MEHMO Natural History and Biomarkers

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Hypogonadisms

Epilepsy

Nervous System Malformations

Microcephaly

Obesity

Intellectual Disability

Study type

Observational

Funder types

NIH

Identifiers

NCT06019182

10001681

001681-CH

Details and patient eligibility

About

This observational natural history study will follow individuals with MEHMO (Mental disability, Epileptic seizure, Hypopituitarism/Hypogenitalism, Microcephaly, Obesity) syndrome or an eIF2-pathway related disorder, who have symptoms such as intellectual delay, seizures, abnormal hormone and blood sugar levels, and decreased motor skills.

No current treatment for these conditions is available. A major impediment to the testing of potential therapeutic interventions is the lack of well-defined outcome measures. This protocol seeks to identify biochemical and clinical markers to monitor disease progression, and better understand the natural history of these conditions.

Any person diagnosed with MEHMO syndrome or related conditions, who can travel to the NIH Clinical Center can participate in this study.

The study involves:

General health assessment and evaluation
Imaging studies
Laboratory tests
Collection of blood, urine, spinal fluid, skin biopsy.

Full description

Study Description: This is a prospective natural history study of individuals who have MEHMO syndrome or eIF2-pathway related conditions, or who are carriers of EIF2S3-related conditions to generate hypotheses for further understanding of disease pathophysiology, diagnosis, prognosis, management, and treatment. The protocol aims to enroll and follow affected or carrier individuals longitudinally to establish a repository of concurrent evaluations and biomaterials, as well as to enroll unaffected individuals for collection of informative comparable data and samples.

Objectives:

Primary Objective:

Characterize the presentation of MEHMO syndrome and eIF2 pathway related conditions.

Secondary Objectives:

Identify disease-reflective fluid biomarkers
Develop a disease severity rating scale or classification algorithm
Assess tolerability and feasibility of study evaluations
Establish a repository of participant data and samples for future research

Endpoints:

Primary Endpoint:

Frequency and time-to-event of signs and symptoms.

Secondary Endpoints:

Mean difference of candidate fluid biomarkers level in affected versus carrier versus unaffected individuals
Correlation of rating scale or classification algorithm to age, genotype, or other variables
Frequency of completed evaluations and reasons for Noncompletion

Study Population: 25 affected individuals 1-week of age or older 25 EIF2S3-variant carrier individuals 1-month of age or older 50 unaffected individuals 1 month of age or older of any sex, race, ethnicity, geographic location who can participate without increased risk to personal health.

Enrollment

150 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

1 week to 100 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

To be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet the following criteria:

Be >= 1-week of age if affected, or >=1-month of age if unaffected.

For Screening:

Have a combination of signs/symptoms suggestive of MEHMO syndrome,

AND

no or inconclusive molecular testing.

OR
Be a relative of an individual with MEHMO syndrome/eIF2-related condition and whose genetic may be informative for research.

For Main Study:

Have a combination of signs/symptoms suggestive of MEHMO syndrome,

AND

disease-associated variant(s) or variant(s) of uncertain significance in one of the eIF2-pathway related genes

OR
Be a relative of an individual with MEHMO syndrome/eIF2-related condition, AND a carrier of the pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant.

OR
Be a non-affected, non-carrier family member of an individual with MEHMO syndrome or an eIF2-pathway related condition.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Any individual who, in the opinion of the Investigators, is unable to comply with the protocol or have medical conditions that would potentially increase the risk of participation will be excluded from participation in this study.