Studying Lipids as Potential Biomarkers in Patients With Fabry Disease
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Compare levels of lipids between well characterised enzymatically-genetically-phenotypically patients with Fabry disease and healthy controls (with no Fabry disease).
Correlate levels of lipids in patients with Fabry disease to clinical outcomes/manifestations of the disease.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
The hypothesis is that Sphingosine-1 Phosphate (S1P) or any other related sphingoid bases and/or other lipid class could be a marker of the severity of cardiovascular remodelling in Fabry disease.
The overall approach is, by minimising possible pre-analytical and analytical biases, to study by lipidomics in well characterised enzymatically, genetically and phenotypically patients with Fabry disease, if S1P or any other lipid (including other glycosphingolipids) is shown to be a biomarker for the diagnosis, monitoring of disease activity and prognosis (including cardiovascular outcomes).
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
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Patients with Fabry disease Adult men and women with well characterized Fabry disease |
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Healthy controls (with no Fabry disease) Adult men and women from the endocrinology and nephrology in- or out-patient clinic |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Lipidomics [Samples are going be collected during 1 year at the fasting state in the morning. At a random day in both Fabry patients with no treatment and cases. Up to 24 hours before next treatment in Fabry patients with ongoing treatment.]
Lipid species from several lipid classes
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion criteria for cases:
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Adult men and women
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Well characterized Fabry disease in terms of i. alpha-Gal A enzyme activity, ii. mutation in GLA gene, and iii. disease manifestations
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Followed at one of the 3 centers for patients with Fabry disease in Sweden (Karolinska in Stockholm, Sahlgrenska in Gothenburg, Akademiska in Uppsala)
Signed informed consent prior to sample collection is mandatory for inclusion to the study.
Inclusion criteria for controls:
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Adult men and women
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Followed/treated at the endocrinology or nephrology in- or out-patient clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg
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Matched for age, sex, estimated Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with the cases with Fabry disease
Exclusion criteria for controls:
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Fabry disease
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Liver disease with elevated transaminases
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Ongoing infection
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Sahlgrenska University Hospital | Gothenburg | Sweden | ||
2 | Karolinska University Hospital | Stockholm | Sweden | ||
3 | Akademiska University Hospital | Uppsala | Sweden |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Vastra Gotaland Region
- Karolinska University Hospital
- Uppsala University Hospital
- Göteborg University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Maria Blomqvist, Ass.Prof., Västra Götalandsregion
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- Lipidomics in Fabry