The Molecular Basis of Inherited Reproductive Disorders
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Subjects with Reproductive Disorders
- Conditions
- Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
- Sponsor
- Stephanie B. Seminara, MD
- Enrollment
- 600
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Genetic variation
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Last Updated
- 17 days ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to learn more about the genes that control puberty and reproduction in humans.
Detailed Description
All study subjects will undergo the same activities. Subjects will provide up to five tubes of blood for genetic analysis, complete a smell test, and answer questions about their health and family history.
Investigators
Stephanie B. Seminara, MD
Chief, Reproductive Endocrine Unit; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, MGH Harvard Center for Reproductive Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participants must belong to one of the following categories:
- •Failure to go through a normal, age-appropriate, spontaneous puberty and low sex steroid levels in the setting of low/normal gonadotropins or,
- •Abnormally early development of puberty or,
- •Normal puberty with subsequent development of low gonadotropin levels or,
- •Evidence of a reproductive disorder with high gonadotropin levels or,
- •Pre-pubertal individuals with features suggestive of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism or,
- •Affected and unaffected family members of individuals that fit criteria above
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Subjects with Reproductive Disorders
Individuals with reproductive disorders and their affected and unaffected family members
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Genetic variation
Time Frame: Day 1
Identification of one or more genetic variations related to reproductive disorders