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NCT number NCT04099914
Other study ID # RECHMPL18_0431
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date November 1, 2019
Est. completion date March 30, 2022

Study information

Verified date April 2022
Source University Hospital, Montpellier
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The field of clinical diagnosis of recessive cerebellar ataxias (ARCA) is particularly complex and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques have revolutionized this neuro-genetic field. The current challenge is to optimize the analysis of genetic data generated by NGS because: the processing of data remains very laborious; diagnostic yeld less than 50%; the interpretation of the variants sometimes very difficult. For this purpose of optimization, the team of the University Hospital of Strasbourg has developed a computer algorithm based on 124 clinical and para-clinical parameters (derived from the data of the literature), useful to guide the genes to be targeted in priority by genetic analysis, in the context of a suspicion of ARCA (> 60 known genes); this algorithm was validated retrospectively in 834 patients with genetically confirmed ARCA (92% Sense, 95% Spec). However, these 834 patients are often the same as those described in the literature and used for the elaboration of the algorithm. This introduces a bias in the initial evaluation of the algorithm, which therefore requires validation in clinical practice, from a cohort of patients referred for suspected ARCA (with or without a found genetic mutation). At the same time, Montpellier's genetics laboratory has developed a bioinformatic method for the search for copy number variations (CNV) that can be applied in a targeted manner to the genes predicted by the algorithm. The principal aim of this study is the validation of a semi-automated clinical algorithm for NGS molecular diagnosis of ARCA; the secondary objective is to evaluate if the application of this algorithm coupled with a targeted bioinformatic analysis can increase the diagnostic yield of the NGS analysis.


Description:

Design: Retrospective study based on clinico-genetic data. Total research duration: 22 months Plan of the study : More than 150 patients referred for ARCA suspicion have been analyzed by NGS (Montpellier platform) since September 2013. The clinical data of these patients will be entered at the computer level into the algorithm to obtain the prediction of the gene involved (under the form of a probability for each of the genes known to ARCA). The investigators will compare this result with that obtained by standard NGS analysis. For patients without molecular diagnosis defined after standard NGS analysis, the investigators will take the 5 most probable genes selected on the basis of the algorithm in order to carry out an in-depth analysis of the variants found and a bioinformatic analysis by semi-automatic detection of CNVs. Main Evaluation Criterion: Concordance of the algorithm with standard NGS analysis for the genetic diagnosis of ARCA. Secondary evaluation criterion:% of patients for whom the prediction based on the algorithm suggested the correct diagnosis (subsequently confirmed after revision in the detail of the genetic data) while the standard genetic analysis was not not informative. Statistical Analysis: The investigators will perform a concordance analysis (Cohen's k) to validate the algorithm in clinical practice. For a given patient, there will be concordance if: i) one of the first 5 genes predicted with the highest probability by the algorithm is compatible with the mutation found after standard NGS or ii) if no gene is predicted by the algorithm (score <20) and no mutation found by NGS analysis.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 150
Est. completion date March 30, 2022
Est. primary completion date March 30, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion criteria: - having a predominant phenotype of pure or complex cerebellar ataxia of probable genetic origin (after exclusion of acquired, inflammatory, tumoral, infectious or toxic forms) - having started before the age of 50; - evoking a modality of recessive transmission (sporadic cases, brothers or sister affected, consanguinity of the parents) - in which dominant genetic forms due to CAG expansion (SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, SCA6, SCA7) and pre-mutation of the FMR1 gene (if onset after age 45) Exclusion criteria: - objecting to the computer processing of the data contained in the medical file.

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Locations

Country Name City State
France Uh Montpellier Montpellier

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Montpellier Genetic Department , CHU Montpellier-France, Neurology Department, CHU de Strasbourg-France

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Agreement between the prediction of the algorithm and the result of the standard NGS analysis In order to validate in clinical practice a semi-automated clinical algorithm designed to guide the molecular diagnosis obtained by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in patients with suspected Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia (ARCA), we will measure the agreement between the prediction of the algorithm and the result of the standard NGS analysis. For each patient the agreement is defined as: 1) one of the first 5 gene predicted with the highest probability by the algorithm is also the mutated gene found after the NGS analysis; 2) if no gene is predicted by the algorithm (= none of the gene has a prediction score > 20) and no mutation is found after NGS analyses. 1 day
Secondary Percentage of patients for whom the prediction based on the algorithm suggested the right diagnosis, while the standard NGS analysis was not informative The secondary objective is to evaluate whether the application of this algorithm, coupled with a targeted bioinformatic analysis, changes the diagnostic yield compared to a NGS analysis performed in a conventional manner. Therefore, the secondary outcome will be the percentage of patients for whom the prediction based on the algorithm suggested the corrected diagnosis (confirmed in a second time after the review of the genetic data derived from NGS after the application of a targeted bioinformatic analysis), while the standard NGS analysis (blinded to algorithm prediction) was not informative 1 day
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