetics consent form. We may also collect blood for serum and RNA analyses to establish a cohort of healthy controls that is matched in age, gender and ethnicity to the study patients. Skin biopsies for research may be requested from patients, patient relatives and healthy volunteers
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Active malignancy or any medical condition that in the opinion of the investigator would warrant exclusion
- Inability to provide consent
- Inability to return for follow up visits

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00059748
Contact: Robert A Colbert, M.D. | (301) 443-8935 | colbertr@mail.nih.gov |
United States, Maryland | |
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike | Recruiting |
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892 | |
Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR) 800-411-1222 ext TTY8664111010 prpl@cc.nih.gov |
Principal Investigator: | Robert A Colbert, M.D. | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) |
Additional Information:
Publications:
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Responsible Party: | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00059748 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
030173 03-AR-0173 |
First Posted: | May 6, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 2, 2018 |
Last Verified: | January 9, 2018 |
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) ):
Central Nervous System Abnormalities Arthropathy Urticaria Papilledema |
Autoinflammation Neonatal Onset Multisystem Imflammatory Disease NOMID |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases Urticaria Joint Diseases Lymphadenopathy Behcet Syndrome Nervous System Malformations Skin Diseases, Vascular Skin Diseases Hypersensitivity, Immediate Hypersensitivity Immune System Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Lymphatic Diseases Mouth Diseases |
Stomatognathic Diseases Uveitis, Anterior Panuveitis Uveitis Uveal Diseases Eye Diseases Vasculitis Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn Skin Diseases, Genetic Nervous System Diseases Congenital Abnormalities |