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NCT number NCT00140829
Other study ID # RBM01-29
Secondary ID DGS2005/003
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 1
First received August 25, 2005
Last updated March 26, 2012
Start date July 2003
Est. completion date December 2012

Study information

Verified date March 2012
Source Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Contact Alexandra Dürr, MD, PhD
Phone 00331 57 27 46 82
Email alexandra.durr@upmc.fr
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority France: Ministry of Health
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Cerebellar ataxias (CA) and spastic paraplegias (SP) are genetically and clinically very heterogeneous. More than 40 loci are already known but the number of phenotypes is even greater suggesting further genetic heterogeneity. These progressive disorders are often severe and fatal, due to the absence of specific therapy. The SPATAX network combines the experience of European clinicians and scientists working on these groups of diseases. Over the past year, they have assembled the largest collection of families and achieved a number of tasks (initiation of a clinical and genetic database, distribution of DNA to participating laboratories, mapping of three new loci, and refinement of several loci). In addition to clinicians from Europe and Mediterranean countries, who play a major role in collecting families according to evaluation tools developed and validated by the SPATAX members, the group includes major European laboratories devoted to the elucidation of the molecular basis of these disorders. Each laboratory will centralize all families with a subtype of autosomal recessive (AR) CA (n=116) or SP (n=207) in order to efficiently map and identify the responsible gene(s). Genome-wide scans are already underway in 61 families. Given the expertise of the participants, the researchers expect to map and identify several genes during the course of this project. The spectrum of mutations and phenotype/genotype correlations will be analysed thanks to this unique series of patients with various phenotypes. The knowledge gained will be immediately applicable to patients in terms of improved positive diagnosis, follow-up and appropriate genetic counselling. In the long term, models for genetic entity will be developed in order to understand the pathophysiology and to identify new targets for treatment. The series of patients assembled and the precise knowledge of natural history will facilitate the implantation of therapeutic trials based on rational approaches.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 6000
Est. completion date December 2012
Est. primary completion date
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 2 Years to 70 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Progressive ataxia or paraplegia

Exclusion Criteria:

- Lack of signed informed consent

Study Design

Observational Model: Family-Based, Time Perspective: Prospective


Locations

Country Name City State
Algeria CHU Mustapha Algiers
Belgium Université Libre de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme Brussels
Denmark The Panum Institute Copenhagen
France CHU d'Angers Angers
France Hôpital Pellegrin Bordeaux
France Hôpitaux de Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand
France CHU Grenoble
France Hôpital de la Timone Marseille
France Hôpital Carémeau Nîmes
France Hôpital Armand Trousseau Paris
France Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Paris
France Hôpital Charles Nicolle Rouen
France Hôpital Purpan Toulouse
Israel Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital Jerusalem
Italy Dipartimento Di Scienze Neurologiche Napoli
Italy Molecular Medicine and Department of Neurosciences Roma
Lebanon Université Saint-Joseph Beirut
Morocco CHU de Rabat Rabat
Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Nijmegen
Norway Ullevål University Hospital Oslo
Portugal University of Porto Porto
Portugal Hospital San Sebastião Santa Maria de Feira
Saudi Arabia King Khalid University Hospital Riyadh
Serbia Clinical Centre of Serbia Belgrade
Tunisia Hôpital Habib Bourguiba Sfax
United Kingdom Royal Free and University College Medical School London
United Kingdom The National Hospital London

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France Institut des Maladies Rares, National Research Agency, France

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Algeria,  Belgium,  Denmark,  France,  Israel,  Italy,  Lebanon,  Morocco,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Portugal,  Saudi Arabia,  Serbia,  Tunisia,  United Kingdom, 

References & Publications (45)

Anheim M, Lagier-Tourenne C, Stevanin G, Fleury M, Durr A, Namer IJ, Denora P, Brice A, Mandel JL, Koenig M, Tranchant C. SPG11 spastic paraplegia. A new cause of juvenile parkinsonism. J Neurol. 2009 Jan;256(1):104-8. doi: 10.1007/s00415-009-0083-3. Epub — View Citation

Anheim M, Monga B, Fleury M, Charles P, Barbot C, Salih M, Delaunoy JP, Fritsch M, Arning L, Synofzik M, Schöls L, Sequeiros J, Goizet C, Marelli C, Le Ber I, Koht J, Gazulla J, De Bleecker J, Mukhtar M, Drouot N, Ali-Pacha L, Benhassine T, Chbicheb M, M' — View Citation

Biancalana V, Toft M, Le Ber I, Tison F, Scherrer E, Thibodeau S, Mandel JL, Brice A, Farrer MJ, Dürr A. FMR1 premutations associated with fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome in multiple system atrophy. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jun;62(6):962-6. — View Citation

Boukhris A, Feki I, Denis E, Miladi MI, Brice A, Mhiri C, Stevanin G. Spastic paraplegia 15: linkage and clinical description of three Tunisian families. Mov Disord. 2008 Feb 15;23(3):429-33. — View Citation

Boukhris A, Stevanin G, Feki I, Denis E, Elleuch N, Miladi MI, Truchetto J, Denora P, Belal S, Mhiri C, Brice A. Hereditary spastic paraplegia with mental impairment and thin corpus callosum in Tunisia: SPG11, SPG15, and further genetic heterogeneity. Arc — View Citation

Boukhris A, Stevanin G, Feki I, Denora P, Elleuch N, Miladi MI, Goizet C, Truchetto J, Belal S, Brice A, Mhiri C. Tunisian hereditary spastic paraplegias: clinical variability supported by genetic heterogeneity. Clin Genet. 2009 Jun;75(6):527-36. doi: 10. — View Citation

Bouslam N, Benomar A, Azzedine H, Bouhouche A, Namekawa M, Klebe S, Charon C, Durr A, Ruberg M, Brice A, Yahyaoui M, Stevanin G. Mapping of a new form of pure autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia (SPG28). Ann Neurol. 2005 Apr;57(4):567-71. — View Citation

Bouslam N, Bouhouche A, Benomar A, Hanein S, Klebe S, Azzedine H, Di Giandomenico S, Boland-Augé A, Santorelli FM, Durr A, Brice A, Yahyaoui M, Stevanin G. A novel locus for autosomal recessive spastic ataxia on chromosome 17p. Hum Genet. 2007 May;121(3-4 — View Citation

Denora PS, Muglia M, Casali C, Truchetto J, Silvestri G, Messina D, Boukrhis A, Magariello A, Modoni A, Masciullo M, Malandrini A, Morelli M, de Leva MF, Villanova M, Giugni E, Citrigno L, Rizza T, Federico A, Pierallini A, Quattrone A, Filla A, Brice A, — View Citation

Denora PS, Schlesinger D, Casali C, Kok F, Tessa A, Boukhris A, Azzedine H, Dotti MT, Bruno C, Truchetto J, Biancheri R, Fedirko E, Di Rocco M, Bueno C, Malandrini A, Battini R, Sickl E, de Leva MF, Boespflug-Tanguy O, Silvestri G, Simonati A, Said E, Fer — View Citation

Dürr A, Camuzat A, Colin E, Tallaksen C, Hannequin D, Coutinho P, Fontaine B, Rossi A, Gil R, Rousselle C, Ruberg M, Stevanin G, Brice A. Atlastin1 mutations are frequent in young-onset autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia. Arch Neurol. 2004 Dec;61(12):1 — View Citation

Elleuch N, Depienne C, Benomar A, Hernandez AM, Ferrer X, Fontaine B, Grid D, Tallaksen CM, Zemmouri R, Stevanin G, Durr A, Brice A. Mutation analysis of the paraplegin gene (SPG7) in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Neurology. 2006 Mar 14;66( — View Citation

Fernet M, Gribaa M, Salih MA, Seidahmed MZ, Hall J, Koenig M. Identification and functional consequences of a novel MRE11 mutation affecting 10 Saudi Arabian patients with the ataxia telangiectasia-like disorder. Hum Mol Genet. 2005 Jan 15;14(2):307-18. E — View Citation

Goizet C, Boukhris A, Durr A, Beetz C, Truchetto J, Tesson C, Tsaousidou M, Forlani S, Guyant-Maréchal L, Fontaine B, Guimarães J, Isidor B, Chazouillères O, Wendum D, Grid D, Chevy F, Chinnery PF, Coutinho P, Azulay JP, Feki I, Mochel F, Wolf C, Mhiri C, — View Citation

Goizet C, Boukhris A, Maltete D, Guyant-Maréchal L, Truchetto J, Mundwiller E, Hanein S, Jonveaux P, Roelens F, Loureiro J, Godet E, Forlani S, Melki J, Auer-Grumbach M, Fernandez JC, Martin-Hardy P, Sibon I, Sole G, Orignac I, Mhiri C, Coutinho P, Durr A — View Citation

Hanein S, Martin E, Boukhris A, Byrne P, Goizet C, Hamri A, Benomar A, Lossos A, Denora P, Fernandez J, Elleuch N, Forlani S, Durr A, Feki I, Hutchinson M, Santorelli FM, Mhiri C, Brice A, Stevanin G. Identification of the SPG15 gene, encoding spastizin, — View Citation

Klebe S, Azzedine H, Durr A, Bastien P, Bouslam N, Elleuch N, Forlani S, Charon C, Koenig M, Melki J, Brice A, Stevanin G. Autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia (SPG30) with mild ataxia and sensory neuropathy maps to chromosome 2q37.3. Brain. 2006 Jun;12 — View Citation

Klebe S, Durr A, Bouslam N, Grid D, Paternotte C, Depienne C, Hanein S, Bouhouche A, Elleuch N, Azzedine H, Poea-Guyon S, Forlani S, Denis E, Charon C, Hazan J, Brice A, Stevanin G. Spastic paraplegia 5: Locus refinement, candidate gene analysis and clini — View Citation

Klebe S, Durr A, Rentschler A, Hahn-Barma V, Abele M, Bouslam N, Schöls L, Jedynak P, Forlani S, Denis E, Dussert C, Agid Y, Bauer P, Globas C, Wüllner U, Brice A, Riess O, Stevanin G. New mutations in protein kinase Cgamma associated with spinocerebellar — View Citation

Klebe S, Lacour A, Durr A, Stojkovic T, Depienne C, Forlani S, Poea-Guyon S, Vuillaume I, Sablonniere B, Vermersch P, Brice A, Stevanin G. NIPA1 (SPG6) mutations are a rare cause of autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia in Europe. Neurogenetics. 2007 Apr; — View Citation

Latouche M, Fragner P, Martin E, El Hachimi KH, Zander C, Sittler A, Ruberg M, Brice A, Stevanin G. Polyglutamine and polyalanine expansions in ataxin7 result in different types of aggregation and levels of toxicity. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2006 Mar;31(3):438- — View Citation

Latouche M, Lasbleiz C, Martin E, Monnier V, Debeir T, Mouatt-Prigent A, Muriel MP, Morel L, Ruberg M, Brice A, Stevanin G, Tricoire H. A conditional pan-neuronal Drosophila model of spinocerebellar ataxia 7 with a reversible adult phenotype suitable for — View Citation

Le Ber I, Bouslam N, Rivaud-Péchoux S, Guimarães J, Benomar A, Chamayou C, Goizet C, Moreira MC, Klur S, Yahyaoui M, Agid Y, Koenig M, Stevanin G, Brice A, Dürr A. Frequency and phenotypic spectrum of ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2: a clinical and genet — View Citation

Le Ber I, Camuzat A, Castelnovo G, Azulay JP, Genton P, Gastaut JL, Broglin D, Labauge P, Brice A, Durr A. Prevalence of dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy in a large series of white patients with cerebellar ataxia. Arch Neurol. 2003 Aug;60(8):1097-9. — View Citation

Le Ber I, Clot F, Vercueil L, Camuzat A, Viémont M, Benamar N, De Liège P, Ouvrard-Hernandez AM, Pollak P, Stevanin G, Brice A, Dürr A. Predominant dystonia with marked cerebellar atrophy: a rare phenotype in familial dystonia. Neurology. 2006 Nov 28;67(1 — View Citation

Le Ber I, Moreira MC, Rivaud-Péchoux S, Chamayou C, Ochsner F, Kuntzer T, Tardieu M, Saïd G, Habert MO, Demarquay G, Tannier C, Beis JM, Brice A, Koenig M, Dürr A. Cerebellar ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1: clinical and genetic studies. Brain. 2003 — View Citation

Le Ber I, Rivaud-Péchoux S, Brice A, Dürr A. [Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias with oculomotor apraxia]. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2006 Feb;162(2):177-84. Review. French. — View Citation

Lossos A, Stevanin G, Meiner V, Argov Z, Bouslam N, Newman JP, Gomori JM, Klebe S, Lerer I, Elleuch N, Silverstein S, Durr A, Abramsky O, Ben-Nariah Z, Brice A. Hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum: reduction of the SPG11 interval and e — View Citation

Moreira MC, Klur S, Watanabe M, Németh AH, Le Ber I, Moniz JC, Tranchant C, Aubourg P, Tazir M, Schöls L, Pandolfo M, Schulz JB, Pouget J, Calvas P, Shizuka-Ikeda M, Shoji M, Tanaka M, Izatt L, Shaw CE, M'Zahem A, Dunne E, Bomont P, Benhassine T, Bouslam — View Citation

Namekawa M, Muriel MP, Janer A, Latouche M, Dauphin A, Debeir T, Martin E, Duyckaerts C, Prigent A, Depienne C, Sittler A, Brice A, Ruberg M. Mutations in the SPG3A gene encoding the GTPase atlastin interfere with vesicle trafficking in the ER/Golgi inter — View Citation

Namekawa M, Nelson I, Ribai P, Dürr A, Denis E, Stevanin G, Ruberg M, Brice A. A founder effect and mutational hot spots may contribute to the most frequent mutations in the SPG3A gene. Neurogenetics. 2006 May;7(2):131-2. Epub 2006 Apr 13. — View Citation

Namekawa M, Ribai P, Nelson I, Forlani S, Fellmann F, Goizet C, Depienne C, Stevanin G, Ruberg M, Dürr A, Brice A. SPG3A is the most frequent cause of hereditary spastic paraplegia with onset before age 10 years. Neurology. 2006 Jan 10;66(1):112-4. — View Citation

Ribai P, Stevanin G, Bouslam N, Pontier B, Nelson I, Fontaine B, Dussert C, Charon C, Durr A, Brice A. A new phenotype linked to SPG27 and refinement of the critical region on chromosome. J Neurol. 2006 Jun;253(6):714-9. Epub 2006 Mar 6. — View Citation

Ribaï P, Stevanin G, Trefouret S, Nelson I, Soumphonphakdy C, Pouget J, Dürr A, Brice A. Extension of the SPG26 phenotype in a Spanish family and refinement of its locus on chromosome 12. Eletter, Journal of Medical Genetics 42(1):80-82, 2005.

Stevanin G, Azzedine H, Denora P, Boukhris A, Tazir M, Lossos A, Rosa AL, Lerer I, Hamri A, Alegria P, Loureiro J, Tada M, Hannequin D, Anheim M, Goizet C, Gonzalez-Martinez V, Le Ber I, Forlani S, Iwabuchi K, Meiner V, Uyanik G, Erichsen AK, Feki I, Pasq — View Citation

Stevanin G, Bouslam N, Thobois S, Azzedine H, Ravaux L, Boland A, Schalling M, Broussolle E, Dürr A, Brice A. Spinocerebellar ataxia with sensory neuropathy (SCA25) maps to chromosome 2p. Ann Neurol. 2004 Jan;55(1):97-104. — View Citation

Stevanin G, Broussolle E, Streichenberger N, Kopp N, Brice A, Durr A. Spinocerebellar ataxia with sensory neuropathy (SCA25). Cerebellum. 2005;4(1):58-61. — View Citation

Stevanin G, Durr A, Benammar N, Brice A. Spinocerebellar ataxia with mental retardation (SCA13). Cerebellum. 2005;4(1):43-6. Review. — View Citation

Stevanin G, Durr A, Dussert C, Penet C, Brice A. Mutations in the FGF14 gene are not a major cause of spinocerebellar ataxia in Caucasians. Neurology. 2004 Sep 14;63(5):936. — View Citation

Stevanin G, Hahn V, Lohmann E, Bouslam N, Gouttard M, Soumphonphakdy C, Welter ML, Ollagnon-Roman E, Lemainque A, Ruberg M, Brice A, Durr A. Mutation in the catalytic domain of protein kinase C gamma and extension of the phenotype associated with spinocer — View Citation

Stevanin G, Montagna G, Azzedine H, Valente EM, Durr A, Scarano V, Bouslam N, Cassandrini D, Denora PS, Criscuolo C, Belarbi S, Orlacchio A, Jonveaux P, Silvestri G, Hernandez AM, De Michele G, Tazir M, Mariotti C, Brockmann K, Malandrini A, van der Knapp — View Citation

Stevanin G, Paternotte C, Coutinho P, Klebe S, Elleuch N, Loureiro JL, Denis E, Cruz VT, Dürr A, Prud'homme JF, Weissenbach J, Brice A, Hazan J. A new locus for autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia (SPG32) on chromosome 14q12-q21. Neurology. 2007 May 22 — View Citation

Stevanin G, Santorelli FM, Azzedine H, Coutinho P, Chomilier J, Denora PS, Martin E, Ouvrard-Hernandez AM, Tessa A, Bouslam N, Lossos A, Charles P, Loureiro JL, Elleuch N, Confavreux C, Cruz VT, Ruberg M, Leguern E, Grid D, Tazir M, Fontaine B, Filla A, B — View Citation

Tallaksen CM, Guichart-Gomez E, Verpillat P, Hahn-Barma V, Ruberg M, Fontaine B, Brice A, Dubois B, Durr A. Subtle cognitive impairment but no dementia in patients with spastin mutations. Arch Neurol. 2003 Aug;60(8):1113-8. — View Citation

van de Warrenburg BP, Hendriks H, Dürr A, van Zuijlen MC, Stevanin G, Camuzat A, Sinke RJ, Brice A, Kremer BP. Age at onset variance analysis in spinocerebellar ataxias: a study in a Dutch-French cohort. Ann Neurol. 2005 Apr;57(4):505-12. — View Citation

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See also
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