Study to Determine Mutations in the Gaucher Gene in Patients With Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease for Phenotype-genotype Correlation

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Epidemiological Study to Determine Mutations in the Gaucher Gene in Patients With Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease for Phenotype-genotype Correlation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01272687
• Other study ID #: PD02/2011
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: June 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: CENTOGENE GmbH Rostock
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The genotype-phenotype correlation in patients with Parkinson's disease with specific mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene (Gaucher gene) is known from own clinical experiences as well as from case reports in the literature. The epidemiological study will determine the frequency of heterozygous mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene and correlate to the clinical onset and development by measuring and documenting severity of symptoms (e.g. cognitive deficits, L-dopa responsiveness, depression) in clinically well-characterized Parkinson's patients.

Description:

Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson's, Parkinson disease, or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that impairs motor skills, cognitive processes, and other functions. The most obvious symptoms are motor-related, including tremor, rigidity, slowness of movement, and postural instability. Among non-motor symptoms are autonomic dysfunction and sensory and sleep difficulties. Cognitive and neurobehavioral problems, including dementia, are common in the advanced stages of the disease. PD usually appears around the age of 60, although there are young-onset cases.

Gaucher's disease is a genetic disease in which a fatty substance (lipid) accumulates in cells and certain organs. Gaucher's disease is the most common of the lysosomal storage diseases. It is caused by a hereditary deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase (also known as acid β-glucosidase). The enzyme acts on a fatty substance glucocerebroside (also known as glucosylceramide). When the enzyme is defective, glucocerebroside accumulates, particularly in white blood cells (mononuclear leukocytes). Glucocerebroside can collect in the spleen, liver, kidneys, lungs, brain and bone marrow.

Symptoms of Parkinson's syndrome in classical type 1 Gaucher patients were first systematically described in 1996. In GD patients, a marked heterogeneity is detected in terms of disease-causing mutations. In 17 Gaucher patients with symptoms of Parkinson's disease, 12 different genotypes were sequenced and compared to other Parkinson's patients, a lower L-dopa responsiveness, a higher frequency of cortical dysfunction and a relatively early onset of the symptoms was described. Many of these Gaucher patients with clinical Parkinson's symptoms had a positive family history of Parkinson's disease among relatives with heterozygous mutations in the Gaucher gene that could be confirmed in systematic studies.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1500
• Est. completion date: June 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female patients at 18 years old

• Patients with confirmed diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Male or female patients being younger than 18 years old

• Patients without confirmed diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

• Missing signed informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Idiopathic Parkinson Disease
• Parkinson Disease

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Fachkrankenhaus für neurologische Akut- und Rehabilitationsmedizin	Bad Neustadt An Der Saale
Germany	Universitätsklinikum Dresden Klinik für Neurologie	Dresden
Germany	University of Giessen, Department of Neurology	Giessen
Germany	Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Department of Neurology	Greifswald
Germany	Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Neurology	Hamburg
Germany	Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Bewegungsstörungsambulanz	Hannover
Germany	Alexianer Krefeld GmbH, Krankenhaus Maria Hilf	Krefeld
Germany	Gertrudis-Kliniken im Parkinson-Zentrum	Leun
Germany	Neurologischische Arztpraxis	Rostock
Germany	Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik für Neurologie	Rostock
Germany	Klinikverbund Südwest, Klinikum Sindelfingen-Böblingen	Sindelfingen
Germany	HANSE-Klinikum, Department of Neurology	Stralsund
Germany	University of Ulm, Department of Neurology	Ulm
Germany	Stiftung Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik GmbH Fachbereich Neurologie	Wiesbaden
Thailand	Chulalongkorn University Hospital	Bangkok

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
CENTOGENE GmbH Rostock

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Germany,  Thailand, 

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