Whole Exome Sequencing of Familial and Pediatric Forms of Vasculitis

ConditionVasculitis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorBenjamin Terrier

About this trial

The FAMILYVASC study is a prospective observational study which will aim to identify susceptibility loci and genes for systemic vasculitis risk in patients with familial or pediatric forms of vasculitis. Genetic analysis based on whole exome sequencing will be carried out through salivary DNA.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Children and adults

Patients with vasculitis, as defined in the Chapel Hill International Classification in its revised version of 2012

Patient information and signed informed consent

Pregnant and breastfeeding women can be included in the study

Disqualifiers

Refusal of consent or inability to obtain consent

Dementia or unauthorized patient, for psychiatric or intellectual failure reasons, to receive information about the protocol and to give informed consent.

Uncooperative patient, or any pathology that could make the patient potentially non-compliant to the study procedures, and patients interned for regulatory or legal reasons.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • genetic analysis

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators

Benjamin Terrier

Lead sponsor

French Vasculitis Study Group

Sponsor institution