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B7 Coreceptor Molecules as Clinically-Relevant Surrogate Biomarkers in the Hyper IgD Syndrome (HIDS) Form of Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency (MKD)

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City:   Houghton
State:   Michigan
Zip Code:   49931
Conditions:   Hyper IgD Syndrome - Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency
Purpose:   The hyper IgD syndrome (HIDS) is an inflammatory disease caused by mevalonate kinase deficiency. There is no cure, and available treatments of HIDS febrile episodes have shown limited clinical efficacy. The development of effective interventions for HIDS is limited by our poor understanding of the disease. The goal of the study is to better characterize the inflammatory response during HIDS episodes and to determine the relationship between this response and blood and urine markers of mevalonate kinase deficiency. This knowledge will help us learn more about the cause of the disease and should lead to the identification of new disease biomarkers that can be used to evaluate clinical efficacy in future therapeutic trials. The primary hypothesis is that the costimulatory B7 glycoprotein abnormalities identified in the murine MKD model will be recapitulated in sera obtained from human HIDS patients, either before, during or after febrile episodes. The secondary hypothesis is that B7 glycoprotein molecule levels will correlate with clinical symptomatic severity score, other known biomarkers of HIDS, markers of inflammation and or markers of isoprenoid metabolism.
Study Summary:  
Criteria:   Inclusion Criteria: - any race or ethnicity - diagnosed with HIDS Exclusion Criteria: - parents' inability to donate blood - currently having cancer, renal failure, diabetes, liver disease, thyroid diseases, major infectious diseases or immunodeficiency - pregnancy - inability to provide consent
NCT ID:   NCT01568736
Primary Contact:   Anna Simon, MD, PhD
Phone: +31 24 3618819
Email: A.Simon@aig.umcn.nl
Backup Contact:   N/A
Location Contact:   Houghton, Michigan 49931
United States

K. Michael Gibson, PhD, FACMG
Phone: 906-487-2738
Email: kmgibson@mtu.edu

Site Status: Recruiting

Data Source:   ClinicalTrials.gov
Date Processed:   May 21, 2013
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