Identification of Acute Intermittent Porphyria Modifying Genes
- Conditions
- Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)
- Registration Number
- NCT05502133
- Lead Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Brief Summary
This study proposes to identify the predisposing/protective modifying genes that underlie the acute attacks in symptomatic patients with Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP), an autosomal dominant inborn error of heme biosynthesis.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
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Willing and able to give informed consent
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12 years of age or older
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Willingness to provide blood/saliva and urine samples, and clinical information
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A member of an AIP family, defined as (must meet one of the following):
- proband: possesses an AIP pathogenic mutation and is/has been symptomatic (experienced acute attacks in the opinion of the investigator)
- Parents (no known HMBS mutations or heterozygote with familial mutation)
- First, second, or third degree relative of (a) or (b)
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Odds ratios (OR) of the effects of identified modifier genes/variants Day 1 There are no primary and secondary endpoints. This is an exploratory genetic study.
Exploratory Endpoints: Odds ratios (OR) of the effects of identified modifier genes/variants.
(If putative predisposing or protective gene variants are identified)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States