Denys-Drash Syndrome

Denys-Drash syndrome is a rare genetic disorder of childhood characterized by nephrotic syndrome, nephroblastomas, and genital developmental abnormalities. These children present with rapidly progressive renal failure, leading to kidney transplantation at a median age of 3.6 years. In a study of the French cohort of patients with Denys-Drash syndrome, a high risk of lymphoproliferative syndrome was observed (20%). This frequency is significantly higher than in the general transplant population (4%). The aim of the study is to evaluate the risk of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder following kidney transplantation in patients with Denys-Drash syndrome compared to patients with kidney transplant patients without Denys-Drash syndrome.

CoRDS, or the Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford, is based at Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It provides researchers with a centralized, international patient registry for all rare diseases. This program allows patients and researchers to connect as easily as possible to help advance treatments and cures for rare diseases. The CoRDS team works with patient advocacy groups, individuals and researchers to help in the advancement of research in over 7,000 rare diseases. The registry is free for patients to enroll and researchers to access. Visit sanfordresearch.org/CoRDS to enroll.

The goal of this National Registry is to is to collect information from patients with rare kidney diseases, so that it that can be used for research. The purpose of this research is to: * Develop Clinical Guidelines for specific rare kidney diseases. These are written recommendations on how to diagnose and treat a medical condition. * Audit treatments and outcomes. An audit makes checks to see if what should be done is being done and asks if it could be done better. * Further the development of future treatments. Participants will be invited to participate on clinical trials and other studies. The registry has the capacity to feedback relevant information to patients and in conjunction with Patient Knows Best (Home - Patients Know Best), allows patients to provide information themselves, including their own reported quality of life and outcome measures.