Gene Profiling and Individualized Treatment of Neonatal Seizure in China
概览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 干预措施
- 未指定
- 疾病 / 适应症
- Seizures
- 发起方
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
- 入组人数
- 2000
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Mutation rate of common seizure genes
- 状态
- 招募中
- 最后更新
- 上个月
概览
简要总结
Genetic diagnosis for neonates suffering from epilepsy has important implications for treatment, prognosis, and development of precision medicine strategies. Investigator performed exome sequencing (ES) or targeted sequencing on neonates with seizure onset within the first month of life. Investigator subgrouped our patients based on the onset age of seizure into neonatal and before 1 year (1-12 months), to compare the clinical and genetic features and treatment strategies.
详细描述
Seizure is one of the most common neurological conditions in neonates, and has substantial impact on patients'quality of life and social integration. Epileptic encephalopathy is characterized by refractory seizures, cognitive dysfunction, and poor prognosis. Despite the recent progress in technology, molecular diagnosis of neonates suffering from possible epileptic seizures can be challenging, due to genetic and phenotypic heterogeneities. A large number of specific pathogenic variations have been related to various forms of epilepsies. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has significantly improved the molecular diagnosis for rare diseases. NGS focusing on genes known to be associated with human diseases is a practical approach as a first-tier assessment for patients with heterogeneous genetic background. In addition, currently medical therapy for seizure is not based on the etiology, but the clinical manifestations, and the main purpose is not to rescue the underlying diseases process, but just to reduce the likelihood of seizures occurrence. In this study, Investigator performed NGS on neonates with seizure onset before 1 year of age, to detect and quantify genetic variants, and assess existing therapeutic effects. Our findings will have important implications for the development of precision medicine strategies.
研究者
入排标准
入选标准
- •severe seizures in neonates or generalized epilepsy or intractable epilepsy in infancy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures,
- •seizures onset before 1 year of age,
- •epileptic syndromes/epileptic-encephalopathies with unknown etiology.
排除标准
- •Patients were excluded if they had traumas, central nervous system infections, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, vascular events, systemic infections, and diagnosed metabolic disorders, and pathogenic copy-number variants were identified using array-based comparative genomic hybridization (CGH).
结局指标
主要结局
Mutation rate of common seizure genes
时间窗: From the oneset of seizure to the genetic sequencing finish, the process may last up to 3 months.
We'll get the genetic profiles of all neonates who had seizures during this period. The mutation rate of common variant gene was calculated by gene spectrum.
Rate of seizure free
时间窗: From the onset of seizure to 6 months after the onset of seizure
After the onset of seizure, through clinical management and individualized intervention, we expect to observe the number and proportion of effective seizure treatments.