Longitudinal Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03333200 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 6, 2017
Last Update Posted : November 4, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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MLD Krabbe Disease ALD MPS I MPS II MPS III Vanishing White Matter Disease GM3 Gangliosidosis PKAN Tay-Sachs Disease NP Deficiency Osteopetrosis Alpha-Mannosidosis Sandhoff Disease Niemann-Pick Diseases MPS IV Gaucher Disease GAN GM1 Gangliosidoses Morquio Disease S-Adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase Deficiency Batten Disease Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease Leukodystrophy Lysosomal Storage Diseases Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Deficiency Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Disease | Other: Palliative Care Biological: Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation |
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 1500 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Longitudinal Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 11, 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | January 2030 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 2035 |

- Other: Palliative Care
Collecting information about the natural progression of these diseases
- Biological: Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation
Following patients who have received HSCT as part of their clinical care.
- Cognitive development [ Time Frame: 15 years ]Repeated standardized age equivalent scores.
- Language development [ Time Frame: 15 years ]Repeated standardized age equivalent scores.
- Gross Motor development . [ Time Frame: 15 years ]Repeated standardized age equivalent scores.
- Fine Motor development [ Time Frame: 15 years ]Repeated standardized age equivalent scores.
- Adaptive living skills [ Time Frame: 15 years ]Repeated standardized age equivalent scores.
- Exploratory biomarkers [ Time Frame: 15 years ]Blood, CSF and urine
- Neurodegeneration of the brain as measured by MRI diffusion tensor imaging from birth to 5 years of age [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Specialized technique to use DTI data to measure brain degeneration over time
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any patient with a genetic neurodegenerative disorder
Exclusion Criteria:
- none

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): NCT03333200
Contact: Jodi Martin | 412-692-6351 | sausjl@upmc.edu | |
Contact: Maria Escolar, MD, MS | 412-692-6350 | maria.escolar@chp.edu |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
The Program for the Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | Recruiting |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224 | |
Contact: Jodi Martin 412-692-6351 sausjl@upmc.edu | |
Contact: Maria Escolar, MD, MS maria.escolar@chp.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Maria L Escolar, MD,MS | |
Sub-Investigator: Michele D. Poe, PhD |
Responsible Party: | Maria Escolar, Director, Program for the Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03333200 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
STUDY19020318 |
First Posted: | November 6, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 4, 2020 |
Last Verified: | November 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Plan Description: | The IPD will be shared after review and only under a DTA, CDA through our office of research. |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Pediatric Rare Neurodegenerative Genetic Neurodevelopment Brain MRI |
Biorepository NDRD Longitudinal Cognitive Motor Language Adaptive behavior |
Osteopetrosis Gaucher Disease Pick Disease of the Brain Gangliosidoses Niemann-Pick Diseases Niemann-Pick Disease, Type A Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses Neurodegenerative Diseases Tay-Sachs Disease Gangliosidosis, GM1 Sandhoff Disease Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell Leukoencephalopathies Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease |
Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Disease Lysosomal Storage Diseases Mannosidase Deficiency Diseases alpha-Mannosidosis Mucopolysaccharidosis IV Deficiency Diseases Sphingolipidoses Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn Brain Diseases, Metabolic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Metabolism, Inborn Errors Genetic Diseases, Inborn |