Studies of White Blood Cells Derived From HHT Patients
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Proteins and cellular markers related to coagulation
研究概览
简要总结
Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT, also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome) is an inherited vascular disease that leads to the development of dilated and fragile blood vessels. The study goal is to culture white blood cells that express the proteins mutated in HHT and examine in the laboratory to explain aspects of the HHT disease phenotype.
详细描述
HHT is a vascular condition but many of the genes that are mutated to cause HHT (endoglin, ALK-1 and SMAD4) are also expressed in white blood cells. In this study, investigators will take blood samples from people with HHT, culture the white blood cells and study their properties in media prompting different types of differentiation, or infection of cell lines with Epstein Barr virus to provide cell lines which can be repeatedly studied. RNA and proteins will be extracted from these cells for study of white cell responses and association with expression levels of endoglin, ALK-1 and SMAD4. The investigators hypothesize that these cells which express "half-normal" endoglin, ALK-1 or SMAD4 will show differences when compared to normal white blood cells. It is also anticipated that that these findings may help to explain aspects of the HHT disease phenotype.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patients with HHT,
- •HHT patients family members
排除标准
- •Unable to provide informed consent
结局指标
主要结局
Proteins and cellular markers related to coagulation
时间窗: on average completing each biomarker study in 1-5 years
Not specified at outset. Blood samples will be collected over the recruitment period, usually on a single day. Analyses of biomarkers relate to the SAME DAY, within 24hs, though will be evaluated over subsequent months, on average completing in 1-5 years.
次要结局
未报告次要终点