Clinical and Genetic Examination of Usher Syndrome Patients’ Cohort in Europe

Overview

This study aims to characterize Usher patients in order to correlate this data with genetic information. Tasks: – Standardization and improvement of Usher syndrome diagnosis: refine and elaborate special tests of visual and otological function in association with genotype that enable to determine the most significant markers for Usher disease progression and therapeutic effect. – Perform genotype and phenotype correlations in Usher syndrome patients – Develop and maintain database for phenotypically and genotypically well-characterized patient cohorts, suitable for future therapeutic trials

Full Title of Study: “European Research Projects on Rare Diseases Driven by Young Investigators”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Observational
  • Study Design
    • Time Perspective: Prospective
  • Study Primary Completion Date: January 2016

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • no intervention

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Genotype and phenotype correlations in Usher syndrome patients
    • Time Frame: up to 3 years (2016)
    • Protocol outline: patients undergo clinical and molecular studies. These include extensive ophthalmologic (best corrected visual acuity, refraction, tonometry, color vision, visual field testing, pupillography*, full-field electroretinogram, multifocal electroretinogram, autofluorescence imaging, optical coherence tomography, adaptive optics*) examination, audiologic and vestibular evaluation and obtaining blood samples for genetic analysis. *only if available

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion criteria :

  • Clinical characteristics for USH1, USH2 and USH3 as defined by the Usher syndrome consortium; – Informed consent and agreement to participate in the study; – Distance best corrected visual acuity ≥ 0.1. Exclusion criteria:

  • Systemic pathologies or severe ocular pathologies, systemic or topical medication usage, and/or other otolaryngology pathologies which could contaminate the results; – Unwillingness to provide a blood sample ; – Unwilling and/or unable to undergo the study procedures.

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 6 Months

Maximum Age: 70 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Centre Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts
  • Collaborator
    • Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Contact(s)
    • Ieva Sliesoraityte, MD PhD, ieva.sliesoraityte@inserm.fr

References

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Goldmann T, Rebibo-Sabbah A, Overlack N, Nudelman I, Belakhov V, Baasov T, Ben-Yosef T, Wolfrum U, Nagel-Wolfrum K. Beneficial read-through of a USH1C nonsense mutation by designed aminoglycoside NB30 in the retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Dec;51(12):6671-80. doi: 10.1167/iovs.10-5741. Epub 2010 Jul 29.

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