Assessment of the Psychological, Cognitive and Social Resources of Applicants for Huntington's Disease and Presymptomatic Genetic Testing (PREHUNT)

University Hospital, Angers

Status: Completed

Conditions: Presymptomatic Huntington Disease

Treatments: Radiation: MRI; Other: neurological tests; Behavioral: psychological interview; Other: cognitive tests

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02134561

2013-A00088-37

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the psychological, cognitive and social resources of applicants for Huntington's Disease and Presymptomatic Testing.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Applicants for Huntington's Disease and Presymptomatic Testing
• Aged 18 years and above
• Huntington disease family member
• Subject gave its written consent

Exclusion criteria

• No national health insurance affiliation
• Being under guardianship
• Meeting brain MRI exclusion criteria (pacemakers, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves, ear implants, metal fragments or foreign objects in the eyes, skin, or body, Renal failure, hypersensitivity of Gadolinium) or refusing MRI.
• Patient with movement disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

All subjects

Other group

Description:

psychological interview, MRI, neurological tests, cognitive tests

Treatment:

Behavioral: psychological interview

Other: neurological tests

Radiation: MRI

Other: cognitive tests