NCT00106015

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to maintain a comprehensive registry of patients with the rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA).

Trial Health

77
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
900

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
47mo left

Started Sep 2004

Longer than P75 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress85%
Sep 2004Apr 2030

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2004

Completed
7 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 18, 2005

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 21, 2005

Completed
25 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

April 1, 2030

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

April 1, 2030

Last Updated

April 16, 2026

Status Verified

April 1, 2026

Enrollment Period

25.6 years

First QC Date

March 18, 2005

Last Update Submit

April 13, 2026

Conditions

AnemiaBlood Disease

Keywords

inherited pure red cell aplasia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Understanding the epidemiology and biology of Diamond Blackfan anemia

    Epidemiology

    yearly

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodProbability Sample
Study Population

All subjects diagnosed with Diamond Blackfan anemia

You may qualify if:

  • Patients must meet the diagnostic criteria for DBA which include the following:
  • Normochromic, usually macrocytic and occasionally normocytic anemia developing early in childhood
  • Reticulocytopenia
  • Normocellular bone marrow with a selective deficiency of red cell precursors
  • Normal or slightly decreased leukocyte count
  • Normal or often increased platelet count
  • Or, a confirmed mutation in one of the identified DBA genes

You may not qualify if:

  • Any subject identified as having another bone marrow failure syndrome (eg. Fanconi anemia, dyskeratosis congenita, Shwachman Diamond syndrome, etc.) will be excluded.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY

New Hyde Park, New York, 11040, United States

RECRUITING

Related Publications (27)

  • Gazda HT, Grabowska A, Merida-Long LB, Latawiec E, Schneider HE, Lipton JM, Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Ball SE, Orfali KA, Niewiadomska E, Da Costa L, Tchernia G, Niemeyer C, Meerpohl JJ, Stahl J, Schratt G, Glader B, Backer K, Wong C, Nathan DG, Beggs AH, Sieff CA. Ribosomal protein S24 gene is mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Dec;79(6):1110-8. doi: 10.1086/510020. Epub 2006 Nov 2.

    PMID: 17186470BACKGROUND

  • Gazda HT, Zhong R, Long L, Niewiadomska E, Lipton JM, Ploszynska A, Zaucha JM, Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Viskochil DH, Niemeyer CM, Meerpohl JJ, Rokicka-Milewska R, Pospisilova D, Wiktor-Jedrzejczak W, Nathan DG, Beggs AH, Sieff CA. RNA and protein evidence for haplo-insufficiency in Diamond-Blackfan anaemia patients with RPS19 mutations. Br J Haematol. 2004 Oct;127(1):105-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05152.x.

    PMID: 15384984BACKGROUND

  • Gazda HT, Sheen MR, Vlachos A, Choesmel V, O'Donohue MF, Schneider H, Darras N, Hasman C, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Ball SE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Zaucha JM, Glader B, Niemeyer C, Meerpohl JJ, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Gleizes PE, Beggs AH. Ribosomal protein L5 and L11 mutations are associated with cleft palate and abnormal thumbs in Diamond-Blackfan anemia patients. Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Dec;83(6):769-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.11.004.

    PMID: 19061985BACKGROUND

  • Landowski M, O'Donohue MF, Buros C, Ghazvinian R, Montel-Lehry N, Vlachos A, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Glader B, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Beggs AH, Gleizes PE, Gazda HT. Novel deletion of RPL15 identified by array-comparative genomic hybridization in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Hum Genet. 2013 Nov;132(11):1265-74. doi: 10.1007/s00439-013-1326-z. Epub 2013 Jun 30.

    PMID: 23812780BACKGROUND

  • O'Brien KA, Farrar JE, Vlachos A, Anderson SM, Tsujiura CA, Lichtenberg J, Blanc L, Atsidaftos E, Elkahloun A, An X, Ellis SR, Lipton JM, Bodine DM. Molecular convergence in ex vivo models of Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2017 Jun 8;129(23):3111-3120. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-01-760462. Epub 2017 Apr 4.

    PMID: 28377399BACKGROUND

  • Ulirsch JC, Verboon JM, Kazerounian S, Guo MH, Yuan D, Ludwig LS, Handsaker RE, Abdulhay NJ, Fiorini C, Genovese G, Lim ET, Cheng A, Cummings BB, Chao KR, Beggs AH, Genetti CA, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Vlachos A, Lipton JM, Atsidaftos E, Glader B, Narla A, Gleizes PE, O'Donohue MF, Montel-Lehry N, Amor DJ, McCarroll SA, O'Donnell-Luria AH, Gupta N, Gabriel SB, MacArthur DG, Lander ES, Lek M, Da Costa L, Nathan DG, Korostelev AA, Do R, Sankaran VG, Gazda HT. The Genetic Landscape of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Feb 7;104(2):356. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.12.011. No abstract available.

    PMID: 30735661BACKGROUND

  • Ulirsch JC, Verboon JM, Kazerounian S, Guo MH, Yuan D, Ludwig LS, Handsaker RE, Abdulhay NJ, Fiorini C, Genovese G, Lim ET, Cheng A, Cummings BB, Chao KR, Beggs AH, Genetti CA, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Vlachos A, Lipton JM, Atsidaftos E, Glader B, Narla A, Gleizes PE, O'Donohue MF, Montel-Lehry N, Amor DJ, McCarroll SA, O'Donnell-Luria AH, Gupta N, Gabriel SB, MacArthur DG, Lander ES, Lek M, Da Costa L, Nathan DG, Korostelev AA, Do R, Sankaran VG, Gazda HT. The Genetic Landscape of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. Am J Hum Genet. 2018 Dec 6;103(6):930-947. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.10.027. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

    PMID: 30503522BACKGROUND

  • Vlachos A, Ball S, Dahl N, Alter BP, Sheth S, Ramenghi U, Meerpohl J, Karlsson S, Liu JM, Leblanc T, Paley C, Kang EM, Leder EJ, Atsidaftos E, Shimamura A, Bessler M, Glader B, Lipton JM; Participants of Sixth Annual Daniella Maria Arturi International Consensus Conference. Diagnosing and treating Diamond Blackfan anaemia: results of an international clinical consensus conference. Br J Haematol. 2008 Sep;142(6):859-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07269.x. Epub 2008 Jul 30.

    PMID: 18671700RESULT

  • Lipton JM, Atsidaftos E, Zyskind I, Vlachos A. Improving clinical care and elucidating the pathophysiology of Diamond Blackfan anemia: an update from the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 May 1;46(5):558-64. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20642.

    PMID: 16317735RESULT

  • Farrar JE, Nater M, Caywood E, McDevitt MA, Kowalski J, Takemoto CM, Talbot CC Jr, Meltzer P, Esposito D, Beggs AH, Schneider HE, Grabowska A, Ball SE, Niewiadomska E, Sieff CA, Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Ellis SR, Lipton JM, Gazda HT, Arceci RJ. Abnormalities of the large ribosomal subunit protein, Rpl35a, in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2008 Sep 1;112(5):1582-92. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-140012. Epub 2008 Jun 5.

    PMID: 18535205RESULT

  • Doherty L, Sheen MR, Vlachos A, Choesmel V, O'Donohue MF, Clinton C, Schneider HE, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Ball SE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Glader B, Arceci RJ, Farrar JE, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Gleizes PE, Gazda HT. Ribosomal protein genes RPS10 and RPS26 are commonly mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Am J Hum Genet. 2010 Feb 12;86(2):222-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.12.015. Epub 2010 Jan 28.

    PMID: 20116044RESULT

  • Boria I, Garelli E, Gazda HT, Aspesi A, Quarello P, Pavesi E, Ferrante D, Meerpohl JJ, Kartal M, Da Costa L, Proust A, Leblanc T, Simansour M, Dahl N, Frojmark AS, Pospisilova D, Cmejla R, Beggs AH, Sheen MR, Landowski M, Buros CM, Clinton CM, Dobson LJ, Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Ellis SR, Ramenghi U, Dianzani I. The ribosomal basis of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: mutation and database update. Hum Mutat. 2010 Dec;31(12):1269-79. doi: 10.1002/humu.21383.

    PMID: 20960466RESULT

  • Vlachos A, Dahl N, Dianzani I, Lipton JM. Clinical utility gene card for: Diamond Blackfan anemia. Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 May;19(5). doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.247. Epub 2011 Jan 19. No abstract available.

    PMID: 21248735RESULT

  • Vlachos A, Muir E. How I treat Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2010 Nov 11;116(19):3715-23. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-02-251090. Epub 2010 Jul 22.

    PMID: 20651069RESULT

  • Farrar JE, Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Carlson-Donohoe H, Markello TC, Arceci RJ, Ellis SR, Lipton JM, Bodine DM. Ribosomal protein gene deletions in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2011 Dec 22;118(26):6943-51. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-08-375170. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

    PMID: 22045982RESULT

  • Vlachos A, Rosenberg PS, Atsidaftos E, Alter BP, Lipton JM. Incidence of neoplasia in Diamond Blackfan anemia: a report from the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry. Blood. 2012 Apr 19;119(16):3815-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-08-375972. Epub 2012 Feb 23.

    PMID: 22362038RESULT

  • Gazda HT, Preti M, Sheen MR, O'Donohue MF, Vlachos A, Davies SM, Kattamis A, Doherty L, Landowski M, Buros C, Ghazvinian R, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Glader B, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Gleizes PE, Beggs AH. Frameshift mutation in p53 regulator RPL26 is associated with multiple physical abnormalities and a specific pre-ribosomal RNA processing defect in diamond-blackfan anemia. Hum Mutat. 2012 Jul;33(7):1037-44. doi: 10.1002/humu.22081. Epub 2012 Apr 16.

    PMID: 22431104RESULT

  • Markello TC, Carlson-Donohoe H, Sincan M, Adams D, Bodine DM, Farrar JE, Vlachos A, Lipton JM, Auerbach AD, Ostrander EA, Chandrasekharappa SC, Boerkoel CF, Gahl WA. Sensitive quantification of mosaicism using high density SNP arrays and the cumulative distribution function. Mol Genet Metab. 2012 Apr;105(4):665-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.12.015. Epub 2011 Dec 24.

    PMID: 22277120RESULT

  • Vlachos A, Farrar JE, Atsidaftos E, Muir E, Narla A, Markello TC, Singh SA, Landowski M, Gazda HT, Blanc L, Liu JM, Ellis SR, Arceci RJ, Ebert BL, Bodine DM, Lipton JM. Diminutive somatic deletions in the 5q region lead to a phenotype atypical of classical 5q- syndrome. Blood. 2013 Oct 3;122(14):2487-90. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-06-509935. Epub 2013 Aug 13.

    PMID: 23943650RESULT

  • Farrar JE, Quarello P, Fisher R, O'Brien KA, Aspesi A, Parrella S, Henson AL, Seidel NE, Atsidaftos E, Prakash S, Bari S, Garelli E, Arceci RJ, Dianzani I, Ramenghi U, Vlachos A, Lipton JM, Bodine DM, Ellis SR. Exploiting pre-rRNA processing in Diamond Blackfan anemia gene discovery and diagnosis. Am J Hematol. 2014 Oct;89(10):985-91. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23807. Epub 2014 Aug 4.

    PMID: 25042156RESULT

  • Lahoti A, Harris YT, Speiser PW, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Vlachos A. Endocrine Dysfunction in Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA): A Report from the DBA Registry (DBAR). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Feb;63(2):306-12. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25780. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

    PMID: 26496000RESULT

  • Vlachos A, Osorio DS, Atsidaftos E, Kang J, Lababidi ML, Seiden HS, Gruber D, Glader BE, Onel K, Farrar JE, Bodine DM, Aspesi A, Dianzani I, Ramenghi U, Ellis SR, Lipton JM. Increased Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in Children With Diamond Blackfan Anemia Suggests Unrecognized Diamond Blackfan Anemia as a Cause of Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population: A Report of the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2018 May;11(5):e002044. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.002044. No abstract available.

    PMID: 29748317RESULT

  • Vlachos A, Rosenberg PS, Atsidaftos E, Kang J, Onel K, Sharaf RN, Alter BP, Lipton JM. Increased risk of colon cancer and osteogenic sarcoma in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2018 Nov 15;132(20):2205-2208. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-05-848937. Epub 2018 Sep 28. No abstract available.

    PMID: 30266775RESULT

  • Gianferante MD, Wlodarski MW, Atsidaftos E, Da Costa L, Delaporta P, Farrar JE, Goldman FD, Hussain M, Kattamis A, Leblanc T, Lipton JM, Niemeyer CM, Pospisilova D, Quarello P, Ramenghi U, Sankaran VG, Vlachos A, Volejnikova J, Alter BP, Savage SA, Giri N. Genotype-phenotype association and variant characterization in Diamond-Blackfan anemia caused by pathogenic variants in RPL35A. Haematologica. 2021 May 1;106(5):1303-1310. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2020.246629.

    PMID: 32241839RESULT

  • Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Lababidi ML, Muir E, Rogers ZR, Alhushki W, Bernstein J, Glader B, Gruner B, Hartung H, Knoll C, Loew T, Nalepa G, Narla A, Panigrahi AR, Sieff CA, Walkovich K, Farrar JE, Lipton JM. L-leucine improves anemia and growth in patients with transfusion-dependent Diamond-Blackfan anemia: Results from a multicenter pilot phase I/II study from the Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Registry. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Dec;67(12):e28748. doi: 10.1002/pbc.28748. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

    PMID: 33025707RESULT

  • Lipton JM, Molmenti CLS, Hussain M, Desai P, Florento M, Atsidaftos E, Vlachos A. Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance strategy for patients with Diamond Blackfan anemia: Preliminary recommendations from the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Aug;68(8):e28984. doi: 10.1002/pbc.28984. Epub 2021 Jun 5.

    PMID: 34089224RESULT

  • Lipton JM, Molmenti CLS, Desai P, Lipton A, Ellis SR, Vlachos A. Early Onset Colorectal Cancer: An Emerging Cancer Risk in Patients with Diamond Blackfan Anemia. Genes (Basel). 2021 Dec 26;13(1):56. doi: 10.3390/genes13010056.

    PMID: 35052397RESULT

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Biospecimen

Retention: SAMPLES WITH DNA

DNA from peripheral blood and/or bone marrow

MeSH Terms

Conditions

AnemiaHematologic Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases

Study Officials

  • Adrianna Vlachos, MD

    Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY/Feinstein Institutute for Medical Research

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Jeffrey M Lipton, MD, PhD

    Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY/Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

    STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Eva Atsidaftos, MA

CONTACT

718-470-5523eatsidaf@northwell.edu

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Director

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

March 18, 2005

First Posted

March 21, 2005

Study Start

September 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2030

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2030

Last Updated

April 16, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

US(1)