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An observational study of pediatric patients with multiple genetic diagnoses.

Proof of Concept for Hickam dictum for Genetic Disorders using Molecular Diagnosis An Observational study in Pediatric Patients at a Genetic Clinic - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/10/075253
Enrollment
50
Registered
2024-10-14
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-11-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: Q00-Q99- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities Health Condition 2: Q878- Other specified congenital malformation syndromes, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Control Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Seth G.S. medical college and K.E.M hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Case sheets of children from birth to 18 years of age 2. More than one genetic disease diagnosed by one or combination of more than one molecular test (like WES, clinical exome, microarray, Sanger sequencing, PCR, MLPA, FISH) and Karyotyping. 3. Patients with variants of uncertain significance (VUS) resolved by additional testing, reverse phenotyping or literature review establishing deleterious effect of VUS.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Incomplete data in retrospective case records. 2. Patients with unresolved variants of uncertain significance (VUS).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. To determine the frequency of individual patients with multiple genetic diseases 2. To assess the correlation between the clinical diagnosis and molecular diagnoses in the study participants 3. To identify which broad groups of genetic disorders reveal a correlation between clinical and molecular diagnosisTimepoint: 12 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Not applicableTimepoint: Not applicable

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Palak Agarwal

KEM hospital

palakagarwal2139@gmail.com9930009154

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026