Collection of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Healthy Children
- Conditions
- Batten DiseaseLate Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Interventions
- Other: Group 1
- Registration Number
- NCT01698229
- Lead Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
- Detailed Description
obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 32
- Males and females, ages 2 yrs to 8 yrs
- Children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure for clinical or diagnostic purposes
- Presence of any significant neurological diseases, as judged by the co-investigators
- Presence of any significant medical conditions including cancer
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Group 1 Group 1 Study cohort is comprised of healthy children, ages 2yrs - 8yrs, who are already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital for clinical or diagnostic purposes.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 1 time point (once) The primary study endpoint is the metabolic profiling of 32 samples of cerebrospinal fluid from healthy subjects, in comparison to 32 samples of CSF from children with LINCL, to determine whether there are biomarkers found in the cerebrospinal fluid that are associated with LINCL.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Weill Cornell Medical College / New York Presbyterian Hospital
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States