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Peroxisome Biogenesis Disorders Natural History Study

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Study Aim

The study aims to observe and document the natural progression of symptoms and health issues in individuals with peroxisome biogenesis disorders.

What is being collected

Data Collection

DNA Samples
Who is being recruted

Congenital Abnormalities+33

+ Abnormalities, Multiple

+ Urogenital Diseases

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How is the trial designed

Cohort

Tracking disease incidence in order to identify risk factors and understand disease progression over time.
Observational
Study Start: January 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorMcGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Study ContactNancy E Braverman, MD, MSMore contacts
Last updated: December 10, 2025
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Study start date: January 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Participants have the option to be seen in consultation at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Canada, on a yearly basis. This includes a consultation in Genetics, Nutrition, Neurology, and Ophthalmology (OCT and FAF exams). All medical records and images will be collected, retrospectively and prospectively, until the end of the study, and entered anonymously in a database. Biospecimens will be collected to identify new biomarkers. Candidate drugs will be evaluated for recovery of peroxisome functions in cultured fibroblasts.

Principal SponsorMcGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Study ContactNancy E Braverman, MD, MSMore contacts
Last updated: December 10, 2025
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

244 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Cohort

These studies follow a group of individuals with common characteristics (such as a condition or birth year) over a specific period to study health outcomes or exposures.


Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Congenital AbnormalitiesAbnormalities, MultipleUrogenital DiseasesBone DiseasesBone Diseases, DevelopmentalBrain DiseasesBrain Diseases, MetabolicCentral Nervous System DiseasesChondrodysplasia PunctataDigestive System DiseasesFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsKidney DiseasesLiver DiseasesMetabolic DiseasesMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsMusculoskeletal DiseasesCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesNervous System MalformationsNervous System DiseasesNeuromuscular DiseasesNutritional and Metabolic DiseasesOsteochondrodysplasiasPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesPolyneuropathiesUrologic DiseasesHereditary Sensory and Motor NeuropathyPeroxisomal DisordersNeurodegenerative DiseasesHeredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous SystemBrain Diseases, Metabolic, InbornGenetic Diseases, InbornFemale Urogenital DiseasesMale Urogenital DiseasesRefsum DiseaseZellweger SyndromeChondrodysplasia Punctata, Rhizomelic

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of PBD or Single peroxisome enzyme/protein defect with phenotype similar to PBD Exclusion Criteria: Not a PBD Not a single peroxisome enzyme/protein defect with phenotype similar to PBD

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

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Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center

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