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The Prevalence of CTX Disorder in Juvenile Cataract Cases in Turkey

Conditions
Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
Interventions
Procedure: Blood sampling for Cholestanol Analysis
Registration Number
NCT03584893
Lead Sponsor
TRPHARM
Brief Summary

Epidemiologic observational study. Study will include two phases:

1. Retrospective cross-sectional phase: At this stage of the study, retrospective screenings are carried out at study sites and all juvenile cataract cases are planned to be determined.

2. Prospective phase: At this stage of the study, identified juvenile cataract cases as a result of retrospective screenings will be called to be invited to the sites and blood samples will be obtained for the cholestanol tests for the cases that have given Informed Consent.

This observational study is designed in two phases; retrospective and prospective. Retrospective part includes screening the patient database and / or patient files at ophthalmology clinics participating in the study and identifying patients diagnosed with idiopathic juvenile cataracts. The data of patients with idiopathic juvenile cataracts will be reviewed and the data of the patients meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be recorded. Once this phase is completed, the prospective phase of the study will start and the patients meeting the criteria will be invited to the site to participate in the study. Current data will be collected from the patients who agree to participate in the study and the clinical status of the patients will be evaluated according to the Mignarri index. In addition, blood will be obtained from all patients to diagnose CTX disease. Blood samples will be sent to Duzen Laboratories in Ankara and analyzed for cholestanol.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Providing the written informed consent form
  • The patient should be diagnosed with idiopathic bilateral juvenile cataract
  • Idiopathic bilateral juvenile cataract should be diagnosed while the patient must be take a day from one year (age)
  • Syria ciziten who take their citizenship of Turkey could be enrolled to the study after signing of Informed Consent Form that translated to mother tongue by sworn translation office approved by ethic committee.
Exclusion Criteria
  • If the patient has been diagnosed with CTX before his/her enrollment in the study,
  • If the patient has been diagnosed with cataract due to any known reasons other than CTX including cataracts related to trauma,
  • If the patient has been diagnosed with cataract due to cataractogenic treatments,
  • If the patient has participated in an interventional clinical study within the last 30 days,
  • If the patient and/or his/her legal representative does not provide consent to participate in the study,
  • If the patient will not be able to fulfill study requirements according to the investigator's opinion,
  • If the patient had used cholic acid or chenodeoxycholic acid on or before the date of participation in the study
  • Pregnancy and/or lactation
  • Syria citizen that have not Turkey citizenship will not enroll to the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Epidemiologic observational study cohortBlood sampling for Cholestanol AnalysisAll patients over 1 year old diagnosed as idiopathic bilateral juvenile cataracts will be included in the study at the study sites.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of juvenile cataract patients"through study completion, an average of 3 years"

Rate of juvenile cataract patients whose cholestanol test result is above threshold (3.75 mg/mL) and suspected CTX cases

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Presence of consanguineous marriage"through study completion, an average of 3 years"

Presence of consanguineous marriage

The frequency of the systemic findings"through study completion, an average of 3 years"

The frequency of the following systemic findings:

* Tendon xanthomas

* Chronic diarrhea

* Prolonged neonatal jaundice

* Early osteoporosis

The frequency of the neurological symptoms"through study completion, an average of 3 years"

The frequency of the following neurological symptoms:

* Cerebellar ataxia

* Spastic paraparesis

* Disruption of dentate nucleus signal detected by MRI

* Intellectual disability

* Psychiatric disorders

* Epilepsy

* Parkinson

* Polyneuropathy

CTX history in family"through study completion, an average of 3 years"

The history of the disease will be assessed from the patient records and by interview

Trial Locations

Locations (36)

Dünya Göz Hospital

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Ankara, Turkey

Akdeniz University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

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Antalya, Turkey

Dicle University School of Medicine

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Diyarbakır, Turkey

Fırat University School of Medicine

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Elazığ, Turkey

Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Adana Başkent University School of Medicine

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Adana, Turkey

Başkent University School of Medicine

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Uludağ University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

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Bursa, Turkey

Ankara Training and Research Hospital

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Hacettepe University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

SBU Gülhane Training and Research Hospital

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Ulucanlar Göz Training Hospital

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital

🇹🇷

Bursa, Turkey

Osmangazi University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

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Eskişehir, Turkey

İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital

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Istanbul, Turkey

Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine

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Samsun, Turkey

Van 100. Yıl University Dursun Odabaş Medical Center

🇹🇷

Van, Turkey

Adana State Hospital

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Adana, Turkey

İstanbul Health Sciences University Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Prof.Dr.N.Reşat Belger Beyoğlu Göz Training and Research Hospital

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Istanbul, Turkey

Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

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İzmir, Turkey

Kayseri Training and Research Hospital

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Kayseri, Turkey

İnönü University School of Medicine

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Malatya, Turkey

Çukurova University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

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Adana, Turkey

Ankara University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Health Sciences University Ankara State Hospital

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

İzmir Dr. Behcet Uz Child Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital

🇹🇷

İzmir, Turkey

Sakarya University School of Medicine

🇹🇷

Sakarya, Turkey

Gaziantep University Şahinbey Training and Research Hospital

🇹🇷

Gaziantep, Turkey

Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Kocaeli University School of medicine

🇹🇷

Kocaeli, Turkey

Harran University Research and Application Hospital

🇹🇷

Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Marmara University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Ege University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

🇹🇷

İzmir, Turkey

Mersin University Medical Faculty Department of Ophtalmology

🇹🇷

Mersin, Turkey

Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine

🇹🇷

Trabzon, Turkey

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