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Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a common genetic disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations in multiple organs of the body. This project will study the (dys)function of mitochondria in patients with neurofibromatosis through multiple collections of blood samples from patients and people not afflicted by neurofibromatosis (control group). This study will evaluate how the function of mitochondria changes with time and if medications and supplements can influence the function of the mitochondria. Patients will also answer questions regarding symptoms like fatigue and pain.


Clinical Trial Description

Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a common genetic disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations in multiple organs of the body. Some of those symptoms are skin lesions, tumors and cancers, as also pain, and fatigue. In animal models of this disease, dysfunction of mitochondria, a part of the cell which is responsible for energy production, is often described. This project will study the (dys)function of mitochondria in patients with neurofibromatosis through multiple collections of blood samples from patients and people not afflicted by neurofibromatosis (control group). Those blood samples will be used to run tests that analyses the function of the mitochondria and compare the results from the neurofibromatosis group with the control group. As multiple samples from the same patient will be tested in different times, this study will evaluate how the function of mitochondria changes with time and if medications and supplements can influence the function of the mitochondria. Patients will also answer questions regarding symptoms like fatigue and pain. Doing so, the investigator plan to confirm mitochondrial dysfunction in patients, if the degree of dysfunction correlates with symptoms like pain and fatigue, and if supplements and medication like MEK inhibitors that patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 use in a daily basis modulates (for better or worse) a pre-existing mitochondrial dysfunction. ;


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NCT number NCT05912400
Study type Observational
Source University of Arkansas
Contact Aaron Holley
Phone 501-686-8274
Email jaholley@uams.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date July 26, 2023
Completion date July 2026

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