Leucoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: - Age > 16 years - Definite diagnosis of LBSL confirmed by DARS2 mutation analysis. - Able to understand Dutch or English and provide informed consent. - No contra-indications for MRI of brain and spinal cord. Subjects eligible to participate as healthy controls must meet all of the following criteria: - Willing to visit the hospital - 16 years or older - Provision of written informed consent to participate in the study obtained from the participant For the MRI controls - No contra-indications for MRI of brain and spinal cord.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pediatric patients Unable to provide informed conset
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Progression of disease on all parameters. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) to validate the new outcome measures (i.e. is the biomarker predictive) in this cohort. 2) to establish if pre-symptomatic patients, and severely affected patients also show progression on the outcome measures under investigation and if that means these patients will become eligible for clinical studies. 3) acquire normative data on new potential outcome measures in a cohort of healthy controls. | — |
Countries
Netherlands