RecruitingNCT01561157
Longitudinal Study of the Porphyrias
Sponsor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Enrollment
1,500 participants
Start Date
Nov 1, 2010
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The objective of this protocol is to conduct a longitudinal multidisciplinary investigation of the human porphyrias including the natural history, morbidity, pregnancy outcomes, and mortality in people with these disorders.
Eligibility
Min Age: 1 Minute
Inclusion Criteria5
- Individuals with a documented diagnosis of a porphyria.
- Biochemical findings, as documented by laboratory reports (or copies) of porphyria-specific testing performed after 1980 (Absolute values are preferred for diagnostic biochemical thresholds. Fold increases in comparison to an upper (or lower) limit of normal (ULN or LLN) are also acceptable, but are complicated by considerable variation between laboratories in normal limits. Equivocal biochemical measurements may require confirmation by a consortium reference laboratory;)
- molecular findings documenting the identification of a mutation in a porphyria-related gene.
- In addition, an individual or a parent or guardian must be willing to give written informed consent or assent, as appropriate.
- Provision is made for enrolling relatives who may not have symptoms but have biochemical or molecular documentation of a porphyria, or in the case of recessive disorders carry a disease-related mutation.
Exclusion Criteria2
- Cases with elevations of porphyrins in urine, plasma or erythrocytes due to other diseases (i.e. secondary porphyrinuria or porphyrinemia), such as liver and bone marrow diseases;
- Patients with a prior diagnosis of porphyria that cannot be documented by review of existing medical records or repeat biochemical or DNA testing.
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