Observation Study in Patients Age 0-5 Years With LAMA2-related Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeUp to 5
SponsorNationwide Children's Hospital

About this trial

The goal of this observational study is to understand how young children with LAMA2-related dystrophy move and change over time. We will also learn about how this condition impacts other body systems.

Participants will undergo:

* Neuromuscular assessments * Blood collections * Swallowing and breathing assessments * Questionnaires

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Signed informed consent by the subject, parent(s) or legally authorized representative (LAR) and/or assent by the subject (when applicable).

Subject must be aged birth to less than 5.0 years of age at time of consent.

Absence of another confirmed genetic disease.

Willingness to maintain current exercise and/or physical therapy regimen for the duration of the clinical study.

Disqualifiers

Acute medical illness or hospitalization within 30 days prior to informed consent.

Participation in a previous trial of any investigational agent for LAMA2-RD within 1 month prior to informed consent, or use of any other investigational therapy (including off-label use of Losartan) within 30 days prior to informed consent, or participation in other clinical studies, within 30 days (or 3 half-lives, whichever is longer) prior to informed consent, which in the opinion of the PI, may potentially confound results from this study.

Other significant medical condition, which in the opinion of the site Principal Investigator may confound interpretation of the clinical course of LAMA2- RD.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Collaborator

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

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Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

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University of Iowa

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Washington University School of Medicine

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Stanford University

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University of Utah

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University of Rochester

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University of Pittsburgh

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University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

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University of Minnesota

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Boston Children's Hospital

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